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How to stamp and stencil on burlap…

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Here’s the post you’ve all been asking about! How to hand-stamp on burlap. It’s a great technique and you can do numbers, words, or even make your own patterned fabric!
A hand holds a key-shaped stamp on burlap fabric, with text: "How to stamp and stencil on burlap." Discover creative burlap craft ideas at JenniferRizzo.com.

The biggest things to remember is… 1. burlap has a very rough, open weave; so chunkier stamps work better. Little details will be lost.and… 2. Unlike stamping on other fabrics, don’t use straight fabric paint. It’s too thin. You’re better mixing fabric paint and a stiffer acrylic paint. You probably won’t be washing it, so even  straight acrylic or even latex paint is fine. For stamping, you want to do a mix of either equal parts of fabric paint and acrylic paint, or 3 parts acrylic paint and one part fabric textile medium ( a medium that makes any acrylic paint into fabric paint you can find at craft stores.). This will make it so you can wash it, and keep it flexible enough so the paint doesn’t get crunchy or flakey.

A paintbrush with orange and black bristles rests on textured burlap fabric. The brush head features a printed image of ornate metalwork.

Brush your paint onto your stamp. Keep a wet paper towel handy because any paint left on your stamp when you’re done will ruin it.

Add a little more paint than normal because burlap will suck up the paint a bit.

A hand holding a rubber stamp with a key design presses it onto textured burlap, creating an imprint on the rustic fabric.
Press very firmly to make sure the entire image transfers.

A rubber stamp with an owl design rests on burlap fabric, accompanied by stamped images of an owl and two old-fashioned keys on the textured burlap.

Larger, less detailed stamps definitely work much better on the rough fabric.
A hand holds a fleur-de-lis rubber stamp above rustic burlap fabric, next to a stamped fleur-de-lis design impressed onto the burlap.
Besides stamping, you can also stencil with the same paint mix. Again, the less detail the better.
A piece of white paper with a black intricate floral pattern cut-out is placed on coarse, tan burlap fabric.
Make sure to position your stencil.
A hand holds a paintbrush, applying black paint over a decorative stencil on a piece of rustic burlap fabric.
Off-load any goopey paint onto a paper towel, then use a stiff paint brush and pounce it in, you may need to go over an area several times.
Burlap fabric features a symmetrical black stenciled floral and geometric pattern, elegantly laid on a wooden surface.
Keep going until it’s as dark as you would like. Once the fabric and paint are dry, it’s ready to use.
A wooden chair with a burlap-upholstered beige seat featuring a black floral stencil design. The backrest has a decorative carved pattern.
Then get decorating with it! For more stenciling on burlap posts click here.
Jen
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