This Fabric Pin Board tutorial really is very easy to follow. It took me longer to choose the fabric than it did to make the fabric pin board. I was quite pleased to have found a bargain of a cork pin board just £1.99 from B&M Bargins, although I did splash out on the fabric …
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
Make your own DIY ribbon bulletin board that’s both pretty and useful! Customize them with different fabrics and ribbons for great gift ideas.
Today I am sharing with you how to make a fabric pinboard. They are quick and simple to make, perfect for squeezing a crafty make into limited time!
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For a simple first upholstery project, try a beautiful, useful pin board. Discover Upholstery shows you how to get great results and where to get supplies
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
Happy New Year Peeps! Instead of the usual New Year’s post showing quilts you’ve already seen, I’d thought I’d go fresh into the New Year and share some of my studio. Long before the studio’s basics were built I started researching options for the most efficient and functional layout (there’s a Pinboard for that;). I’ve had...Read More »
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
This Fabric Pin Board tutorial really is very easy to follow. It took me longer to choose the fabric than it did to make the fabric pin board. I was quite pleased to have found a bargain of a cork pin board just £1.99 from B&M Bargins, although I did splash out on the fabric …
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
I didn't find much by way of picture tutorials when I took a cursory glance through a google search. I'm sure there are millions of tutorials out there in blogland but google didn't throw one up that I wanted to follow, so I winged it. I had a fair idea of what I needed to do as I'd watched one of my Swine girls make one last year. Supplies needed are as follows: Staple gun and staples scissors iron and ironing board Plywood or chip board cut to the size you want the notice board to be. Don't use MDF the staples and tacks wont go in. Wadding Fabric Ribbon String Upholstery tacks Hanging hook things to thread the string through (someone tell me what they are called so I can edit this please!) Picture hook Make sure you have enough wadding and two bits of fabric, one to cover the front so it needs to be 3 inches larger than the board all around and one for the back of the board allowing a couple of inches extra all around. You'll need plenty of ribbon, it's deceptive how much you'll use. Cut the wadding to fit the board. My wadding was a funny shape as it was left over from another project so I did a bit of jigsawing. Iron your fabric and lay it wrong side up on a hard surface. Lay the wadding centrally on top and them pop the board on top of the lot. Pull the fabric up from one side over the back of the board and put two or three staples along the middle section. then pull taught and staple the opposite side. repeat with the two remaining sides. It'll look like this: To make neat corners fold the pointy corner in towards the opposite corner and staple it down. Then fold the side over, pulling it taught and staple... ... repeat with the other side And Viola! Nice neat corner. Do the remaining three corners. Now get your ribbon and pin it on in an arrangement that suits you. I should have used more visible pins for this picture. Flip the board over and staple the ribbons to the back, don't pull too tightly, just snug enough so that they aren't floppy and loose. Remove the pins from the front. Place the tacks on the areas where the ribbons cross and push them in so they start to go through the fabric, this stops them slipping when you hammer them in. A piece of card placed between the tack and the hammer protects the top of the tack from being damaged when you whack it. You shouldn't have to bang very hard for them to go though the fabric and wadding and into the board. Take the piece of fabric for the back and lay it on top of the back of the board, fold over the surplus so that you'll have a neat edge and but enough fabric to cover up all the staples you used. You can either staple this to the board or glue the fabric down (or not bother with it at all as it won't show when hung on a wall) Mark on the back where you want to place the hangy (help) things, I banged a nail in a little to make some pilot holes to screw them into. Shove the end of a fine screwdriver in to help you tighten them if, like me, you've no pliers and weak fingers. Tie the string through the hangy things (!) Oh lookie! My picture hook has a little heart on it. Seems a shame to hide it with the notice board. You're done! Easy hey? Really didn't need a tute did ya?! If anyone follows this and has any helpful additional tips (or spots any typo's) let me know and I'll edit this and link to you. Also if anyone does one of these and would like me to list it here with a link then let me know. I might even do one of those linky party whatsit's I've seen around blogland. Oooooh get me!!! xxx
In our old digs my design wall was limited to ONE. Now with the studio I have my own padded room;) I had one wall space left that I was told needed a bumper to protect the wall from ambitious pressers yielding an iron;) I also had two smaller pieces of cut insulation board that...Read More »
Quilting ruler storage simple tip using Command hooks. My latest Round We Go English Paper Piecing blocks + my favorite EPP tips and supplies.
