After completing the next embroidery, it is necessary to solve an important task - to design the work so that it takes on a finished look and fits organically into the interior. There are countless design options. The most common is the design of a painting using a mat, glass and frame.

You can decorate the embroidery in a framing workshop, or you can do it yourself. At the same time, you will save money and show your Creative skills. We will tell you how to make a passe-partout with your own hands and decorate embroidery at home in a detailed master class.

For work we will need:

• ready embroidery
• photo frame of suitable size
• floral felt
• a sheet of white watercolor paper of a suitable size
• ruler
• pencil
• scissors
• glue "Moment" transparent

Let's get started!

We disassemble the frame and stick pre-washed and ironed embroidery onto the cardboard part using “Moment”.

Apply glue only to the border of the canvas! If the size of the canvas is smaller than the cardboard base, then make markings before gluing with a simple pencil so that the future picture is smooth.

If you are afraid to glue embroidery with Moment glue because marks may remain on it, then it is better to place it on double-sided tape.

Cut out 2 rectangles from floral felt to the size of the cardboard base of the picture.

From the resulting rectangles we will make a passe-partout with our own hands. To begin, cut out a frame from a sheet of white paper to the size of the embroidery. We also cut out frames from floral rectangles, but with an indentation of 1.5 - 2 cm, as shown in the photo.

We place the floral frames on the paper frame, fold the indents inward, and glue all 3 frames together. We paste the resulting passe-partout onto the base with embroidery.

Floral felt is very thin, which is why we used 2 layers of felt frames. In addition, multi-layering gives the effect of bruising and volume.

Place the glass and insert the embroidery into the frame.

Ready! The bright color of the mat favorably emphasizes the greenery of the embroidery. Creative success to all!

Today's blog lesson "" will be devoted to how to make a passe-partout for embroidery. If you love, then you may well be faced with the need to make an unusual passe-partout...
So let's look at our example. We had a regular photo frame and a piece of corrugated paper from which we planned make a passe-partout for embroidery .

First you need to get rid of the excessive fragility of corrugated paper and slightly “soften” the corrugated tubercles. To do this, we ironed the paper through the fabric.

This step, of course, should be skipped if you are using cardstock or other paper that does not require softening.

Having prepared our corrugated paper, we took a sample passe-partout made from plain paper, pre-cut to our frame and embroidery size; Subsequently, this sample will serve as a seal for a do-it-yourself mat.

Using this pattern, we first trim the edges of the paper, which are limited by the dimensions of the wooden frame. Then carefully mark the inside with a pencil. In our case, the inner part of the passe-partout should bend inward, which means that a hem allowance will be required. This is approximately one centimeter.

We mark the internal corners diagonally. This will be better visible in the figure: here the purple part is a sample of the passe-partout, white indicates the cut-out area and diagonal cuts. Then the pink part will be folded, and the inside of the passe-partout will be smooth and a little voluminous.

Having marked, we proceed to trimming. A good utility knife and ruler will help make the cut as even as possible.

After the inner rectangle is cut out, place the sample on the wrong side and carefully bend the seam allowance. Please note: the corners will be “beveled” so as not to create additional volume due to folding of the paper - this is why it was necessary to make diagonal cuts.

Do-it-yourself embroidery requires further processing. To give it a finished look, it should be washed, ironed and framed with a passe-partout and a frame.

If everything is clear with washing and ironing (wash by hand in warm soapy water, iron on the reverse side), then creating a passe-partout is creative process on which the future depends appearance your work.

How to choose a passe-partout for embroidery

Just pick it up. Passepartout is a part of embroidery. It should be harmoniously combined with the entire work.

For your first embroidery ( Wicker basket with ripe strawberries) I bought a mat at an art store. The consultant guy advised me to pay attention to the scarlet specimen. My opinion differed, but I listened to his advice. When the design of the work came to an end, my strawberries shone, gained volume and became an exact copy of real berries.

The bright color played its role - the embroidery came to life.

To choose the right shade of mat, you need to find the brightest area of ​​the embroidery and determine the color that corresponds to it.

When you decide on the color of the mat, you can move on to the next stage - preparing for work.

What materials and tools are needed

It’s better to prepare everything in advance so you don’t have to take time off from work. In order to make a passe-partout with your own hands you will need:

• thick cardboard of the required color;
• sharpened pencil;
• ruler;
• eraser;
• stationery knife;
• frame with glass.

