BLINGIT STUDIOS - When you ask a creative person to "sort" decorations for windows.

BLINGIT STUDIOS – When You Ask a Creative Person to “Sort” Decorations for Windows

Hi folks!

Well… that was a day and a half. 😅
I’m on the fundraising committee for our local dance school — mostly because, honestly, I practically live there anyway with two dance girls.
So, I might as well help out!

Today’s post is a little different — it’s all about how to make a large quantity of black “curtains” to cover lots of windows fast,
or simply how to paint fabric backdrops with splatter paint.

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The Problem: 20 Metres of Window Space

We needed nearly 20 metres of coverage for windows, and that adds up quickly if you’re paying retail.
I had to keep the fabric under $5 per metre and wide enough to cover a 135 cm drop without piecing and sewing panels together.
Wider fabric = more expensive — so the challenge was on!

No surprises here — I decided to make my own. 😄

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The Supplies

Off I went to Spotlight, where I grabbed plain black poly-cotton at $4/m (149 cm wide).
Then it was back to my art studio for paint!

Best way to get splatter paint on fabric without a big airbrush setup?

Refillable tomato sauce bottles.

Yep — you heard that right.
I picked mine up from Kmart for $2 each. I used to do a bit of paint pouring, and these bottles were perfect for that.
Even better, the leftover paint from two years ago was still good — and that’s what I used for this project.

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🎨 The Paint Mix

I used Floetrol (you could also use a pouring medium) and added paint to it with a splash of water if needed.

Big tip:
Make sure your colours are not transparent.
They’ll look super bright in the bottle with white Floetrol, but can dry disappointingly see-through on fabric.

So, do one (or both) of these:

• Add a touch of white to your colours
• Choose opaque pigments

I did both — a little white in each mix and ensured the colours were opaque before pouring.

another thing you CAN do is add glow in the dark paints... i did not have any. Nothing to stop me adding that later however.

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The Painting Process

Honestly, it took about 15 minutes to paint all 20 metres of fabric.

I just stretched it out down the lawn, pegged it in place, and went colour by colour —
running up one side splattin’ paint randomly, then back down the other.

Repeat for each colour, and done!

It took a little while to dry thanks to the Floetrol, but once it was, it looked fantastic.
Now, I wouldn’t try to wash these (no fabric fixative added), but for temporary black curtains for a disco, it worked brilliantly.

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Photos

Here you can see the curtains all up in the dance studio.
I can’t really share photos from the disco itself (kid privacy and all that),
but you’ll get the idea — bright, fun, and full of colour against the black background.
They are EVER so slightly see through. it looks worse in the photos... because Australian light is so harsh, but it drastically reduced the light so all the disco lights worked in the late afternoon light.

When you were IN the room you could see all the colour for sure.

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The Outcome

So in TRUE AUSTRALIAN STYLE - the Heavens opened with a solid thunder and lightening storm with heavy rain. JUST as the bigger kids were arriving for the disco. i had to stand outside in the rain and try and yank kids in from cars. however so many kids still came which was awesome.

A fun night was had by all, and hopefully we raised around $1000 for the studio!
The proceeds go toward buying trophies and prizes for the end-of-year dance awards.

It was chaotic, creative, and totally worth it.
Honestly, this splatter paint curtain method would be great for all sorts of projects — backdrops, plays, parties, even kids’ bedrooms. i use fabric all the time for table cloths for parties and this would work well. better than the throw away plastic ones that is for sure.

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Thanks for reading,

Catch you next time,
– BLINGIT

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Now just adding some lovely photos of what i NORMALLY paint. not just splatter crap :-)