Battle Scar Plaid

Michelle Meyer

9 years ago

Painting a plaid pattern was a wee bit more difficult, than I first thought. True plaid or tartan fabric has intersecting stripes that are woven, where one color seems to bleed into another. Until I learn how to create that with paint, my plaid will continue to be stripes layered one on top of another.

I played around with the paint until I came up with a pattern I could call my own. I selected Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue, Napoleonic Blue and Versailles. The colors, had just enough contrast to make the pattern look interesting.

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By the way, the table may look familiar because it was in two previous post as Table Project Phase One and Table Project Phase Two. The table has great lines and personality, just what I needed in order to experiment with my design.

Using painters tape to create stripes

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint used to create plaid pattern

Plaid pattern after light sanding

I started by using painters tape to create stripes. The project took time because I had to wait for each paint layer to dry, before painting the next layer. Twenty minutes here, twenty minutes there, and after a couple of days, I was finished. I stood back and declared, I absolutely hated the look! Ugh!

Plaid pattern with battle scars

Vintage looking plaid

So I sanded, applied dark wax, polished off the wax, sanded again…then feeling like I had nothing to lose, I mutilated the painted stripes with a paint scraper. At last, I stood back surveying what turned out to be a battle scene. I was finally satisfied, the battle scars added an unexpected mystique to the design.