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Stitching & Crafting Room:  What to do with burlap?  |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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 Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 2:40:48 PM
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Some one recently gave me a roll of burlap, 4feet by 150feet. I wanted it to put down in the garden as a weed block but then got to wondering if any one has a favorite craft idea for burlap? 
Thank you, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 5:24:16 PM
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I used it as wall paper on and old house it looked great.
Diana
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 5:38:38 PM
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| I use it to hook rugs on. |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Jul 22 2010 : 8:30:51 PM
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I made some rustic curtains with burlap. I paired them with lace panels to soften the look.
Cindy
"There is more to life than increasing its speed". Mahatma Gandhi
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2010 : 6:45:11 PM
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When I was a kid my dad made a large bulletin board for the wall above the desk in my bedroom by covering a piece of fiber board with burlap. I still have it but now it's hanging on the wall in my office at work.
If you decide to use the burlap as a weed cloth.....just be sure sure it isn't treated with chemicals to keep it from rotting.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
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Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2010 : 8:50:56 PM
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| When I was very young, my mom and dad wanted to use some dark green burlap for the wallpaper in our downstairs bathroom. But they couldn't find a wallpaper glue that would hold it up -- they tried and tried. Finally, they got one little patch of burlap to stay on the wall. My memory fails me here and I don't remember what worked, but I remember their victory dance as that little five inch by 6 inch piece stayed on the wall. Eventually they did the whole room, and it was beautiful. Suzanne |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 05:12:20 AM
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With burlap anything is possible! Tote bags to carry in what you have just harvested from your garden, great bags for potatoes, scarecrows, table cloth for your picnic table, makes a great canopy for shade and just about anything else you can imagine
Joanna #566
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MerryHeartSister
True Blue Farmgirl
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Christy
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 1:31:13 PM
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| I would love to make a table for the children to hold burlap so they can practice with needle and yarn. |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2010 : 2:14:49 PM
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Great ideas, and Christy, I remember now, as a child sewing with burlap and yarn! And Marilyn, I don't know if it has been treated but it sure smells like burlap, not chemicals. That is a good point. I plan to save most of it through winter and see what I can do with it. Thank you all for these ideas, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
Don't out smart your common sense!!
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