How To Make A Floor Cloth Rug

Cut the canvas into the size desired.

How to make a floor cloth rug.

Materials needed to make a rug. Floor cloths add warmth to cold floors and won t collect dust or dust mites like high pile rugs and carpeting. One of the key elements of my plan was a rug to cover to a good portion of the tiled floor. I ll be folding the extra length under to create a double layer around the edges but you can use a smaller drop cloth too.

Then fold over 1 and press again on all four sides. Paint roller on broomstick. Number 10 canvas duck cut to dimensions of door or board plus a 6 inch margin. Roller tray and liner white acrylic gesso.

Place the rug backing under the hems on the floor cloth. Durable and easy to care for a hand painted floor cloth can be used like a rug for high traffic areas such as the kitchen or even the patio. Here s how i did it. Paintbrushs in a variety of sizes.

3 4 of a yard of 60 wide canvas will make two floor cloths press an approximate 1 2 hem on all four sides. Remnant piece of vinyl flooring the design doesn t matter make sure that the back side is a light solid neutral color x acto knife or utility knife framing square yardstick or other straight edge. The trick for painting a floor cloth is to make sure that the edges of the tape and labels are well adhered to the canvas. Needless to say this floor cloth was much easier to make than the one that i painted.

Cut the rug backing slightly smaller than the hemmed rectangle. My drop cloth is 12 x 15 for an 8 x 10 rug. For this week s installment of the one room challenge i decided to make a floor cloth from a drop cloth as the search for a suitable runner was proving to be fruitless. Hollow core door or 1 2 inch plywood cut to size.