It is necessary to select or make a frame. Lay out your work on a flat surface, measure the length and width of the embroidered design. Add 10 cm to the results obtained. If the dimensions of the picture are 20 cm by 15 cm, then the frame will be 30 cm by 25 cm.

To complete the final design of the work, prepare:

• small carnation;
• hammer;
• a needle and strong, preferably silk thread;
• PVA glue.

The process of creating a mat requires care and precision.

How to make a passe-partout

Progress:

1. Take the frame apart: frame, glass, back. To make a passe-partout you only need the back part. Remove the glass and frame from the work surface for now.
2. Measure the length and width of the back.
3. Mark the resulting dimensions on a piece of cardboard (for example, I’ll take the length to be 30 cm and the width to be 25 cm). From the upper left corner of the cardboard, measure 30 cm to the right and place a dot.
4. From the resulting point, measure 25 cm down and place a point.
5. From the upper left corner, measure down 25 cm and place a dot.
6. Measure the distance between the two lower points, it should be 30 cm.
7. Connect the dots with lines and carefully cut out the resulting rectangle.
8. Place it face down.
9. From the upper left corner, measure 5 cm to the right and place a dot.
10. From the bottom left corner, measure 5 cm to the right and put a dot.
11. Connect the dots with a straight line.
12. Rotate the rectangle clockwise. Complete steps 9-12 3 more times. If everything is done correctly, then in the center of the rectangle you should get another rectangle corresponding to the size of the embroidered design.
13. Cut out carefully stationery knife inner rectangle.

The embroidery passe-partout is ready, all that remains is to connect all the parts of the work.

How to collect work

The design of embroidery begins with its correct placement on the back. Place the canvas in the center of the rectangle and cover the mat on top. See if the entire embroidery pattern is visible. If not, then correct the embroidery and trim off the excess fabric.

Treat the edges of the canvas with PVA glue and let dry. To do this, put the work aside and start preparing the back part. To do this, you need to do the same steps as in steps 9-12 of creating a mat, only measure 2 cm. Based on the example, the inner rectangle should have sides of 26 cm by 21 cm.

Sew the embroidery to the back of the frame. First secure the corners, and then sew the entire work with a back and forth stitch in two directions: clockwise and counterclockwise.

For convenience, you can draw a line on the canvas along which you will sew with a pencil.

Place the mat on the back of the frame, with the embroidery sewn to it, press it with glass and secure the frame.

Embroidery design using matting is easy to do with your own hands. This work will give your talented hands even more respect.

Question 5. How to make a mat at home?

Answer:

At home, you can use cardboard for passe-partout, colored paper and even cotton fabric, if you first paste it over cardboard cut in the shape of a passe-partout.

Passepartout made of cardboard with glued edges

For the passe-partout you will need a sheet of thick cardboard. First, on the surface with a simple pencil, you need to mark the front part of the mat, on which there will be a “window” for a photo or a painting of a slightly smaller size. To do this, you need to find the center of the rectangle and mark the size of the cut “window” on the wrong side (for more details, see Question 3). It is better to make the “window” 1-2 mm smaller than to end up in a situation where unfilled edges stick out from under it.

Using a ruler and a square, draw a square.

Opposite corners of the square are connected by lines.

Incisions are made along these lines with a sharp knife.

Having marked the “window”, it must be cut out using a sharp knife, after placing it on something hard. The collage does not have to be placed under glass.

A slightly smaller “window” is cut out inside the square.

The edge is bent inward, the edges of the “window” are smooth.

The passe-partout should be commensurate with the background of the collage.

Then cut off the outer corners and bend the cardboard along the fold lines (Fig. 7).

Fig. 7 Making the front part of the passe-partout

From thick cardboard, cut out the back side, which is the same size as the front side.

Along the contour of the window between the front part of the passe-partout and the back part, lay strips of cardboard 1 cm wide. Glue the bent parts of the front side to the back part, after inserting a photo or picture (Fig. 8).

Rice. 8 Reverse side of the passe-partout

On the back side of the passe-partout you can make a loop for hanging from lace or tape, which is glued with a small sheet of paper. In order for the product to stand on the surface, it is necessary to attach a cardboard holder on the back side, which is a trapezoid-shaped figure (Fig. 9).

Rice. 9 Holder for passe-partout or frame

Simple cardboard passe-partout

For children's drawings, appliqués and other works, you can quickly make a mat from colored cardboard, and if you make it white, the product can be decorated with any materials.

