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Let creativity reign! Express yourself using exciting painting techniques like stamping and découpage to make fabulous floorcloths. They're a terrific alternative to a rug and can tie together a decorative scheme or provide the ultimate finishing touch to a room. Produce splendid designs in a rainbow of colors; replicate the appearance of bricks or marble; or paint a jolly Santa Claus and celebrate the holidays in festive style. Stencil flowers that remind you of the pleasures of gardening or get the kids involved and let them "handprint" a motif to jazz up their bedroom. Plus: information on preparation, planning a layout, and hemming, varnishing, and finishing a floorcloth.
“Walking on art—or floorcloths—has been popular since the mid-eighteenth century. Here, the artists of Plaid Studios expose all that the reader needs to know about these decorative coverings. More than 30 patterns are showcased, using 6 familiar craft techniques, from faux finishes to block printing. Comforting, too, are the designs, which exploit the gracefulness or texture of natural things, such as ivy, brick, and marble....Good color photographs.” —Booklist.
I found this book very informative. Being new to making floorcloths it gave me all the information I needed. It didn't just skim over the subject but dealt with it in depth.
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| | ISBN: 0806966076 Date Published on 6/5/2006 |
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| | Create beautiful faux finish effects with the Color Shaper, a new painting tool from Forsline & Starr. Transform your home with lovely malachite, marble, or stone finishes; reproduce the soft patina of natural wood; or choose a fresh look from a collection of fanciful, new faux patterns. In these pages you will find twelve easy project shown step-by-step, along with a host of colorful, creative variations to add drama to your décor. Simple, step-by-step instruction for dozens of faux finishes to try on furniture, moldings, floorcloths, shutters, tile, borders, and blinds. Seventeen faux finish "recipes," to decorate any surface you choose. Includes finished variations for each project, plus twenty-one recipes for creating amazing patterns of your own. |
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| | ISBN: 1564966356 Date Published on 9/20/2006 |
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| Patterns for more than two-dozen projects include color guides, methods for applying lead strips, and instructions for preparing and painting Tiffany-like florals, classic cameos, and Victorian designs. Liven up a child’s room with playful kites and kittens, decorate your kitchen with fruit motifs, or create a sunflower suncatcher...in minutes, no glass cutting required. |
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| | ISBN: 0806929618 Date Published on 5/24/2006 |
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| Patterns for more than two-dozen projects include color guides, methods for applying lead strips, and instructions for preparing and painting Tiffany-like florals, classic cameos, and Victorian designs. Liven up a child’s room with playful kites and kittens, decorate your kitchen with fruit motifs, or create a sunflower suncatcher...in minutes, no glass cutting required. |
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| | ISBN: 1402701276 Date Published on 9/20/2006 |
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| | Kathy Cooper began painting floorcloths in the mid-1970s to decorate her home. She developed her own methods, using acrylic pain, and was soon selling rugs to her friends. Today she is a full-time floorcloth artist and the owner of Orchard House Floorcloths in King, North Carolina. |
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| | ISBN: 1579901344 Date Published on 5/7/2006 |
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