Dream Maker

You know I have never considered myself to be an artist. I think I am actually a designer. Always in search of new mediums to use to make my dreams come true. I call these resources Dream Makers.



One day when I was in my favorite store in the whole world...Nesting on Main, I purchased this wonderful old French Encyclopedia.




When I got to the counter, Wendy and I were admiring the illustrations inside the book, when an envelope fell out of the book. OMG, we both squealed at the French postage and thought it was gorgeous enough to be artwork itself.



All the way home I was dreaming. Dreaming of French Postage lampshades, pillows, chairs, drapes and canvases. Dream designing and I knew just the dream maker that I could use to make my design dreams come true, they are called Spoonflower, and thanks to them I was able to make French Postage dreams come true.



The fabric arrived! I chose a linen canvas because I could see it as a canvas. I have ordered this design in several different fabrics, which will be coming this week. I ordered a fat quarter of fabric, large enough to fit on a 16 x 20 canvas size.



Back in the late 70’s we used to cover canvas frames with fabric in modern designs at a place called Fabrications in the city. So I was familiar with the concept. Here is a wonderful tutorial that I found the other day showing how this is done. The only difference in the way I am creating the canvas, is that I purchased a regular canvas 16 x 20 on sale, so that I don't have to put the frame together myself. I think that the canvas offers a nice cushion for the fabric.



I have two French Postage designs in my gallery. One is large and centered and one is a smaller scale in a repeat, which someone ordered in upholstery fabric. Ooooooh a chair, or curtains. Here is the repeat smaller scale fabric, if you click on the image you can see how it looks as a repeat design in fabric:



And here is the large scale centered version that I used to create the fabric for my canvas. If you click on the image you can see how it is centered on a fat quarter:



I can create any scale or design using my French Postage design, and I have more fat quarters arriving soon in different fabrics weights.



I am so excited, I found another dream maker last week, and I am meeting him with my design ideas this week.



So, I am off today with staple gun in hand to create a canvas thanks to my fabric dream maker.


The song for this post is Moon River.