SPRINGTIME

I don’t know about you but I love this time of year. Once the marigolds start appearing in our field it’s time to start and have a good clear out in the garden in anticipation of a long sunny summer, well we can all dream!

Inevitably the plans mean taking a look at our plant pots and deciding which ones we want to keep and which ones need to be discarded, at this point all I can think about is how fabulous the cheap plastic ones at the back of the shed will look with some Powertex dipped fabric wrapped around them.

The first thing I need to do is sort out some odds and ends of recycled fabric, it’s important at this stage to make sure everything is natural fibres so that my plant pot is weatherproof. the plaster pieces will need covering completely to seal out the weather too.

The next job is to get my fabric into the fabric hardener, I chose bronze for this project.

Powertex doesn’t stick to plastic so before I started I added some random pieces of paper tape to my plant pot.

I had fun adding the different fabrics to give me great texture, Powertex sticks to itself easily so I can get really creative here.

 

The next day when my plant pot was dry I used Powertex Easy Varnish and Bronze Gold Colortrix Pigment to create a weatherproof paint for my dry brushing.

I need to keep it indoors for three weeks before I can leave it outside but had to take it out for these photos, I just love the finished result!

Thanks to Paperartsy for issuing this challenge, it has both inspired me to share this make with you and also to get back to my blog.

We look forward to seeing the other entries!