impromptu work surfaces
It was so lovely outside yesterday that I thought it would be fun to work on a new piece of painted cloth outside.
One little problem…
I didn’t particularly want to lay my fabric on the grass - after all, my three dogs share the backyard too!
I’ve got a spare worktable downstairs - but it’s got a disassembled computer on it and I didn’t feel like dealing with that either.
Time to get creative!
I knew we had a long, narrow piece of plywood out in the garden shed, so I propped it up onto two chairs. It was a little too narrow, so I put two large plastic cutting mats on top of that.
Hmm… there’s a seam where the two mats meet - that’s definitely going to cause problems with painting…
Duct tape!
I duct taped the two mats together, covered them with garbage bags and voila! I’ve got a painting table outside!
One more little problem…
It’s starting to get windy.
Big page clamps will do the trick - one on each corner holds the fabric down nicely so I can paint.
Here’s one corner of the worktable:
It worked beautifully and I got to enjoy the sunshine while I got my work done :-)
image: © C Findlay-Harder
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