Hand painted rugs and Place Mats

**** this rug has sold ***** { thank you to C. and E.  in Pennsylvania }

 I have wanted to make a floor cloth for SO many years ...... The other night I remembered I had a prepared gessoed and cut floor cloth in my closet SOMEWHERE .  Yes Lisa I probably bought it in the eighties { ha ha }
so I found it ..... I turned over the edges , sewed the hem and painted away .
It was fun to do ,

****** this one is in my Etsy shop for sale

 so then I wanted to make another .... but I can't afford buying pre gessoed ones now .... so .... I washed a piece of a painter's canvas drop cloth  { it shrinks a lot } ...... then I cut and hemmed it , primed it both sides , and painted away .  Many coats of poly to finish it off

then I decided to try a pet place mat ...... so this is the drop cloth .... cut and hemmed and painted

 then ..... I decided making rugs from a drop cloth is way too much work .

so I went to Home Depot and bought vinyl/linoleum ....... cut it , primed it , painted it , a few coats of poly
this is a pet place mat

so then I made a birthday place mat........**** update > this duck party one has sold ****

these are large place mats

then
I wondered how it would work if I decoupaged one of my cats on it
it works just fine !
The balloons and background are hand painted . The cat is a print of my cat , decoupaged on ..... lots of coats of poly
I think this will hold up well ......... I'm going to use it in my house to make sure

whew
so this is what I've been up to ............... I'm on a rug and place mat kick

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