Make Your Own Fabric Pinboard

6 Materials
$10
2 Hours
Easy

Make your own stunning fabric covered pinboard to match your decor using a canvas board as a base. Quick and easy to make.

Here are two boards of different sizes mounted on my office wall to great effect.

Lay the fabric out on a flat surface and position the board on top of it. Cut around the board ensuring that you have enough fabric to wrap around the edges of the board, form a folded hem and be stapled.Repeat the process with the wadding remembering that you do not need quite so much to wrap around the board.

 Place the fabric ‘right side down’ on a flat surface. Place the wadding centrally on top of that and finally place the board centrally on top of that. In the middle of each side fold the wadding and fabric around the edge of the board, form a neat hem around the wadding and staple in place using the staple gun. Make sure that the fabric is taut.

Continue along each side nearly to the corners. At the corners cut off some of the excess wadding. Then carefully fold the fabric to form neat corners and staple all the layers in place. 

The back of your board should now look like this!

Now it is time to add your ribbon. I started by running a length diagonally across the board from each corner to the opposite corner. This gave me a starting point to work from. Secure the ribbon on the back of the board using the staple gun.

Carry on adding lengths of ribbon at whatever interval you choose. I found that it was easier to lay out the ribbon and place it where it looked right (do it by eye).

Once all the ribbon is secure you need to fasten it down wherever it crosses on the front of the board. I sewed a button onto the board at each crossing. This secured the ribbon to the fabric and the canvas board behind forming the padded look.


You have now finished your board so enjoy hanging it in pride of place. If you have any difficulties with this project take a look at my blog at https://christines-crafts.com/how-to-make-fabric-pinboard/

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