I have always loved giving wedding presents that are personal, and a “home established” sign has been a favorite of mine forever. I also love the simplicity and elegance of using burlap and simple black lettering, which is why I decided to share with you today the steps to making a simple but meaningful monogram wedding gift..
This is such an easy project that you will find yourself making them for every wedding or anniversary that you attend!
Here are the supplies that you will need: a piece of fabric (I used burlap), freezer paper, scissors or a rotary cutter, ruler, iron, computer, printer and picture frame.
I cut out the freezer paper to letter size 8 1/2 by 11 inches.
Then I cut out the fabric the same dimensions.
Press the shiny side of the freezer paper to the fabric to give it stability. I used a hot iron and iron on the paper size.
I put the freezer backed fabric upside down in my printer tray.
This is where you have to play around with fonts, letter size, positioning. I used Academy Engraved LET font and entered 440 in the size box for the initial because I wanted it to be fairly large and set it to center on the paper. I then printed it.
I reinserted the fabric in the printer upside down and set the last name size to 55 and est. and date to size 36 on my computer after deleting the initial. I spaced down on the page and reprinted.
I left the freezer paper on the back of the fabric, trimmed up the edges and placed in a frame I found at Jo-Anns, without the glass.
Voila!! A beautiful, personal gift.
What are your favorite quick wedding go-to crafts?
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I love this idea! It’s a great *quick* gift idea!
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I’ve always wanted to try this. Thanks for the awesome tutorial…looks way easier than I thought!
Surprising how easy it actually is. Thanks for checking out Craft Quickies!
This would be a great gift for any couple. Anniversaries too. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
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You make it look sooooo easy!!!
xo
It really is that easy. Thanks for checking out our site.
What a lovely idea! Thank you for sharing.
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The fabric goes through the printer???? My printer would not print on fabric.
Did you iron the fabric to freezer paper to make it stable in order to load into your printer?
I use a Canon MX860.
So, the computer is printing directly onto the fabric side, not onto the freezer paper, right?
Yes!
Cool! Thank you. I’m going to give it a try!!
Hi,
Does it matter what type of Burlap fabric you use? (does thickness matter)
Thank you,
Sophie
Hi Sophie!
Burlap is a natural fabric with imperfections and results vary from piece to piece- as long as it can run through your printer it will work, but each printing or fabric will give you a unique look.
What kind of printer did you use? I have a laser printer. Would the burlap really go through?
Hi Kelsey! It probably doesnt matter for the printing- just depends on the printer and being able to slide it through. I would say try it and see! Good luck!
What font did you use? And size?
Do you think wax paper will work in lieu if freezer paper?
Hi Jessica,
Just choose whatever font you would like and test it on a sheet of paper first. Obviously, you will use a large size, so you can experiment with that. Chris wrote this tutorial, but she doesn’t contribute to the site anymore because she got busy with other things, so sadly I can’t ask her about her font choice. It will NOT work with wax paper. It needs to be freezer paper!
Have you tried taking any of the freezer paper off? I was thinking of making framed burlap earring holders similar to the link below and was wondering out loud if i should leave the freezer paper on or off after printing since the earrings will puncture the paper anyway.
http://becauseisawitonpinterest.blogspot.com/2011/12/framed-burlap-earring-holder.html
I have not tried this, Joanne, but if it were me I would try removing it for a jewelry hanger! Let me know how it goes. 🙂