French Grain Sack Tea Towels Tutorial

Grain Sack Tea Towel Tutorial

Start out with a piece of Painter's Canvas that is 8' x 6' or 9' x 12" in size.  You can find the canvas in the paint section of Wal-Mart, Lowes or Home Depot.  I found mine at Wal-Mart.  They sell different thicknesses, and I found that the thicker the canvas, the more expensive in price that canvas will be.  Mine was the cheaper canvas at $9.99 and has worked perfectly for several projects.

First take your canvas and place in the washing machine on cold for a full cycle.

Once removed, I cut mine canvas in half because it was too big to work with.

 The paint colors I chose were FolkArt Brand Sterling Blue and Thunder Blue.  I mixed the two until I came up with the color I felt was most like the Antique French Grain Sack I had purchased previously.

One on my followers told me that they use "Basting" brushes found at the Dollar Store that come 3 to a pack in 3 different sizes!  

What a great idea!  Thank you for sharing!