Parks & Recs have a great dance program here. Every season they take pictures of the youth in their dance costumes. The photographer is the husband of one of my VT ladies, Sister Sarah. She is the head dance teacher. She runs the whole dance program. I asked what she needed done, service-wise, and she gave me less than a week deadline, and said she didn't want to ask for it, but since I asked, this is what she needed:
A beige/ivory/creamy backdrop.
I felt blessed to find the perfect price/size sheets that afternoon, and started work.
First, I undid the top hem. It wasn't quite wide enough for the 2" pvc pipe back-drop holder. Re-sewed it and sewed two sheets together. One backdrop is 2 fulls, and one is 2 kings-sized flat sheets.
The paint process is my favorite. I use spray bottles with watered down paint. And paint stir sticks flicked in all directions after dipped in thicker paint. When the spray bottles clogged, I used the spray wand to flick paint. Also tried pouring paint into my hand and sprinkling, throwing...Messy and fun. I have to do it out on the front lawn for the space and the mess. The grass doesn't seem to mind the colored drinks (I haven't killed it yet from painting outside on it). I let the backdrops dry hanging on the front bushes, for air circulation underneath, and so it doesn't glue itself to the grass.
We live on a corner opposite the exit driveway for the middle school. Where the dance classes are taught! It is a very public place to paint, with cars exiting from dance class. I am that crazy lady in paint clothes and no coat, wearing her husband's flip flops and madly dashing paint around in the air, walking around two huge rectangles of fabric...Sarah drove by and saw the backdrops as I worked on them, and was really excited! "Those are for me!"
After drying for 24 hours I set up my ironing board on the front porch and ironed the reverse side to set the colors. I didn't want hot paint fumes in the house, and it was really pleasant outside. The heat softened the stiffness out of the sheets from the paint.
The paint patterns reminded me of marble, cool stone.
This was not sponged on. All drips and sprays and splatters. 
The catalog pictures Sarah ripped out for color reference for me. "Beige" is one of those tricky colors to describe. She did not want it golden, or orangey, or pinky, or too greyed down. I did use some black paint that ended up looking very grey, and some light browns that went purple-looking and others that went green. My biggest struggle was trying to get enough contrast, with over-all lightness. Fun project!
