I an ongoing quest to become a better “homemaker,” I have started to make a concerted effort towards making our house a home. One of those such projects was to design a centrally located information center with our current goings-on to easily be kept track of. I opted for a bulletin board in our unfortunately small entry, but wanted something that would still look nice since it is one of the first things you see when you walk in the door.
So, I researched on Pinterest a few different ways to do this and ultimately decided I liked this option best. But of course, you can do whatever best fits your space and style. The other options that I found that looked decent enough to consider were:
- Wrapping the fabric over the frame and using the silver tacks to hold the fabric in place and add decorative flare.
- Using ribbon as a decorative outer edge on top of the fabric.
- Measuring and folding the fabric to create a border that is glued face down onto the bulletin board.
I chose the later.
Materials:
- Bulletin board with frame- 17″x 23″
- Fabric- 1/2 yard
- Spray adhesive- Elmer’s CraftBond
- Silver thumb tacks
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
- Pencil
Directions:
- Iron. Depending on the fabric you have chosen you may need to get the fabric ready by ironing it first then measuring and cutting it to size.
- Measure. Give yourself extra fabric around all the edges. Mark the actual bulletin space with a pencil on the back of the fabric.
- Cut. Add about 1.5″ to each side and cut.
- Fold and iron. Using the pencil marking as your guide, fold each side over and iron the edge, saving the corners for last. For each corner, fold the point in, then fold the two sides to meet at the corner to create a point, or mitered edge. Iron the corner. Repeat for the remaining corners.
- Cut excess fabric. Based on the size of thumb tack you use and the opacity of your fabric you may be able to skip this step. The fabric I used was sheer enough that you could see where the fabric was doubled up so I cut the folded edge to be no wider than a thumb tack, in my case a 1/2″.
- Spray adhesive. Spray the corners down to the fabric to make the assembly easier to the bulletin board. Spray the bulletin board with the adhesive and lay the fabric on top, smoothing out any wrinkles.
- Attach thumb tacks. Decide on how far apart you want to space the thumb tacks and start tacking them in to place. I used 1″ spacing. Don’t underestimate the difficulty of this step. Any variation from tack to tack will be noticeable.
Finished Product:
The finished product turned out pretty good and total cost came to $26.42.
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