SK's Queen of Everything and Princess of Pretty Much
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SK on Elderberry
(IC: professional)
SK's upholstered wrought iron bench and matching custom canvas paintings.
An old cracked wood and wrought iron bench was in need of a pretty face-lift. And me being, well Me. I had to make it way more difficult than it needed to be. But the experimentation was worth the effort.
I sanded and then painted the metal with a Rustoleom hammered black iron paint.
I pre-painted the background canvas for all three pieces. I used a damask curl stencil and The Graphics Fairy whom I love. When this light background was dry, I used a Clorox bleach pen and drew more curls knowing after washing these parts would looked bleached.
The custom sizes of the canvases dictated I build and stretch my own. I bought a cream canvas duck. Again with the washing and ironing duck...Getting to be a habit.
I use graphics from The Graphics Fairy often.
After adding foam and under-fabric, I upholstered the cracked old wood bench with the pre-painted canvas.
I haven't decided if this project is finished as yet. I guess we shall see.
Thanks for visiting. sk
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Published September 9th, 2014 4:29 PM
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Dawn on May 10, 2019
Lovely! I use the graphics fairy too but need help with all the transfer projects...
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Doreen Kennedy on Jan 23, 2022
So pretty
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What color glaze did u use for the scrolls ?