It’s the home stretch of decorating and though I’m sad this is the last Halloween DIY of the year, I couldn’t be happier with how this DIY palmistry tapestry turned out! I’ve been wanting to try my hand at image transferring for years now but never had a project for it. Then after creating our Halloween gallery wall, I realized it needed a little extra texture so I designed this!
You’ll Need
palmistry printable (8.5×11, 11×17)
freezer paper
iron
muslin (or any kind of thin fabric)
wood dowel
rope
fringe trim
fabric glue or sewing supplies
- Iron the freezer paper to the fabric with waxy side touching the fabric. I found it was much easier to trim and prevent fraying if you do this step before cutting to size.
- Cut your freezer paper and fabric to print size.
- Feed into your printer’s paper tray and hit print! If you’re not sure which side should face up, draw an arrow on a regular sheet of paper and see how it goes through the printer. Let dry for 5-10 minutes.
- To prevent fraying and to attach the trim, you can apply a thin layer of fabric glue along the edges of the tapestry or sew everything down. I went with glue, but looking closely, I wish I had taken the time to actually sew it down though it still turned out alright. After the edges and trim were dry, loop it over a dowel and glue down.
- Add your rope to hang and you’re done!
I don’t what possessed me this year, but doing all these Halloween projects and costumes has been an absolute blast. I have 1 more, slightly niche costume lined up, but for the rest of the week, I’ll be getting our house ready for our Medival Medicine party. There will be far fewer candles then I envisioned, but plenty of skeletons 💀How are you getting ready for Halloween?
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Love the tapestry.
I hope you respond, I really want to do this but quite frankly I’m confused. Do you print on the the fabric and freezer paper? Or print on just the freezer paper then iron the design onto the fabric, I’m guessing this only works if you have an inkjet printer. And it looks like the one you made is bigger than a sheet of paper, how did you get the design to be printed that big for the the fabric? I hope you take the time to answer cuz I REALLY want to do this, but there isn’t any videos on this exact project
Hi Melissa! Yes! You feed the freezer paper and fabric through the printer. The freezer paper acts as a stiff backing for the fabric so it can go through the printer without getting chewed up. Ironing the freezer paper onto the fabric will slightly melt the wax coating of the freezer paper, and that’s what makes it stick to the fabric.
I’ve only ever tried it on an inkjet printer, so sadly I can’t say if a laser printer will work or not.
I have a wide format printer that prints up to 11×17, so that’s the size I used for this! In the download file there’s also an 8.5×11 size for a standard sheet of paper as well.
Please let me know if you have any other questions!