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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

DIY project: painting a bedcover

Hello Everyone,

Let`s see what we have today.

I am showing you how to make your own stamp and use it on the cover sheet on your bed.


This time: blue fabric paint.


This is how DIY stamp looks like.


Your `best friend`, the foam brush.




Painting, step-by-step, row-by-row. The key is patience.


And the result.

Instructions:

1. Choose the sheet you wish to paint, wash it, dry it but do not use softener. You can iron it depending on the fabric. As you can see, I skipped that step.

2. Choose a stamp/pattern you think will be perfect for you. 


How to make your own stamp:

You can make your own stamp yourself. What you need is: a hard cube (I used a wooden cube that I bought in a hobby shop), some strong liquid glue and a foam sheet.
Your foam sheet doesn`t have to be thick. I found a pretty thin one but I used two layers, so my stamp is more efficient.
So what you need to do is, get the wooden cube and the glue, cut out a shape that you would like to stamp with (it can`t be bigger than the surface of the cube you stick it to). Glue the shape to the cube and wait until it fully dries. I cut out a square shape to start with and I was truly satisfied with the result. I recommend you to cut out simple shapes such as a triangle, a star, a square or a round shaped or oval pattern.

The following steps are the same as with the hand-painted pillowcase.

Important: make sure you put at least one layer of newspaper on the surface you paint the sheet on. I used newspaper and I still had a hard time removing the fabric paint from the table as the sheets of the newspaper were sliding on the wooden table. :(



2 comments:

  1. and what will happen to the sheet when u wash it? i mean about the paint? will not come out?

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  2. You can wash them and no damage will happen. I washed mine twice and it stays the same.

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