For the front part, a window frame corresponding to the size of the picture is cut out in a sheet of cardboard, and its contours can be both straight and curly (Fig. 10). To do this, it is best to use a breadboard knife and a ruler.

Rice. 10 Options for making a window on the front of the frame

The back part of the passe-partout is also cut out of cardboard in size and shape that matches the outer contour of the front part. The parts are glued together by laying strips of cardboard 1 cm wide or a narrow frame of the same material along the inner contour of the front window. This is necessary so that there is some space between the front and back parts, which will allow you to freely insert the image.

Multilayer cardboard passe-partout

A passe-partout made of multi-colored cardboard, the front side of which is made of several layers, will in itself be quite decorative.

To make the front part of the passe-partout, you need to cut out 2-3 window frames of different widths and stick them on top of each other. Each new layer can have both straight and curved edges (Fig. 11).

Rice. eleven Layered Frame Options

The back part of the mat is cut out according to the external dimensions of the front part and glued to it. On back side attach a hanging loop or holder stand.

Decorative frame-passepartout.

The frame-passepartout consists of:

• 
  frame basics;
• 
  mat bases - tinted cardboard or velvet paper;
• 
  back side of the frame;
• 
  frame stands.

Rice. 12. Main parts of the passe-partout frame

On wrong side draw a frame of a large rectangle based on the calculations made in advance (see Question 3.), Fig. 12)

Draw the diagonals of the inner rectangle and carefully cut them. (Fig. 13)

Rice. 12. Diagonals of the inner Rice. 13. Cut diagonally

rectangle inner rectangle

4. Fold the cuts (triangles) along the lines of the inner rectangle to the wrong side. (Fig. 14)

5. Draw lines on the bent triangles, departing 7-10 mm from the fold lines and make bends in the opposite direction from the first folds. (Fig. 5)

Rice. 14. Folded cuts Rice. 15. Bends in the opposite direction

(triangles) along the lines away from the first folds

inner rectangle on the wrong side

Glue the base of the mat from the front side of the frame to the bent triangles, the tinted side up. Glue the second rectangle to the back of the frame. (Fig. 16)

7. Make a stand for the frame.* (Fig. 17)

passe-partout (front view) with stand (side view)

* If we do not put, but hang the passe-partout without placing it in the frame, then we punch two holes on the backing symmetrically relative to the center above the top edge of the photograph and make a loop from fishing line for hanging on the wall.

Passepartout for embroidery.

The design of embroidery with a mat gives the work a finished look and allows you to emphasize and brighten the embroidered picture.

We will need: a finished frame with glass and back panel, embroidery, thick cardboard, sharp knife for paper, corrugated cardboard, stapler and pliers.

1. 
   Cut out a square of cardboard of the size required for the mat. You can use the back of the frame as a template.
2. 
   We determine the center of the embroidery and mat and draw a square of the required size. Then we retreat from this line 2 mm on each side and draw 2 more squares - one larger, the second smaller than the original square.
3. 
   Then, following the internal markings, we cut out a square with a sharp stationery knife. You need to put an iron ruler underneath. Using the blunt side of scissors or another non-sharp object, we press down the marked lines along the external markings, make cuts in the corners and bend the resulting margins inward.

Rice. 18 A series of photographs on making mats for embroidery

1. 
   The cuts in the corners must be made very carefully so that the mat comes out even.
2. 
   Now we attach the embroidery to the back of the frame. This can be done with a stapler or glue. You can also use a needle and thread, hooking the thread onto the edges of the embroidery, or glue the embroidery onto Double-sided tape. The embroidery must be secured securely so as not to redo the entire picture later. For control, it is better to apply a passe-partout, checking the dimensions.
3. 
   In order for the passe-partout to be voluminous, we cut strips of thin corrugated cardboard(packaging) is slightly narrower in width than the passe-partout.
4. 
   We lay out and glue the cardboard strips to the wrong side of the mat, closer to the outer edge.
5. 
   We assemble the design from a frame, glass, mat and embroidery.
6. 
   We secure the assembled structure with small nails and the picture with mat is ready.

By this principle You can also make mats of other shapes - rectangular or round. Their shape must be selected depending on the size and type of embroidery.

List of used literature

Passepartout for DIY embroidery: elegant design (photo)

As well as gem requires an appropriate frame, and any painting requires a suitable design. Today, framing workshops offer a huge selection of frames and baguettes for every taste and budget. But when you need to create a special design for a painting or embroidery, craftsmen often resort to matting.

