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Canvas Bag for Jacks or Marbles, Chess or Checkers Board, Manila Ring Toss > 81

Chess or Checkers

Board

piece of cotton duck canvas
10 inches wide and 2 feet 10
inches long
1 pint gesso
masking tape, 1 inch wide
Acrylic paint in burnt umber,
white, and iridescent bronze
to paint the board
clear polyurethane
brushes

A canvas chess or checkers board is
lightweight and easy to store. You
can make a matching canvas bag
to hold the game pieces.
Follow these steps to make the
board:
1> Pull out 9 inches of horizontal
(weft) threads from each of
the long ends of the canvas to
make the fringe. Pulling out the weft threads to create a fringe.

Completed chess board, with fringe hanging over the table.