Hi Guys Makyla here from makylacreates.com welcome back to my channel
so today i'm wanting to share with you a really fun diy tutorial you can definitely grab your kids
and get them involved in this as well for those fun holiday christmas makes so i am sharing how
to make grain sack fabric so here in new zealand it can be quite hard to find fabrics like this
and if i do find them they are very expensive so i've decided to come up with an alternative and
make my own using some leftover drop cloth which i have from my farmhouse curtain tutorial and i
will link that up above if you're interested in watching that it was really inexpensive it cost me
$26. and i have made a curtain and a few stockings which will be coming up in my future tutorials so
keep an eye out for that so just quickly before we jump into the tutorial all of the links to the
products that i use today will be in the description box below as well as a link to
my store where i sell my own sewing patterns including this dua dress that i'm wearing here
if you're wanting to make something for yourself for christmas definitely go and check out
my pdf sewing patterns so the materials that you will need for this project is a drop cloth
some newspaper to paint on some paint i've chosen red because i'm going for a christmas farmhouse
rustic theme that you could definitely go with blue green whatever style that you're going for
some masking tape and a paint brush so this is what the fabric looks like the grain sack once
it's painted and it comes out really really nice i really love the finish of it and using the masking
tape i was a little bit worried that it may seep through but it's actually um really nice and even
with the small amounts of paint that have slightly gone through i actually really like it as a rustic
farmhouse style so if you saw my video last week on christmas decorations you would have seen this
little stocking here that i made so this is my own grain sack fabric here that i painted and then cut
out with my templates which are free and available on my website if you are interested i'll link that
in below and i'll link the video up above um and then i have created a full-size stocking
as well and this tutorial is coming soon with a free template pattern so sign up to my email
list on my website makylacreates.com if you want to get that sent straight to your inbox for free
there's so many fun things that you can do with this and i'll show you a few ideas at the end
of this video lay out your newsprint and then pop your drop cloth on top this will just help protect
the surface underneath in case the paint seeps through a little bit and then what i'm doing is
grabbing my masking tape now this is the fun part this is where you can decide how narrow or how
wide you want your stripes to be i'm going with a mixture of different size stripes and gaps just
to make it a little bit more interesting as i'm going to use this for my stocking tutorial which
is coming soon um you can totally go with cutting up your masking tape but here i'm just folding it
um in half to kind of get a smaller or a narrower stripe on one side of my fabric also to note
just make sure you really push down your masking tape to ensure that the paint won't leak through
once you have masked your fabric all up you can start to paint in between the masking tape
so you can definitely be quite bold like i am here because i'm wanting this for my christmas stocking
but if you're wanting to do this for a rustic farmhouse style pillow or cushion for your home
you could definitely do less paint to get that sort of washed out look which would be really nice
so i'm just waiting for my paint to dry before i peel off my masking tape
so slowly start to peel off your masking tape once the paint is fully dry so that you don't
accidentally get it anywhere and the stripes will start to come out which is super exciting
you'll be able to see the fabric that you've made obviously here i've created more of a
unique sort of stripe pattern because i'm planning to make a
christmas stocking which is why i have got shorter stripes down their bottom there
so since christmas is coming up i thought that it would be fun to inspire you a little bit with how
you can decorate your home for the holiday season using this grain sack fabric tutorial so i have
created my own christmas decorations and if you saw my video last week i will link it up above
i have a free template which you can download from my website you just need to sign up to my email
list and then you can start making yourself some really cute decorations i also made a
really cute christmas decoration here covering a old one that i had in my stash
of christmas decorations replace the ribbon with something more my style and just use the offcuts
of this project and some others to hot glue onto these so lots of fun to get your kids
involved as well you could also use the grain sack as really cute christmas ribbon it adds a
really nice rustic touch to your christmas presents it's affordable and grab some
cheap brown paper you can definitely make some really beautiful christmas presents with those
so i hope you really enjoyed this fun tutorial on how to make grain sack fabric yourself this
has been really helpful for me because i can't find the fabric that i want in new zealand and
when i do find anything that is good it's usually out of my price range so i definitely have a list
of things to make out of this grain sect fabric which i'm sure i will share more tutorials with
you soon keep an eye out for my next video where i will be sharing how to make yourself a christmas
stocking using this grain sack fabric um as you can see i've made one here which is really cute
with some lace and some christmassy fabric the pattern will be free if you enjoyed this video
please give it a thumbs up and comment below what you're going to be making for this holiday season
using this grain sack fabric tutorial i would love to know thanks for watching and merry christmas