the shopping sherpa sent me this all-too-cute zippered pouch made from ikea akseline fabric, which has big leafy motifs in black and white. looking at the fabric now, it just seem all too obvious - as obvious as a kid's colouring book.
fill in the colours with fabric markers 
add beads, if you want further embellishments
sew into pouchwith the pouch turning out so well, the sherpa is using the rest of the fabric for a matching handbag. click for links to the fabric and pouch.
originally posted on 17 Jan 07.
valerie's version:
"i bought a yard of the pernilla fabric, stretched and stapled it over wooden stretcher bars in my desired sizes and painted my living room colors into it with cheap acrylic paints. that particular fabric was just begging for some color ... it looks like a coloring book, with black outlines on a white background!"
I just had to comment because I have this identical item at home. A small zippered pouch I made from the same Ikea fabric. I had intended to color (or actually embroider) mine but got lazy. Now that I see how good the coloring and beads look I'll have to go back and do it!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, I might now have the solution to matching a very bright shade of mango that I just painted my breakfast nook.
ReplyDeleteI only wonder if I can get the fabric markers in a color to match?