Love the idea of painting fabric. Helloooo - Textile Designer!! Painted your own fabric would be step one! If you can't screenprint (which you totally can do at home too) painting would be great.
Polka dots that are wispy would be great and easy to do with a wide and bristly brush and no care about the exact pattern - or could do a quick half drop.
Beware of too many stripes in one room. Make sure they become either all the same (maybe) or have a lot of diversity so they dont visually compete.
The bold stripes on Pintrest are great, a large stripe that could mix with the smaller stripes of the room, but yes STIFF, especially depending on the paint you use. If you are going to do wide stripes - just sew them. Its still super easy and you don't have to concern yourself with the large panel to have to paint on. Large panels could end up becoming costly or have to be pieced together, and then your stuck with a seam.
In Conclusion - sew wide stripes.
The Littlest.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Dazzle me, Textile Design Guru Sister!
Ok, I really wanted to start this with one of the awesome crafts for the new place, but I think I'm going to have to hold off on those right now. Because I have been seeing multiple mentions of "painting your own curtains" on Pinterest lately, and I need to know how well this really works.
Luckily I have the best sister ever. I thought I'd get your opinion on painting my own curtains. I was thinking of doing polka dots on white fabric to hide Z's little play cubby that I'm planning on making, but after seeing all the striped curtains (and realizing that everything else in her room is striped). I'm thinking painting stripes will work better. What I really want to do is paint using the left over paint from her room, so that the curtain matches. (Um, duh.)
**Side note: In a couple of weeks when we talk and I'm right in the middle painting and moving, remind me that I also want to re-paint her clock and all of the storage bins we have in her room, as they're all stripped to match her current room. I ask this of you because I am extremely forgetful, and you are awesome.**
So Miss Textile Design Guru, is painting my own curtains a good idea? I know the fabric is going to be stiff after I paint it, do you think it will ever get less stiff? Are you ready? Go ahead, dazzle me with your textile-y experiences!
Still thinking of a sign off....
Carin
Luckily I have the best sister ever. I thought I'd get your opinion on painting my own curtains. I was thinking of doing polka dots on white fabric to hide Z's little play cubby that I'm planning on making, but after seeing all the striped curtains (and realizing that everything else in her room is striped). I'm thinking painting stripes will work better. What I really want to do is paint using the left over paint from her room, so that the curtain matches. (Um, duh.)
**Side note: In a couple of weeks when we talk and I'm right in the middle painting and moving, remind me that I also want to re-paint her clock and all of the storage bins we have in her room, as they're all stripped to match her current room. I ask this of you because I am extremely forgetful, and you are awesome.**
So Miss Textile Design Guru, is painting my own curtains a good idea? I know the fabric is going to be stiff after I paint it, do you think it will ever get less stiff? Are you ready? Go ahead, dazzle me with your textile-y experiences!
Still thinking of a sign off....
Carin
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