Kmart hacking has overtaken Ikea Hacking as the thrifty DIY’ers favourite hashtag. Kmart has really upped the game in their home wares lately, and the pricing is almost too good to be true.
I took a $2 tote bag and a $ 10 white frame from Kmart, and a $7 bottle of fabric paint from Riot to make this artwork that’s now on display in my bedroom.
As above, plus a paint brush, pencil, small bowl, white backing card and some scissors.
45 minutes.
$19
Undo the frame and take out the white cardboard surround. Use it to frame up the section of the bag that you want visible, then use a pencil to trace around the outer edge. (If your bag is crumpled, a bit of pre-tracing ironing is in order).
Squirt some of the fabric paint into the bowl and use the paintbrush to paint sections of the pattern on the bag. Don’t paint the whole thing, just parts of it.
Once the paint has dried, cut the bag along the traced line and insert it into the frame with white card at the back to make the paint really pop.
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