I didn't find much by way of picture tutorials when I took a cursory glance through a google search. I'm sure there are millions of tutorials out there in blogland but google didn't throw one up that I wanted to follow, so I winged it. I had a fair idea of what I needed to do as I'd watched one of my Swine girls make one last year. Supplies needed are as follows: Staple gun and staples scissors iron and ironing board Plywood or chip board cut to the size you want the notice board to be. Don't use MDF the staples and tacks wont go in. Wadding Fabric Ribbon String Upholstery tacks Hanging hook things to thread the string through (someone tell me what they are called so I can edit this please!) Picture hook Make sure you have enough wadding and two bits of fabric, one to cover the front so it needs to be 3 inches larger than the board all around and one for the back of the board allowing a couple of inches extra all around. You'll need plenty of ribbon, it's deceptive how much you'll use. Cut the wadding to fit the board. My wadding was a funny shape as it was left over from another project so I did a bit of jigsawing. Iron your fabric and lay it wrong side up on a hard surface. Lay the wadding centrally on top and them pop the board on top of the lot. Pull the fabric up from one side over the back of the board and put two or three staples along the middle section. then pull taught and staple the opposite side. repeat with the two remaining sides. It'll look like this: To make neat corners fold the pointy corner in towards the opposite corner and staple it down. Then fold the side over, pulling it taught and staple... ... repeat with the other side And Viola! Nice neat corner. Do the remaining three corners. Now get your ribbon and pin it on in an arrangement that suits you. I should have used more visible pins for this picture. Flip the board over and staple the ribbons to the back, don't pull too tightly, just snug enough so that they aren't floppy and loose. Remove the pins from the front. Place the tacks on the areas where the ribbons cross and push them in so they start to go through the fabric, this stops them slipping when you hammer them in. A piece of card placed between the tack and the hammer protects the top of the tack from being damaged when you whack it. You shouldn't have to bang very hard for them to go though the fabric and wadding and into the board. Take the piece of fabric for the back and lay it on top of the back of the board, fold over the surplus so that you'll have a neat edge and but enough fabric to cover up all the staples you used. You can either staple this to the board or glue the fabric down (or not bother with it at all as it won't show when hung on a wall) Mark on the back where you want to place the hangy (help) things, I banged a nail in a little to make some pilot holes to screw them into. Shove the end of a fine screwdriver in to help you tighten them if, like me, you've no pliers and weak fingers. Tie the string through the hangy things (!) Oh lookie! My picture hook has a little heart on it. Seems a shame to hide it with the notice board. You're done! Easy hey? Really didn't need a tute did ya?! If anyone follows this and has any helpful additional tips (or spots any typo's) let me know and I'll edit this and link to you. Also if anyone does one of these and would like me to list it here with a link then let me know. I might even do one of those linky party whatsit's I've seen around blogland. Oooooh get me!!! xxx
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
Make your own DIY ribbon bulletin board that’s both pretty and useful! Customize them with different fabrics and ribbons for great gift ideas.
Hello Stitchers! I have a scrappy secret, but I think it's one that a lot of us share—a lot of times when I need a little snippet of fabric,...
I finally made time to take pictures of my beloved sewing studio but the weather was tipically english (grey and rainy!) so my pictures were not good. See what I mean! I made the necklace a while a…
Happy New Year Peeps! Instead of the usual New Year’s post showing quilts you’ve already seen, I’d thought I’d go fresh into the New Year and share some of my studio. Long before the studio’s basics were built I started researching options for the most efficient and functional layout (there’s a Pinboard for that;). I’ve had...Read More »
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
Remember when I said I wanted a pin board for this wall? This is what I ordered. I bought six packs of six tiles each. They are self adhesive, but the reviews regarding removing them from the walls…
I didn't find much by way of picture tutorials when I took a cursory glance through a google search. I'm sure there are millions of tutorials out there in blogland but google didn't throw one up that I wanted to follow, so I winged it. I had a fair idea of what I needed to do as I'd watched one of my Swine girls make one last year. Supplies needed are as follows: Staple gun and staples scissors iron and ironing board Plywood or chip board cut to the size you want the notice board to be. Don't use MDF the staples and tacks wont go in. Wadding Fabric Ribbon String Upholstery tacks Hanging hook things to thread the string through (someone tell me what they are called so I can edit this please!) Picture hook Make sure you have enough wadding and two bits of fabric, one to cover the front so it needs to be 3 inches larger than the board all around and one for the back of the board allowing a couple of inches extra all around. You'll need plenty of ribbon, it's deceptive how much you'll use. Cut the wadding to fit the board. My wadding was a funny shape as it was left over from another project so I did a bit of jigsawing. Iron your fabric and lay it wrong side up on a hard surface. Lay the wadding centrally on top and them pop the board on top of the lot. Pull the fabric up from one side over the back of the board and put two or three staples along the middle section. then pull taught and staple the opposite side. repeat