Making A Floor Cloth From Fabric

Lift the other side of fabric up and repeat that method.

Making a floor cloth from fabric.

Lift the other side of fabric up and repeat that method. 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. Let the sealer dry completely between coats. Materials needed to make a rug.

If desired you may apply a final coat of paste wax using a soft cloth. Make a floor cloth. 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.

Fabric for floor cloths. 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. 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.

With a little fabric paint i could make a rug that would fit perfectly with our existing decor. So the fabric will be enough to make two floor cloths. Determine your fabric placement. Fold the fabric back down smoothing out the bubbles and wrinkles as you go.

These must be smoothed out as the fabric is adhered. Note to protect the floor a blue tarp is under both the fabric and the tarp used as the backing. Use a quilt pattern from a book or magazine or create your own design. 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.

Determine your fabric placement. Our heavyweight numbered ducks are the best option for canvas floor cloths. Using the original fabric bolt fold as a guide cut your fabric into two pieces. Using decoupage you can make a floor cloth with no sewing.

Floor clothes are a wonderful project for artists of all levels. All of our fabrics are offered at factory direct wholesale pricing for cut yardage and bulk orders. Here is a comparison of the floor cloth after a coat of shellac and the extra fabric. On the cotton setting with spray iron your fabric and remove as many wrinkles as you possibly can.

The fabric should stick well to the rubber mat. Notice too the wrinkles in the tarp. Then fold the fabric back about halfway and spray the rubber mat with spray adhesive. 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. The fabric should stick well to the rubber mat.