PVA glue

fabric; the base fabric, for soaking it in the PVA glue, lining fabric (my is black with dots),

and texture scrap pieces

paper, or other samples of texture, like onion bag

sewing machine

iron

plate

scissors

bucket or similar

one zipper

Paint with Acrylic colors

Gesso Primer

Acrylic colors

and your time

This project is not so difficult. The hardest job is sewing with a stiff fabric.

Mixed PVA glue together with a water. Pure the mixture in bigger container and put inside your basic fabric. Live it for a awhile that fabric could soak enough milky water.

Hang the fabric out to dry overnight.Iron the fabric flat.

Cut the fabric to the size you need. I cut two round pieces and one long rectangle.

Prepare a thin solution of PVA glue and water. One tablespoon of PVA and half-a cup of water.Now start having fun. Glue texture scrap pieces that you found in the house on to the fabric. Glue them in layers, and also use a paper.Don’t forget to protect your working surface with newspaper. Wait until everything is dry.I just remember, this part is fun to do together with your kid, if he or she is more than 3 years old.

After all the pieces are dry, you could start sewing the texture. Use a machine sewing and hand stitches are nice also.

Cut nice round shape and on the edge sew it on the lining fabric. (my is black with dots). Also make a hole for the letters and sew the lining fabric here with a cik-cak stitch. At the end cut away all the black material. Prepare the same rectangle shape of “your lovely handmade fabric”.

On one side of rectangle sew the zipper and sew this to both round pieces. NOTE: If you plan to do object like a book cover or similar, it is possible to put on your “handmade fabric” Gesso primer before you sewing everything together. This was my first piece like that and I decided to sew the pieces before the Gesso primer.

This is a detail of my front mail box after I put Gesso primer on it. When everything is dry you could start painting with acrylic colors.

Side and back view of open box prepared for coloring. I plan to put two eyelets on the back of the box, so I will hang it on to the wall. (don’t have a picture of this, because I don’t have a tool at home).

Paint with Acrylic colors.