Annie Sloan, author as well as creator of Chalk Paint™, shares exactly how to make the Alphabet transfer Banner from her new book, Annie Sloan Paints Everything.
Sometimes, you see old blinds in secondhand stores or when you move into a new home, as well as question what you can do with them, since they never in shape anywhere apart from the location they were meant for. This is a brilliant solution. The blind shown right here was made into a banner with a simple transfer design.
For an alphabet, you will requirement area for 26 letters in seven rows, with four letters in five of the rows as well as two lines with three letters. If you discover measuring stressful, either get somebody to assist you — as I did — or do a more irregular putting of the letters. I discovered an alphabet free of copyright that I might print out. You will requirement to print the letters reversed (as a mirror image), to ensure that they are not backwards when transferred.
It is important to take your time to do this job well. enable the paint as well as the paper cutouts to dry thoroughly for a number of hours, or overnight. If you don’t, then the paint can rub off as well quickly as well as the printed ink can smudge as well as run.
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Chalk Paint™ in Provence, English Yellow, Antoinette, as well as Greek Blue
Old blind
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Ceruza
Yardstick (meter ruler)
Medium oval bristle brush
Small flat brush
Reversed alphabet letters (see introduction above), printed on normal computer printer paper
Annie Sloan Découpage glue as well as Varnish
Clean, dry, lint-free cloths
Clear wax
Small wax brush
Cut the top as well as bottom off the blind to ensure that you have one piece of fabric. location the blind on your work surface with the material side dealing with uppermost.
Draw lines lightly in pencil on the blind, measuring carefully with the yardstick (meter ruler) to ensure that you have a line going with the center of each letter. I marked a area on the line where each circle of color would be.
I selected four colors as well as then utilized the oval bristle clean to paint each one with a swirling twist to provide a bit of motion to the shape.
Roughly cut out the letters in whatever method you want, bearing in mind that the more paper you leave on the pieces, the more you will have to eliminate later.
With the print side dealing with upward, utilize the flat clean to coat the very first letter transfer with découpage glue.
Stick the transfer promptly on its painted spot. let dry thoroughly for a number of hours at least. Repeat for every of the letters.
Soak the transfers with some water utilizing your finger, scrubing at the exact same time to eliminate the paper. utilize a fabric to assist you eliminate the paper as well as enable to dry. You may requirement to take off more paper because, as it dries, you will discover that the paper is still extremely white in locations as well as less so in others. If the paper is still white as well as solid, then eliminate this by adding more water.
Note: Some parts may break as well as split. keep in mind that a few of the paper will vanish when you wax the completed banner. apply remove wax with the wax clean as well as eliminate excess wax with a clean cloth.