Floor cloth- the madness
So, Saturday Alan again pressed the distinct lack of a floor cloth for our tent since we tossed out our old busted one a couple of years ago. Too lazy/too late to order a new one from Panther. Alan had originally found this fabric on Spoonflower, and then I loved this design, but sadly they are not released for sale. There is a nice pale blue, but I feared that'd be too light for a floor. Oh, and getting it in the Linen-cotton canvas wasn't going to be cheap either.
So Sunday, we went to Home Depot to get materials to paint a floor cloth using a canvas painter's drop cloth used in the barracks tent last year. We grabbed paint and tape, and planned to set to work on Monday when it was cooler.
This was my inspiration, seen as a color woodcut on the cover of Fooles and Fricassees
Feeling that four colors were a bit much, I chose to go with just a mustard gold and the teal. I like the idea of red and gold but then was worried about clashing with our current divider walls, or that it'd be too red and gold. Sadly the colors I chose are a bit lighter than planned, and probably would have darkened if I'd done a second coat, but one coat was really enough work for me.
I spent 2.5 hours gessoing the canvas on the driveway with some leftover cream colored paint on Monday. Then Alan helped me lay out the tape to mark off the squares, which we measured at approximately 12" square. I spent 2.5 hours painting the gold squares on Tuesday early afternoon, and 2.5 hours painting the teal squares that evening. Alan suggested that a second coat would go faster than the first, but he was promptly ignored as my back, glutes, hamstrings, knees, shoulders, and hands were killing me. Last night I tested out with a few markers to see what would work the best to make the black highlights in between the large tiles. Sharpie was the winner, so I rounded up all the Sharpies in the house this morning and set to removing the tape and applying the detail squares and lines to the cloth. I was racing the sun and the running out Sharpies, so I only got about half done in 1.5 hours this morning before I took a break for lunch and then a run to Target for more Sharpies. I moved to the patio for shade and the use of the table, which took longer to maneuver around, but meant I wasn't on my knees anymore to finish up the last two hours on the floor cloth. I am tired, my right hand has bandaids on it for sore spots where the paintbrush and markers were gripped, and my ass hurts. Need more stretching.
But it is done, and I am pleased.
And it even looks okay with our divider walls. :)
Guess I should start thinking about packing soon...
So Sunday, we went to Home Depot to get materials to paint a floor cloth using a canvas painter's drop cloth used in the barracks tent last year. We grabbed paint and tape, and planned to set to work on Monday when it was cooler.
This was my inspiration, seen as a color woodcut on the cover of Fooles and Fricassees
Feeling that four colors were a bit much, I chose to go with just a mustard gold and the teal. I like the idea of red and gold but then was worried about clashing with our current divider walls, or that it'd be too red and gold. Sadly the colors I chose are a bit lighter than planned, and probably would have darkened if I'd done a second coat, but one coat was really enough work for me.
I spent 2.5 hours gessoing the canvas on the driveway with some leftover cream colored paint on Monday. Then Alan helped me lay out the tape to mark off the squares, which we measured at approximately 12" square. I spent 2.5 hours painting the gold squares on Tuesday early afternoon, and 2.5 hours painting the teal squares that evening. Alan suggested that a second coat would go faster than the first, but he was promptly ignored as my back, glutes, hamstrings, knees, shoulders, and hands were killing me. Last night I tested out with a few markers to see what would work the best to make the black highlights in between the large tiles. Sharpie was the winner, so I rounded up all the Sharpies in the house this morning and set to removing the tape and applying the detail squares and lines to the cloth. I was racing the sun and the running out Sharpies, so I only got about half done in 1.5 hours this morning before I took a break for lunch and then a run to Target for more Sharpies. I moved to the patio for shade and the use of the table, which took longer to maneuver around, but meant I wasn't on my knees anymore to finish up the last two hours on the floor cloth. I am tired, my right hand has bandaids on it for sore spots where the paintbrush and markers were gripped, and my ass hurts. Need more stretching.
But it is done, and I am pleased.
And it even looks okay with our divider walls. :)
Guess I should start thinking about packing soon...