How to Make and Use a Stencil Using Cricut Expression
My family and many of my friends know how much I adore French inspired creations and design. The flourish of the curly-cues and curves are so appealing. An image of the Eiffel Tower in any form sets my imagination into high gear. It will come as no surprise to people who know me well that when I feel the desire to get creative, it is often with a French flair. So, when pondering what to make for Joanne, a dear friend of mine, I designed the stenciled pillow covers shown in this post. I constructed the pillow cover/shams myself from a twin sized white cotton sheet and embellished the opening edges with black grosgrain ribbon before sewing the side seam together. If you prefer not to sew your own, you can purchase a pair and begin from there. This image could be reduced a little in size and applied to hand towels, etc. My Cricut Expression was used to make the stencil for the design and the cartridge used was Storybook. The design used was a flower design which is associated
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So good to hear from you!!! Yes, I am finally feeling like "Me"!! And I am enjoying my retirement and all the time I have to do the things that make me happy which includes decorating!! We finally have gotten some lovely Fall weather and the leaves are beginning to change!! I have already started to decorate the upstairs for Christmas!! You know me!! But I am also doing some pretty heavy duty cleaning that I have not been able to do too!! Take care and I do hope that you will return to blogging!!
Hugs,
Debbie