Friday, January 15, 2010
Vintage Burlap Chairs, DIY
You will start out with a burlap upholstered chair, stool, etc... If you need a how to, to upholster a chair try here .
Materials:
-Linen or soft burlap (you can find this at your local fabric store or an online shop like Purl Soho)
-Computer/Printer
-Fabric Paint
Instructions:
1. Choose the text or numbers you’d like to use. On your computer, write them in your desired font and then either email the document to your local Kinkos/Printing Shop or bring the file in on a disc.
2. At your printing shop, ask them to blow up the file to your desired printing dimensions (just use a measuring tape on your chair to see roughly how wide and tall you’d like the font to be). Then ask the shop to print the final result directly onto plastic or a thick laminate paper.
3. Cut the plastic out around the letters and voila- you have your stencil!
4. To create a weathered look, Deepa watered down black fabric paint and use that to gently stencil your text onto your fabric.
5. Once dry, if you want the piece to look even more weathered, you can gently brush over the painted text with a light sandpaper- just be careful not to tear or snag the fabric.
This project can be found at Design Sponge
Have fun with it and send me some pictures of what you did! The possibilities are endless with this. Hope you all have a great weekend. See you on Monday for some home decor decoupage.
