Haberdashery for Frilly and Funkie

Hi everyone and welcome. Over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge blog we are at the beginning of a new challenge, 'Haberdashery'. This challenge is hosted by Zoe Hillman; "A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing, such as buttons, ribbons and zippers. For this challenge create a vintage or shabby chic project including items found at a Haberdashery."

As ever, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at Frilly and Funkie and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Now I'm a great one for salvaging bits and pieces that would normally be discarded 'just in case' they can be re-purposed in my artwork. And it seems I've trained my hubby well as he now does the same! He found an old pair of fabric cutting scissors along with some other rusty treasures and it's these that formed the centrepiece of this week's project.

Haberdashery Etcetera Tag

I used a Tim Holtz Small Etcetera Tag as the base, covering it with some striped cotton ticking cut from the edge of the fabric so I could get the fringe and machine hole detailing in too. The fringed edge has a strip of embossed fabric left over from my Collage Book applied underneath and a larger piece of the blue Tim Holtz Textile Surfaces fabric was stuck onto the ticking. With most of the base in place I scraped over random patches of white gesso before stencilling Stitched crosses diagonally across the whole tag. The final fabric layer was handmade - I stamped the new Lace background onto plain cotton using Chipped Sapphire Distress Paint, machine stitching around the edge when it was dry. After sticking it in place over the lower fabric layers I used a Mini Blending Tool to apply Frayed Burlap Distress Ink on top as a way of blending them together and giving them an aged look.

Having worked out where the rusty scissors should be placed I set about adding lots of Ephemera beneath them including a piece of crackle embossed card (tutorial HERE) a Measurements ruler aged with 'Chunky Rust' Embossing Powder, ink stained lace and Bouquet Findings, various buttons, an Heirloom Rose and Mirrored Stars/Hearts. By including a small Baseboards Frame in that pile I had something with an aperture to support the scissors after wrapping them with twine, wire, fabric and an Assemblage Pearl Charm. To finish I added a scattering of words - Clippings and a Quote Chip, all ink edged and supported with thick card to prevent buckling.

The Close Ups

Here are some close ups so you can see all of those finished layers in more detail;

I was amazed at just how detailed the Lace background worked when stamped onto fabric and how closely the Chipped Sapphire Distress Paint matched up with the ticking fabric. I had some wire edged organza ribbon which coordinated perfectly and provided that finishing touch at the top of the tag.

That's it for my haberdashery themed project for the current Frilly and Funkie challenge. My talented team mates have created lots more amazing projects for this challenge so make sure you hop on over and check them out HERE. And remember to link up your own shabby chic or vintage haberdashery entries to be in with a chance of winning one of the fabulous prizes.

Take care of yourselves and get creative!

Jenny xxx

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