the Craft Wall Experiment

March 28th, 2009 in member junk

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the dry Pattern Wall, before i squared up the edges and cleaned up all the drips :)

now its covered with projects to finish, thingamajigs that used to get lost on my table and mementos.

a closer view..., notice the squared up edges... my sister said she KNEW i would square up the edges because i LOVE graph paper :) my OTHER sister said its because im anal retentive, LOL!

a closer close-up :)
the embroidery is one my granny made when i was born, soon it will be a pillow. and i LOVE those snapping badge clip thingys! i found a huge bag of them at the thrift shop for .99!

the dry Pattern Wall, before i squared up the edges and cleaned up all the drips :)

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Now that I have an empty bedroom to turn into my workspace, I decided to experiment on the wall in my living room, which is where I work now. I used liquid fabric starch, an old, clean paintbrush and the pattern pieces from my kids homemade halloween costumes :) [I also kept a damp towel around to catch the drips..., apparently I'm a very messy liquid starch painter!] I slathered a bunch of liquid starch on about a third of the area to be covered and then tore large pieces of patern and stuck them to the wall. That simple! Although pattern paper is relatively thin, I had very few rips or tears from smoothing the paper down [I just smoothed it down with my hands]. After it was stuck to the wall, I went over it with more starch, making sure to poke at the bits that were bubbly to get it to lay smoothly.

The whole process took me about 2 hours, including drying time and hanging doo-dads all over it! This idea is DEFINITELY moving up to the new craft room!

Pattern or design used: My own design - Georgia | ratty

posted in: member junk, crib, craft room, pattern wall, ratty

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georgiamoon writes: Oh my leetle ratty friend...how could i have missed this wonderful post??? I love what you did and it looks great. Sorry I didn't see this until Candy did hers and posted the link. I use old pattern pieces in my collage art all the time. I love how it comes out kinda transparent but with the lovely aged color. When are you coming up this way. I miss you, Geo Posted: 5:29 pm on April 22nd

RobJ98167 writes: Who knew that a crib bed frame would make such an efficient storage holder? Posted: 10:22 pm on March 30th

MelHow writes: brilliant

Posted: 4:40 pm on March 30th

Junk_Sophisticate writes: Love, love this!! I too am working on a crib spring project and just love the way you used the old patterns on the wall.
Great job!
Candy Posted: 2:41 pm on March 30th

monakent writes: This is not only wonderful to look at, but a great way to hang things. MUCH better that a boring old bulletin board. This ads pa-ZAZ to any room!!! Clever, clever idea. gailmarie, bfa Posted: 7:47 am on March 30th

alicemom writes: Great idea. I have one in storage............but not for long!
Smiles,
Alice Posted: 10:33 pm on March 28th

junkrat writes: yes, LOL! i forgot to mention that part :)
it's a crib mattress spring i found at the thrift shop for $4. Posted: 7:57 pm on March 28th