Go Wildcats! I went to Villanova for a time, and made this for a fellow Villanovan in celebration of their win in the NCAA March Madness tournament. I used a canvas from Joann and some acrylic paints to do a paint pour with the Villanova colors. Paint pours are super simple and usually turn out awesome (if you stop while you’re ahead instead of messing with it too much). You just mix paint with some water or flow acrylic (a special product to make paint move easier), and pour it on the canvas. Then you tilt the canvas around to make the paints move and mix together.

After the canvas dried, I traced my pattern onto the back of the canvas so I would know where to stitch. The pattern is mainly backstitches and satin stitch, with 6-strand thread for maximum fluffiness and volume. Canvasses are a bit tricky to stitch in since the holes don’t close up as easily as with fabric, but I was dedicated to the paint pour background so I stuck through it.

Project completed May 4, 2018.