Little Bits....

....here and there is all I can do whilst my crafty stash is boxed up and ready for the move!

Against my better judgement I retrieved the ironing board from its hiding place this morning (imagine!)

and before deciding to treat it to a new cover I pressed 4 plain white cotton napkins I snagged in a sale at Asda many moons ago. I've had this project in my head to do for an absolute age and it used so few products I decided that this was something I could do quickly, easily and without adding to the chaos that already is my dining room. I'll treat you to a photo of that some other day :)

Perhaps "quickly" was is a word I used too lightly, you see I needed to pick a few images on the Graphics Fairy Blog, and if you haven't visited before you must (but set aside a good hour or two there's so much to choose from - believe me!)

So to the ingredients:

Fabric napkins or serviettes (whatever you want to call them)

Lesley Riley's Transfer Artist Paper

Gorgeous images to transfer

Inkjet Printer

Iron and board

Photoshop or equivalent

See, very little - ta dah!

I chose 2 designs from Karen's blog along the patisserie/cafe theme and saved the "reverse images" which is important if they have text.

I resized them in photoshop and printed out a test sheet onto regular paper. I normally skip boring steps like this because I'm in too much of a hurry, but trust me the TAP is too expensive waste :o (but worth every penny if used correctly, the image transfers so easily onto fabric!)

Cut around each image close to the edge then place on your napkin and apply a hot non steaming iron for a few seconds holding still. Peel the edge slightly to see what's happening under there, if it's not adhered apply more iron (if you heat it for too long it will yellow) ahem I wonder how I know this!!!

Et Voila!

I was so delighted I raced to Dunelm & Homebase in the hope of  hunting down some more plain napkins at a reasonable price but alas none this time, so I bought the ironing board cover instead *rolls eyes*

It's sort of cute don't you think? It has got buttons on it lol!

Take care for now

Kate x

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