Make your own printed curtains

by Jen (August 23, 2008)

Curtains are expensive. All you really need to keep your windows covered is some inexpensive cloth and curtain clips to hang it with. There’s also a way for you to personalize your cloth with a funky design without too much expense or effort (and it’s fun).

CraftChi shows you how to make rolling pin prints on paper or cloth. You’ll need some supplies from an art or craft store, and it might take you a couple of tries to get the designs just the way you want. But it’s fun and addictive, too.

A couple of tips for doing this on cloth:

• Always test the design on paper first.
• You can spread multiple rows of paint on your plexiglass and roll the pin through them to get a rainbow effect.
• And…

The Bohemian Twist

For a really cool effect, paint each section of the design on your roller by hand to make a complex multi-colored design. There are two challenges to this approach: getting the paint to the right thickness, and keeping the first sections wet while you paint the later ones. The second one is easy: just spray the drying paint with a fine mist of water to keep it wet. As for getting the paint thickness right, experiment to see what different thicknesses of paint do. You may want to try this on scrap cloth of the same texture you’re going to hang as curtains to make sure you’ve got it right. It’s better to go too thin than too thick: after printing the initial design, you can also touch up with a paintbrush.

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