What is passe-partout

A passe-partout is a piece of cardboard or thick paper, in the center of which there is a small frame that fits the shape of a painting, photograph or embroidery.
If we talk about the history of its origin, it is unlikely that the exact date and creator can be named. What is known is that the art of painting paintings originated during the time of Leonardo da Vinci. It was he who first began to frame his paintings, approaching this issue with extreme seriousness.
Why do you need a passe-partout?

The functions of the mat can be completely different, depending on what it will frame. If, for example, we are talking about photography, then mats can significantly expand the perception of the image. Also, inscriptions are often made on it telling about who or what is shown in the photo. In some cases, it contains the autograph of the person depicted in the photograph.
Another important function is the protective function. Paintings, embroidery or photographs framed in it are located at some distance from the glass, which avoids deformation over time.
Decorative function. This is perhaps the main reason why paintings or embroidery are worth decorating. Framing the work makes it possible for everyone who enters the room to admire it. Depending on the material, mats can create many different effects. It can increase the depth of the image, create a balance of color between the frame and the work itself, or simply decor.

Passepartout for DIY embroidery

The most popular material for production is cardboard. By and large, you can make it yourself using a minimum of materials and tools. You will only need white and colored cardboard, scissors, a paper knife, glue and, in fact, the work itself that you are going to decorate. Using an example of embroidery measuring 14 by 25 cm, let's look at how to make a passe-partout.
So, first, let's cut a piece of cardboard equal in size to our embroidery. We glue the work onto it. Next, we proceed to the design of the passe-partout. On a piece of colored cardboard, you need to measure and cut out a rectangle in the middle, the sides of which are 1 cm smaller than the sides of the embroidery. Glue it
do it yourself using thin strips of double-sided tape.




























Everything is ready, all that remains is to insert the work into the frame.
This design option will look very impressive and will cost you very little. But its disadvantage is that you can only experiment with its color. At the same time, in framing workshops they may offer you various options mats, differing in color, material, texture and decorative elements. The thing is that a professional product is created on special equipment. You can also make a passe-partout with engraving or decorative embossing on it.
Of course, the cost of its production will be a little higher, but the result is worth it. In addition, the employees of the framing workshop will be able to tell you which mat is best suited for your masterpiece.

Types of passe-partout

When choosing a mat for a particular job, it is very important to take into account a number of factors influencing the decision. The location of the completed work, the goals pursued during the design, the nature of the work itself - all this plays a role important role when choosing design options. There is always the option to do it yourself. To get your bearings in the variety of mats, it would be good to understand their varieties.


Multi-layer passe-partout Depending on the type of cardboard used, a distinction is made between museum, reservation and regular passe-partout. The difference lies in the materials used.
Museum mats are made from special cotton fibers. But it does not contain chemicals that can destroy the work being prepared in it. They are used to frame valuable museum exhibits or expensive paintings, photographs and other things.
The reservation passe-partout is made from sawdust, between which cotton fibers are laid. It contains a small amount of chemicals that can maintain an optimal acidity level for a long time.
Regular or standard passe-partout is made from regular cardboard. Often, needlewomen strive to make it with their own hands. It is often used in the design of embroidery, paintings, bead panels, ribbons, natural material. Such a mat has a purely decorative function and does not protect the work from the effects of the environment.
Considering the number of layers of cardboard, a distinction is made between single-layer and multi-layer mats.
Single-layer mats are often used to design modern graphics, posters, and photographs. They look good in the interior of a children's room or kitchen.
Multilayer matting is used to give the image an effect of depth. In this case, the color of a particular layer is intended to create a balance between the frame and the image.
Modern equipment allows you to create mats that differ in texture. Masters can offer you:

• mat with a metallic effect, which is widely used when framing diplomas, certificates, and portraits;
• decorative mat imitating marble, granite, corrugated paper and other textures. This design is used to create interior design in a certain style. It’s especially impressive if you create it yourself;
• fabric mats are chosen for the design of modern graphics and paintings. They look great in interiors where pastel colors predominate;
• Velvet mats are chosen when they want to emphasize the special chic and value of the work being decorated.

To summarize all of the above, we will add that despite what kind of mat you have chosen for your work, the main value, of course, lies in the soul that the needlewoman puts into any of her masterpieces. Especially if you did it all yourself!

Video: how to arrange your embroidery in a frame with a passe-partout

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