How to mount your completed panel into a picture frame

Once you have completed your beautiful EPP panel, you may not fancy yet another cushion or wall hanging... so why not go for a more modern look and mount your piece into a bold picture frame?! You can then mount it on the wall for all to admire, why not make a whole gallery of art work in fact! These also make wonderful gift ideas,

  1. You usually get a backing sheet with the picture frame, so draw around this onto mount board or similarly thick card and cut out.
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  2. Measure this mount board and add 2” to each side, so if your board is 12” x 16”, you will trim your sewn panel to be 16” wide by 20” high. When trimming the width of the sewn panel, make sure your measure outwards from the centre of your design, so in this case I have measured 8“ outwards from the centre line before cutting down both sides. If you want your panel centred in a square frame, do the same for the top and bottom. However, in this case, I am using a rectangular frame and want more background space at the bottom than the top, so I measured 3” out from the top edge of the pieced ring, using the trimmed sides as horizontal guides on my ruler to get a straight cut. Finally, I trimmed the length down to 20”.

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3. Place your trimmed panel face down and centre the card on top. Fold over each side and stick down onto the card with a piece of tape. Turn your panel over just to check everything is centred.

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4. Fold the corner of the panel over onto the corner of the card as above.

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5. Then fold up each side, making as tight a mitre as possible.

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6. Hold in place with a pin. Repeat at all four corners,

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7. Now stitch down the mitre with a whip stitch - this sewing won’t be seen so it doesn’t have to be super neat. Sew down each corner like so.

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8. Finally use a strong thread to sew across the back of the card, zigzagging from one side of the fabric to the other, inserting the needle about ½” in from the edge to avoid fraying. Pull the thread quite tight to keep the front nice and taut.

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9. Repeat this sewing in the other direction, from top to bottom. Your panel should now be nice and taut on the front.

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  1. Finally, place your mount into the frame, (you may wish to remove the glass or plastic to avoid reflection) press down the tabs to secure and mount on your wall for all to admire :)

If you like the look of the projects above and would like to make your own Rainbow triptych, you can find these kits here, or the Pattern & Paper sets here.

Many of my curved EPP designs would look gorgeous in a picture frame, why not click here to browse my EPP Papers collection for some inspiration.