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Monogram Wedding Gift (Printing on Fabric Tutorial)

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So easy, you'll be making these for every wedding you attend. Learn to print on burlap and you're set!

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?

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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Comments

    • 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.

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    • 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!

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    • 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!

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