Hi Folks

Thanks or the advice and suggestions (after the rather silly ones - bah!)

WW - Cheers for the copydex suggestion, I hadn't thought of it, focusing on some sort of fabric glue and a good idea of the patchwork approach
Ith -  yup, a cool iron might be necessary
SE - thanks for sharing you r experience. I think that the wrinkling will be an issue. Possibly just use a board as a base
Fen - Ta v much for the advice

Thanks all

I'd go for the sprayable impact adhesive that you use for fabrics, flooring etc. Its rubber based so is  quite flexible and will stick like nobodys business.

IAW - hey good one! Sounds like a winner for the gluing bit. Cheers

Spray adhesive is great, but it can be tricky to glue two floppy pieces of material together. You need about 8 arms to hold everything, and get them to stay flat whilst manoeuvring said pieces together.

Good luck !

Quote from: WeeWars on 29 May 2014, 11:13:36 AM
Use a latex fabric glue like Copydex. Use as the instructions for fabric gluing. The glue does not dry brittle. My preference would be for a table cloth more like a patchwork quilt. More strip farming than endless plain. Mix torn pieces of grass sheet with brown textured fabric glued to painted table cloth.

was gong to suggest copydex too...however as a disclaimner ... I have never tried it 

KD - Oops! Too late as I bought the spray last night but I'll  let everyone know how I go on and if the copydex was a better option too!

Quote from: Dickie255 on 03 June 2014, 06:42:40 AM
KD - Oops! Too late as I bought the spray last night but I'll  let everyone know how I go on and if the copydex was a better option too!

Dickie, A bit late but for what it is worth I tend to agree with all the potential problems noted already.  I think it is going to be too stiff to 'flow' over stuff underneath.  I have had some success using the weed suppressing fabric you can get from garden centres.  It is black and you need to spray it with acrylic paint and then flock it.  The final result is something like those game mats you can buy, but half the price, which actually seem to be made from this stuff, or something very similar.  I also use it for roads too as it is flexible enough to conform to terrain features.