I have the urge to do some floorcloths. At the quilt show today there was a shop that offered a kit. It had roc-lon multi purpose cloth, Mod Podge and a Safety Back to paint on.

I was thinking that I could fuse my focus fabric to the backing and go from there. I do tons of home dec and thought this might be a little aside that I could do as a gift.

Has anyone done these?

Not I. Sounds interesting.

Me either but I will be watching you. Glad you got to go to the Plano show today. DId you take pictures? Are you going back tomorrow. I wish dh would drive me there. We'll see.

sounds interesting

I'll go back if he does. There are pics but I didn't take any. I think they've been posted.

Yes, I painted five floorcloths for Christmas gifts last year and they came out great. I purchased heavy canvas on ebay that had a non-skid backing. Primed it with two coats of white latex then painted on my designs followed by five coats of urethane. I was using a can of urethane that I had on hand and it worked great. Unfortunately, I had to buy a second can and the sales clerk at the home improvement store convinced me that I needed a different product than I had used previously. The second urethane caused the floorcloth to buckle and crack and there was nothing to be done but throw it out and start over. The recommended finish is a product from Sherwin Williams called Sher-Clear. I had to special order it and it was pretty pricey, but I bought a gallon and will be painting some floorcloths for my own home once the garden is done. The designs I used were pretty simple, but I hope to attempt something more complex this fall.

Joy, the floor cloth pattern is on their website. It lists the contents of the kit.

My pics are not transferring from my stick to the pc.
Looks like I will be going tomorrow to meet another quilty friend.
Wonder if my stick is full? Pics do display on my camera.

Have you tried on with fabric instead of painting? I can't paint a wall so I'm sure I won't be able to paint floorcloths. My MIL did a beautiful rooster one years ago.

My pics are not transferring from my stick to the pc.
Looks like I will be going tomorrow to meet another quilty friend.
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Mine either, are you using Picassa to transfer??

Thanks. Maybe I'll see you there. I've been thinking about going back.

suzee, I really liked your hummingbirds and turtle!

It seems to me that I've seen someone on TV adhere fabric on to the canvas and decoupage it on, then seal it. But I don't know who.

I haven't tried one with fabric. I think you would have to fuse your fabric to a heavy canvas and then apply the finish. It's the five coats of polyurethane that makes it stand up to traffic.

Your painted ones are beautiful but I think fabric is the only way that I'll be able to accomplish one.

The kits they had included Mod-Podge but (since I have yards and yards of it) fusing might be the best for me.

Did you use anything on the backing to keep them from slipping?

No, I am on Mac so it is iphoto. My fear is maybe the stick is full and maybe the pics are really on the camera. I don't know how to get them off the camera if they saved there. I don't have another stick. Hmm, have to delete pics off stick and don't want to till I print. Technology may be leaving me a bit behind. I'm givin it a good try though!!

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That's kinda cool! All kinds of talent!!

They are all pretty. I like the turtle on the black & white one.

The canvas that I bought has a non-skid backing; feels kind of 'rubbery.' I think if you used a non-skid mat like you would put under a room sized rug, it would not slide.