Framing Inspiration

I love old frames.

I found this one at an antique shop a few years ago.

It's been sitting empty the whole time.

It's a smaller frame measuring about 4"x6".

I have many projects lined up to be done and this was one of them.

But what to put inside it???

My problem is I think too much about things

 and then of course nothing gets done. (...Sigh...)

I've been thinking about the hymn. "It is Well with my Soul",

and I need to see that reminder everyday.

So today I made it. Yeah!!

I used Pic Monkey and went to the Design and chose 4x6.

 I then cropped it to 4x5 under "no fixed proportions".

I went to the Text for my letter styling.

I chose a thinner font because I would be copying it onto fabric to stitch.

I saved it and then printed it.

 

I chose a piece of cardstock that I thought would look nice

 as a background for the stitchery.

It is almost the right size.

 I love these booklets of cardstock because there are

 so many projects you can do with these.

This is what it looks like inside the frame.

I found a scrap piece of osnaburg to stitch on (could use muslin)

and flannel as a backing. (I did iron them!)

I taped the osnaburg over the words, held it up to a window

and traced the letters with an erasable or dissolving marker.

It helps to put the fabric in an embroidery hoop for stability but you don't have to.



I used the backstitch to stitch the words.

 You can find out how to do that by googling it,

 but you come up from the bottom side of the fabric and then down again.

When you get to the curves of your letters your stitches will be a bit smaller.

This is what the back will look like when you are done.

 I like to have a backing so that I can weave the ends of my threads

 in and out and you don't see the line of threads on the front side.

Now to decide on a piece of lace. I love lace! This looks OK, but not too sure.

This looks cute too. It kinda matches the design on the cardstock

and it lightens things up a bit.

A piece on the top as well as the bottom.

I just used a thin line of glue to the cardstock.

Here is the finished product. What do you think?

The edges of the fabric were pulled apart to give it an unfinished look.

It's a reminder to me that in life there will always be rough patches,

but in the midst of everything

we can say as the writer of this hymn did,

"It is well with My Soul".



The colours work well here. I was going to put in on my dresser.

Is it well with your soul?

I'm going to be sharing the story behind this hymn with the ladies tomorrow night.

I made cards for each of the ladies using Pic Monkey

 and printed out four at a time on perforated cardstock

 and wrote out the hymn for them on the backside.

I wanted them to know that while they are struggling to deal with their addictions,

 that whenever they saw this card

they would be reminded that, "It is Well with My Soul".

I also made Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins for snack time

 while I have devotions with them. But I'll share the recipe another day!

 

Blessings, Diane 

 

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