Finally I've managed to finish middle sons Freddie's canvas! It's taken me that long that I can't actually remember when I started it! Anywhere he we go hope you like...
Ever since the Olympics, Fred has been obsessed with Great Britain and especially the Union Jack, so after buying everything and anything with a Union Jack on for his bedroom, he asked if I'd do him his canvas the same...
Once marked out, it was time to start painting...
Fred chose the paints, so we had pillar box red, antique white and a metallic blue...
Couple of coats of each, the wooden letters also painted in the blue. Then time to distress with sandpaper, I used several grades to give a more natural worn feel, using higher grade on corners and edges and a finer grade on the front and sides of the canvas
Finally attached all the letters to the canvas (after much discussion as to whether they should be straight, squint, skewhiff LOL) and voila!
Hope you like?! I think it'd also work really well with a decoupage Cath Kidston floral type theme, or some pastel patterns, vintage style. Anyway on to the next one now, Samuel. He's coming up for two and has blue/white room in Peter Rabbit Fabric so will try to include the fabric in the canvas somehow...
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