Designing a Stenciled French Rug

Hi Friends,

Creating a French style rug is easy and quick.

Using a stencil of your choice,

textile paint or fabric medium, stencil brush and blue painters tape

you can create a one of a kind rug just for your décor.

 

Here I gathered a couple small throw rugs

with a small nap and basically a flat style.

Next I choose my stencils to design each rug.

Placing the stencil in a pleasing position

I taped in place with blue painters tape to keep it from slipping while stenciling.

 

For the paints,

I like to use either FolkArt's Textile Paint

or mix

Fabric Medium in equal parts with basic acrylic paint.

I used black for this project, but the sky is the limit with your colors.

Once the paint is mixed,

I began to stencil using my favorite brush.

I also like to start in the middle of the stencil and work out

 top to bottom.

This brush is an old friend and I have used it for years to stencil.

Worn and comfy, but so easy to use.

The rounded handle is very comfortable

and keeps your hand from getting tired.

 

 

Here is the finished rug.

Once dry, you can walk on it

and vacuum right over the stenciled design.

 

To help it dry faster for handling, I use a hair dryer

to help it along.

 

Using Textile medium keeps the surface soft

and helps from fading when washing.

However, a little fading does add shabby charm.

 

 

The next rug turned out like this~

 

So there you have it.

 

A French style rug

you could never buy in the stores,

 but just as close

as your favorite stencil.

 

So easy to do and fun!!

 

See you next time.

 

 

Wishing you

Southern DayDreams,

 

Celestina Marie

 

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