Making A Floor Cloth From Fabric

Using the original fabric bolt fold as a guide cut your fabric into two pieces.

Making a floor cloth from fabric.

These must be smoothed out as the fabric is adhered. Notice too the wrinkles in the tarp. Floor clothes are a wonderful project for artists of all levels. Determine your fabric placement.

To make your floor cloth slip proof you can apply a liquid rubber backing available at most craft stores. Then fold the fabric back about halfway and spray the rubber mat with spray adhesive. The colorful canvas carpet learn how you can recycle old fabric works or repurpose leftovers to make a beautiful floor cloth that ll make your floors pop. If desired you may apply a final coat of paste wax using a soft cloth.

The fabric should stick well to the rubber mat. Note to protect the floor a blue tarp is under both the fabric and the tarp used as the backing. By lisa curry mair. Once the fabric is adhered to the tarp the excess tarp may be cut away from all four edges of the fabric.

Here is a comparison of the floor cloth after a coat of shellac and the extra fabric. Determine your fabric placement. All of our fabrics are offered at factory direct wholesale pricing for cut yardage and bulk orders. Make a floor cloth.

Let the sealer dry completely between coats. Lift the other side of fabric up and repeat that method. Materials needed to make a rug. With a little fabric paint i could make a rug that would fit perfectly with our existing decor.

Use a quilt pattern from a book or magazine or create your own design. A floor cloth or floor quilt is a durable piece of art you can use as a throw rug or a crumb catcher under the table. The fabric should stick well to the rubber mat. Then lay out your fabric and cut to the desired size allowing a 1 hem on all 4 sides.

Fold the fabric back down smoothing out the bubbles and wrinkles as you go. Using decoupage you can make a floor cloth with no sewing. It did make the white stripes not quite so white more of an off white or very light cream color so if you need the white in your fabric to stay a brilliant stark white you ll want to find another sealer for your floor cloth. So the fabric will be enough to make two floor cloths.

Then fold the fabric back about halfway and spray the rubber mat with spray adhesive. Big duck canvas fabric warehouse offers a wide range of fabric options ideal for making cotton canvas floor cloths or canvas floor mats. The drop cloth protecting the floor from wallpaper paste drips was an exact color match. When the wax dries hand buff the surface.

Lift the other side of fabric up and repeat that method. Our heavyweight numbered ducks are the best option for canvas floor cloths.