Free Download: Vine Collage

I’m a pretty decent artist when I’m trying to save a penny, which is always. Wait. That came out wrong… I just mean I’m always thrifty. Anyway, I created this fabric vine collage to hang above the bed in our first apartment, and it was easy enough, I made another in black and silver for a friend. The only tools you need are a staple gun, and a needle and thread.

I just wrapped a canvas with fabric by stapling it to the back of the frame. Then I pinned the stem of the vine in place and sewed it by hand, all the way through the canvas. For the leaves, I ironed interfacing to the back of my gold satin fabric for stiffness, cut out the shapes, and used spray adhesive to attach the leaves.

This would also make a great paper collage; try it with scrapbook or magazine paper, and you won’t even need the needle and thread. Then show me what you make! Share pics on Flickr.

Instructions for download: Use the four “layout” pages as a grid to map the vine, and the two pages of leaves as patterns to cut them out.

Vine pattern download (pdf): Free Vine Collage Download