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I have some wonderful old books with illustrations I want to recycle. But I don't want to frame them all. I've been on Pinterest to get some ideas but most use text pages. Surely there must be some way I can transfer to fabric to make bags or lamp shades or pillows, or even make placemats and napkins out of them. Particularly love my Dairy of an Edwardian Lady. I have that china pattern and I love it so much.
I've been away from crafting way too long and I'm not familiar with what is available.
I think if you were to use Mod Podge, you would need to make a reverse copy with an ink jet copier. If that is doable for you, then you should be able to transfer the pic.
Thank you. Just what I was looking for. Any other good suggestions for use of illustrations in books besides the ones I mentioned?
If you don't mind tearing apart the book, you can carefully remove the illustration and frame it directly. Even if one edge is a bit ragged, a nice neutral ph mat can cover that and make the illustration look really nice.
If you can find a cooperative copy shop, you could copy the illustration on a good copier that can copy pages from a book. (I've never used one of these!) You might have to assure the copy staff that the copy is strictly for your personal use.
I would have them photographed by a professional that would make sure the convergence is correct. Hi rez, then you could photographs of them in any size, probably matte finish instead of glossy. Sometimes you can get reasonable photography like this done at a portrait studio.
Is the book valuable? I would never destroy a book, course my husband is a book collector/seller.
I have seen old sheet music decoupaged (or wallpaper pasted) onto a wall in a music room. It was very attractive. The pages were layered and randomly arranged. I think this would work for just about any type of paper image.
I have also seen ripped paper bag pieces overlapped and decoupaged on the wall of a powder room. It also was a very nice effect.
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