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DIY Navajo Rug
By The How-To Gal on Jul 25, 2012
This rug was my inspiration. I found it on a blog awhile back and can't find it again to reference. Good thing I saved it to my desktop! It was actually in a little mini doll house the blogger made. Isn't it adorable?
Round 2, I used the shape I had made with the freezer paper and followed the edges with painter's tape. This result was much better.
I continued the process with different shapes and designs using my tape and paint. My paint colors were Gold from Martha Stewart's Precious Metals line and Benjamin Moore's Tangerine Dream.
Because the rug was going in my craft room under my roller chair, I didn't mind that my paint would dry hard and I wanted the project to be inexpensive as possible. If you want the rug to remain soft, you'll definitely want to use fabric paint or add paint medium to your normal paint, which you can get at most craft stores.
Perfect!