"Making Area Cloths With Shelf Liner" Topic

Used this stuff for years. Green for forests, blue for rivers and brown for roads. It's good on hills because bases don't slide.

I have since learned that Rite Aid sells 8' rolls in their Dollar Deals aisle for $2. USD Including green and yellow.

(The 6' rolls at Dollar Tree are a better bargain, if the colors work for you.)

The bad news being that Rite Aid has declared bankruptcy, so these won't be available for much longer.

Note that a 12" roll may not be exactly 12" wide… it can vary as much as .5" either way.

And this is a naturally stretchy material, so trying to cut to exact measurements is futile.

It is good for lining drawers to store minis. However it can start to deteriorate and becomes sticky.

I use this beneath my ground cover, which is indoor/outdoor carpet (no patterns): it holds it in place so that it will not slide around on top of the table.

Mine is from Wal-Mart, forget the brand name. It is washable in the clothes washing machine -- I've washed it a couple of times, and it comes out clean, and stickier than it was when it went in!

For ground cloth areas such as your article discusses, I use printed fabrics with patterns depicting the terrain type I am interested in representing: swampland (with plastic plants on bases, resting atop the fabric pieces), forests, etc. I use my wife's serger sewing machine to finish the edges such that the fabric will not unravel over time.

I like the idea of using the anti-slip padding, if it is in the correct colors, but I think I prefer to use an oval fabric, if I can find an appropriate pattern at the local fabric store. It is fun to browse through their multitude of cloth bolts to see what they have on offer -- it changes frequently, so if you find a pattern you like, buy it! Here today, gone tomorrow… Cheers!