I have had this suitcase in my pile and it looked ok, but clearly it doesn't look so great standing by itself.
I thought about several ways to hide the stains on this one.
In retrospect, I didn't make the best choice. But I'll save that for later.
I have been trying to use materials I have on hand. So instead of rushing out for another quart of paint, I mixed about five colors to achieve the right bluish green.
I wanted to use this color to cover the reddish brown on the ends of the case.
I was really happy with this color and very excited about the doing the rest of the makeover.
I took the metal parts from a beat up gold (top latch) to the bronze of the bottom hardware.
My idea was to use this toile remnant to cover the rest of the suitcase.
I did the lid first and that turned out pretty well.
Then I started on the bottom. This is messy, messy work and you have to work quickly because the medium drys very fast. I have found that it's best to let it dry before trying to trim around the hardware or cut off the overhang.
As this side started to dry I could could see that I had a problem. That awful stain was bleeding right through my beautiful fabric.
Not a pretty sight and so disappointing. There wasn't much I could do. At this point it was stuck and so was I.
So after all that, I now have a vintage suitcase covered in a very pretty but stained toile.
FYI, the paint color I mixed is much closer to the color of the fabric than it looks in these pictures. I can't explain that one. You'll just have to imagine it being so.
I thought about several ways to hide the stains on this one.
In retrospect, I didn't make the best choice. But I'll save that for later.
I have been trying to use materials I have on hand. So instead of rushing out for another quart of paint, I mixed about five colors to achieve the right bluish green.
I wanted to use this color to cover the reddish brown on the ends of the case.
I was really happy with this color and very excited about the doing the rest of the makeover.
I took the metal parts from a beat up gold (top latch) to the bronze of the bottom hardware.
My idea was to use this toile remnant to cover the rest of the suitcase.
I did the lid first and that turned out pretty well.
Then I started on the bottom. This is messy, messy work and you have to work quickly because the medium drys very fast. I have found that it's best to let it dry before trying to trim around the hardware or cut off the overhang.
As this side started to dry I could could see that I had a problem. That awful stain was bleeding right through my beautiful fabric.
Not a pretty sight and so disappointing. There wasn't much I could do. At this point it was stuck and so was I.
So after all that, I now have a vintage suitcase covered in a very pretty but stained toile.
FYI, the paint color I mixed is much closer to the color of the fabric than it looks in these pictures. I can't explain that one. You'll just have to imagine it being so.
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