How To Turn A Printed Graphic Into A Textured Tapestry

Vicki Rogers
by Vicki Rogers
You would think our family being from Texas, we'd know all about horses, but we actually don't know much about them. A few weeks ago my daughter contacted a stable to get my grandson involved in equestrian therapy. He was born with a rare genetic disorder called Prader- Willi Syndrome, he's eight years old and very excited about the horses! I was organizing my stockpile of craft supplies this past weekend and came across this print and canvas. After getting everything in order, I decided to do a little horsing around. :D
I'm not great at measuring things, but after a while I managed to get my canvas cut to the proper size for the print.
I wanted a flap at the top to run a rod through, after measuring and getting everything straight, I creased the edges and glued them down. I glued the flap for the rod last, being careful not to glue where the rod would go through.
The next day I turned the canvas right side up and centered the print, I penciled the corners so when I mod podged it down it would be in the right place.
I brushed on pod podge and quickly positioned it in place using my pencil corners. I applied texture all around the canvas with a putty knife, and a little on the print with a stipple brush. After it was almost dry, I brushed off areas with a wire brush to form little craters.
I painted it the next day using Americana Burnt Sienna watered down a bit using a stipple brush. After it dried I painted the raised areas with Americana Calypso Blue using a fan brush. After it dried, I went back over the colors again and I glued on twine and spelled out Cameron's name.
This was a fun midweek craft for my grandson! I think he likes it! :)
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  • Barb Maki Barb Maki on Sep 28, 2016
    The Tapestry with the horse? It has to be a canvas?
  • Notalemming Notalemming on Sep 28, 2016
    Is the print a poster?
  • Queenbee Queenbee on May 04, 2020

    R the blue parts raised, with the spackle and how did u get the blue areas, is that blue paint? Also, at the beginning after u centered it is that when u brushed the mod podge all over the print?

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  • Hun4680961 Hun4680961 on Sep 28, 2016
    It turned out great n your grandson looked very happy too. God bless you n your family
  • Ireland8 Ireland8 on Sep 28, 2016
    What a great idea and so helpful for folks like me who are "craft-challenged"...amazing result and Cameron looks so delighted! Great job! Thanks for taking the time to show us
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