Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design
 Innovative surface-design techniques combine dyeing, bleaching, painting, stamping and stenciling to create rich, visually complex fabrics. [... more]
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How to Paint & Decorate Wood Furniture
After it drys, lightly sand it all over with a fine grit sand paper. Once you are satisfied with your work and there are no rough edges or splinters and the surface of the paint is roughed up evenly all over, wipe the furniture thoroughly with a ... [... more]
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How to Stencil a Plain Rug
Regardless what type of rug you want, you will have to pay out big bucks to get the perfect size, color or style. But what if you could go for the plain and basic (less expensive) rug and customize it to fit your color scheme or personal style. ... [... more]
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How to Make Canvas Rugs
Canvas rugs have been popular since colonial times. This is probably due to the fact that they are inexpensive, durable and easy to make. You don't have to be an artist or have professional art supplies to create a beautiful canvas rug. Canvas ... [... more]
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How to Stencil with Spackle
We all know how to stencil with paint, but there is a different method available that can add instant texture and become a definite conversation piece; it is stenciling with spackle. Spackle is designed to fill holes and cracks in walls before ... [... more]
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How to Buy Quilting Stencils
Quilting is truly an art form and your works will last for generations to come. But quilting doesn't have to be as difficult as it was when you grandmother used to quilt. Now, you can buy quilting stencils to add beauty and durability to your own ... [... more]
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Handwriting Decor
Dreamy handwritten quotations and ornamental patterns embellish this bedside table. Decorative artist Sheila McGraw demonstrates her technique for embellishing furniture with handwritten quotations and ornamental photocopied images. Photocopies ... [... more]
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How to Stencil
Stenciling is a very old technique and comes in many design forms. Stencils come in precut designs, some very simple and others more complex. The same technique is used for all types of stencils. Try stenciling to embellish an accessory or ... [... more]
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How to Create a Stencil for a Picket Fence
A fun mural to make for kids' rooms is a picket fence murals. It's time effective and wise to make a stencil for a picket fence in advance. Here's what to do. When you have drawn all of the pickets for your stencil section, use your ruler to draw ... [... more]
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How to Stencil With Cookie Cutters
Before you cart off that worn out old furniture to the thrift store, consider giving it new life with a fresh coat of paint and your own custom-design! Stenciling is a fun and popular way to decorate. Here is a twist on stenciling, using cookie ... [... more]
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Fantastic Furniture: Intriguing Paint Techniques & Projects
Amazon.com Review: Tired tables, boring bookcases, cast-off chairs, and other fatigued furnishings take on a whole new life when dressed up with zingy colors and simple paint techniques. In Fantastic Furniture: Intriguing Paint Techniques & Projects, [... more]
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Decorative Stamping
Stamp a pillow or lampshade -- or any of a dozen items -- to create a matching decor for an entire room. Unlike rubber stamps mounted on wood, foam stamps are flexible, allowing the user to stamp on curved surfaces as well as flat ones. Marty ... [... more]
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