Making A Floor Cloth From Fabric

With a little fabric paint i could make a rug that would fit perfectly with our existing decor.

Making a floor cloth from fabric.

These must be smoothed out as the fabric is adhered. Our heavyweight numbered ducks are the best option for canvas floor cloths. Here is a comparison of the floor cloth after a coat of shellac and the extra fabric. Fabric with a tighter weave will not require as many coats as the duck cloth i am using does.

Using the original fabric bolt fold as a guide cut your fabric into two pieces. By lisa curry mair. Fold the fabric back down smoothing out the bubbles and wrinkles as you go. When the wax dries hand buff the surface.

Fabric for floor cloths. Determine your fabric placement. If desired you may apply a final coat of paste wax using a soft cloth. If you skimp on layers of poly dirt would be harder to clean off.

Materials needed to make a rug. On the cotton setting with spray iron your fabric and remove as many wrinkles as you possibly can. Using decoupage you can make a floor cloth with no sewing. Note to protect the floor a blue tarp is under both the fabric and the tarp used as the backing.

The fabric should stick well to the rubber mat. The drop cloth protecting the floor from wallpaper paste drips was an exact color match. Make a floor cloth. Notice too the wrinkles in the tarp.

Use a quilt pattern from a book or magazine or create your own design. Once the fabric is adhered to the tarp the excess tarp may be cut away from all four edges of the fabric. So the fabric will be enough to make two floor cloths. The colorful canvas carpet learn how you can recycle old fabric works or repurpose leftovers to make a beautiful floor cloth that ll make your floors pop.

Lift the other side of fabric up and repeat that method. A floor cloth or floor quilt is a durable piece of art you can use as a throw rug or a crumb catcher under the table. It did make the white stripes not quite so white more of an off white or very light cream color so if you need the white in your fabric to stay a brilliant stark white you ll want to find another sealer for your floor cloth. The layers of poly are what make the fabric wipe able so your rug will stay clean.

Then fold the fabric back about halfway and spray the rubber mat with spray adhesive. All of our fabrics are offered at factory direct wholesale pricing for cut yardage and bulk orders. Floor clothes are a wonderful project for artists of all levels. Let the sealer dry completely between coats.