canvas floor cloths?

Barbara

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Jan 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/14/97

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Instructions for creating a canvas floor cloth, anyone?

TIA !

Tsu Do Nimh

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Jan 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/15/97

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bjl...@avalon.nf.ca (Barbara) wrote:

>Instructions for creating a canvas floor cloth, anyone?

Get sturdy canvas from art supply store or use a heavy cotton
from the fabric store - cut and hem to the size you want. Don't
hem too tightly - you want it to lie flat on the floor and not be
a leg-breaker.

(use a protected table or floor for the rest
Cover with several layers of the background paint - thinning the
first layer helps it soak in. Latex, acrylic, or oil-base all
work. You want a smooth, almost tile-like surface.

After you get the surface covered, just paint! Use any
stamps, stencils, faux-finishing, or sheer artistic talents you
have. You can sketch lightly in pencil and cover with paint,
or use a projector and trace (the refuge of the unartistic like
me.)

Blocking out areas with drafter's masking tape helps keep
edges clean - peel carefully when the paint is almost dry.

Finish the floor-cloth with several coats of a non-yellowing
clear varnish for scuff protection.
Callie

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P.S. Gonser-Fujimoto

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Jan 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/15/97

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Hi all,

This is how I do it. I just finished three for the Christmas season.

Take heavy wieght canvas 10-14 oz. Measure the size you want your cloth
then add for 1 inch seams on all sides. .

Take a primer, gesso is a good one. Paint on 2 - 3 coats. Let dry well
in between all coats. Some people do both sides some do not. Your
call.

Draw, stencil, or copy a design onto the cloth. Then paint in the
design. I use acrylics. They are cheap and easy to use. Let design
dry upto 24 hours. Then seam. ie: fold under and miter ends and sew or
glue. Then apply 2-5 coats of POLY_ACRYLIC. This does not yellow over
age. Wala you have a floor cloth. You can also do this to the back of
lanolium(?). This will make a stiffer cloth and is sometimes easier to
find. Use an everyday oil base primer in stead of the gesso.

I also recomend that you draw out your design before hand. Life size.
It is amazing how scale can change things.

If anybody has any questions or needs help just give me a buzz.

Patricia

Wildest Dreams - Stencil artist

P.S. Gonser-Fujimoto

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P.S. Gonser-Fujimoto

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Two x over

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Jan 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/18/97

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thank you so much for your directions....now, can i ask stupid
questions....are we talking regular duck canvas like you would buy in a
fabric store, or are we talking artist canvas????

do you use stretcher bars??

thanks so much...

betsey

Tsu Do Nimh

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twox...@aol.com (Two x over) wrote:

>thank you so much for your directions....now, can i ask stupid
>questions....are we talking regular duck canvas like you would buy in a
>fabric store, or are we talking artist canvas????

Any heavy canvas-like material will work - my sister used
both, and the results were barely distinguishable. The artist's
canvas does come in heavier weights than the "duck" frm a fabric
store, but the layers of paint and varnish are what's taking the
wear.