Whilst I was feeling a little crafty I decided to make another fabric covered pin board. These are quite easy to make, don't take much time at all and I think make perfect gifts for friends and loved ones. This time I thought I would take photographs as I go to share with you how you yourself could whip one up....
Gather your ingredients:
Cheap pin board ( mine came from Tesco )
( Pretty ) Fabric to cover front of board with spare to fold over the back edge to staple
Wadding to cover front of board with spare to fold over the back edge to staple
Ribbon
Drawing pins ( I used map pins )
Tacks/pins and string to hang ( optional )
Fabric glue and calico/similar ( If you want to cover the back )
Staple Gun
Measurements of fabric and ribbon etc shall of course depend on what size pin board you have, mine measures approximately 16 x 24 inches. So, I think it is time for some photographs yes?
One rather bland looking pin board....
Measure enough fabric ( I used my prettiest Greengate fabric ) and wadding to cover the front and also to fold over the edges....
Then fold over an equal amount all the way around the pin board, pull quite taut and staple in place....
You really don't have to make it look too neat and tidy as this shall be the back and like me you can always cover it up with some calico or similar fabric. Once you have finished stapling gather your ribbon....
As I was using my ribbon from a roll I just roughly measured and cut to size as I went. So measure out your first X mark with ribbon going from one corner to the other....
And then staple in place at the back....
Continue with the stapling of your ribbon. You can be super accurate and measure out even gaps in between each length but for me I just measured roughly as I went. I also found it worthwhile popping a pin at each cross point on the edges of the pin board to keep the ribbon safely in place and you don't notice them when you have finished....
You should then finish with something that resembles this. Pop your drawing pins/map pins carefully in place and be careful too as the sharp point can pop through to the back if you push to hard, I just flattened the backs with a hammer.....
Pretty huh, you can then choose whether you want to cover the back for a tidy finish....
You can display your pretty things horizontally or vertically....
Oh hang on, we need some pretty things....
I would love to know if you make one, do come back and let me know if you do :)
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