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herringbone wall art {a tutorial}

June 24, 2013 by burlap+blue 10 Comments

I’m always on the lookout for new ways to gussy up a blank canvas. In fact, I shared one last week in my easy DIY painted canvas post. When I saw this tutorial on Our Humble Abode for herringbone art, I loved the idea and decided to put my own spin on it.

I used some of my favorite kid-inspired scrapbook paper and my trusty Mod Podge and created a fun and unique piece of art!

Materials:
scrapbook paper
Mod Podge
foam brush
canvas
scissors

Step 1: Cut your scrapbook paper into pieces approximately 1.5″ x 4″.

 Step 2: Take your pieces, and begin to construct a herringbone pattern onto your canvas. I started in the bottom left corner, but it doesn’t really matter where you begin. I used a piece of double sided tape to keep each piece in place.

When you’re done, you’ll have something that looks like this…


Step 3: One by one, remove each piece of paper, spread a layer of Mod Podge down onto your canvas, and press your paper back into place. I started removing 2-3 pieces at once, but the Mod Podge was drying too quick to get the pieces set into place, so I went to removing and Mod Podging them one at a time. When you get to a piece that hangs over the canvas, you’ll need to trim it before adhering to the canvas. This step definitely took the longest, probably an hour and a half or so, but it was well worth it…

This fun piece will find it’s home in my kids’ room, but I’d love to use the same technique to make a piece for another area of my home!

What do you think? How would you put your spin on this piece? I can think of so many ways to customize it! I’d love to see a piece with all black and white papers, or a piece using cut up watercolor paintings made by my little one!

Thanks for reading!!

Filed Under: art, home decor, mod podge crafts, tutorials Tagged With: art, canvas, herringbone, kids, wall art

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  1. Rachael says

    June 24, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Absolutely love this idea! Yours came out looking gorgeous – I am going to have to try this out myself! Thanks for the tut!

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  2. Amanda @ Our Humble Abode says

    June 24, 2013 at 10:14 am

    Your herringbone art looks fantastic! So glad you found some inspiration from mine. 🙂

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  3. Sweet Bee Cottage says

    June 24, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    Saw this on pinterest and I am completely charmed! So cute and adorable. Great tutorial too.

    Reply
  4. Judy H. says

    June 24, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    DARLING!!!

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  5. Judy H. says

    June 24, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    After looking at the other two similar projects, from Humble Abode and Cozamia, this is by far the most delightful!

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  6. Jesalyn says

    June 29, 2013 at 1:47 am

    So, did you spray anything over the top or is it just mod podge on the bottom of the paper? Yours looks perfect!

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  7. [email protected] says

    July 12, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    so fun! I bet your kids will love looking at it and checking out all the different papers. pinning!

    Reply
  8. Shawna @DakotaCreekChic says

    July 20, 2013 at 3:20 am

    This would be a great piece of art for my sewing room/office. I love it. I love the fun fabrics you chose. You should come over and link up to my Weekend Beautiful party. I would love to see you there 🙂
    Shawna

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  9. Meredith says

    July 24, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    This is so beautiful! I was wondering what size canvas to get and how many sheets of scrapbook paper you recommend. Thank you!

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  10. Patricia Morgan says

    March 21, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Totally inspired to try this! It combines some of my favorite things- cutting, pasting, collage, patchwork and simplicity. Thank you!

    Reply

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