This was a scrap of drapery I found at a fabric store that specialized in drapery/upholstery. Luckily they had it in a size that would work for my canvas. After I bought it I stretched it on stretcher bars as you would normal cotton canvas.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Shiva's Fire: Finding a canvas
I first looked into using a textured wallpaper as my canvas but I could not find a pattern I was completely happy with and a size that would work. Wallpaper generally comes in about 2 foot wide rolls. The canvas was to be 4 x 4 so I had to go with something else. After doing some shopping at a few fabric stores I came across this-
This was a scrap of drapery I found at a fabric store that specialized in drapery/upholstery. Luckily they had it in a size that would work for my canvas. After I bought it I stretched it on stretcher bars as you would normal cotton canvas.
This was a scrap of drapery I found at a fabric store that specialized in drapery/upholstery. Luckily they had it in a size that would work for my canvas. After I bought it I stretched it on stretcher bars as you would normal cotton canvas.
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