with the two remaining sides. It'll look like this: To make neat corners fold the pointy corner in towards the opposite corner and staple it down. Then fold the side over, pulling it taught and staple... ... repeat with the other side And Viola! Nice neat corner. Do the remaining three corners. Now get your ribbon and pin it on in an arrangement that suits you. I should have used more visible pins for this picture. Flip the board over and staple the ribbons to the back, don't pull too tightly, just snug enough so that they aren't floppy and loose. Remove the pins from the front. Place the tacks on the areas where the ribbons cross and push them in so they start to go through the fabric, this stops them slipping when you hammer them in. A piece of card placed between the tack and the hammer protects the top of the tack from being damaged when you whack it. You shouldn't have to bang very hard for them to go though the fabric and wadding and into the board. Take the piece of fabric for the back and lay it on top of the back of the board, fold over the surplus so that you'll have a neat edge and but enough fabric to cover up all the staples you used. You can either staple this to the board or glue the fabric down (or not bother with it at all as it won't show when hung on a wall) Mark on the back where you want to place the hangy (help) things, I banged a nail in a little to make some pilot holes to screw them into. Shove the end of a fine screwdriver in to help you tighten them if, like me, you've no pliers and weak fingers. Tie the string through the hangy things (!) Oh lookie! My picture hook has a little heart on it. Seems a shame to hide it with the notice board. You're done! Easy hey? Really didn't need a tute did ya?! If anyone follows this and has any helpful additional tips (or spots any typo's) let me know and I'll edit this and link to you. Also if anyone does one of these and would like me to list it here with a link then let me know. I might even do one of those linky party whatsit's I've seen around blogland. Oooooh get me!!! xxx
This tutorial will show you how quick and easy it is to make your own fabric pinboard with a professional finish. It can be completed in an afternoon!
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This Fabric Pin Board tutorial really is very easy to follow. It took me longer to choose the fabric than it did to make the fabric pin board. I was quite pleased to have found a bargain of a cork pin board just £1.99 from B&M Bargins, although I did splash out on the fabric …
I'm excited to show you how I make my design boards that I told you about in my last post! I made 6 of them that measure 10" x 10" to use when making my 6" blocks... of course you can make as many as you want and in any size according to the projects that you are currently working on. I have several sizes that I use all the time... including ones that are as large as the foam board that I use to make them with. You can get foam core board at any office supply store and usually most department, grocery and drug stores sell them too. They are with the poster board. I got these at Walmart....Elmers brand...2 in a package that each measure 20" x 30". They are about 1/4" thick which is great for the mini boards. I can get six 10" x 10" mini boards out of one foam board....10 x 10 is the perfect size for the 6" blocks used in the Farmers Wife quilt. I use my rotary cutter and ruler to cut them to size....but this is the important part so listen up!... I use my OLD DULL BLADE that I have saved just for this reason. I would suggest that you never use a new rotary blade because it will certainly be an old one by the time you finish!...LOL I simply measure and cut just like I do with a piece of fabric...but then I turn it over and make a cut on the other side in the same place as well. After cutting from both sides...it easily snaps apart:) Continue cutting your board into the sizes desired. I use my paper scissors to trim off any foam that sticks out from the edge. This is also a good way to use up small pieces of leftover batting. I use thin batting made of 100% cotton or a blend of 80% cotton/20% poly. Either would work for this project. Lay your foam board down on your batting to use as a guide and cut your batting about 1" bigger than your board all the way around. Using a hot glue gun, begin on one side and place a line of glue on the board ... and glue the batting down. The extra batting should hang over the edge. Place your glue close to the edge but not right on it so that when you press the batting down... the hot glue doesn't run down the sides:) Glue all the way to the corners of one side...and then glue the batting down on the opposite side, pulling the batting as you go to make sure it fits smoothly. It will look like this with 2 sides glued down. Now continue and glue the batting to the remaining edges of the foam board. I only glue batting on one side of the foam board. The other side remains as is:) After all four edges are glued down and the glue is completely cool...I use my Gingars and trim the batting even with the edges. Easy-peasy don't ya think?!...I think a design board is a very useful tool besides being inexpensive and sew simple to make:)....I love them! You can use the design boards just like this or you can make them fun and cute by covering the edges with fabric. My motto is...if it's worth making...it's worth making it cute!! Tomorrow I will show you how to cover the edges....so get your boards finished today so that you will be ready to roll! Just so you know...you will need a 2 1/2" x Width of Fabric strip for each 10 x 10 mini design board. You can see how I finish my design board edges with the fabric strip by clicking HERE. So I'll type at ya tomorrow....in the meantime...have fun making your boards and be careful not to burn your fingers! xx Lori
Happy New Year Peeps! Instead of the usual New Year’s post showing quilts you’ve already seen, I’d thought I’d go fresh into the New Year and share some of my studio. Long before the studio’s basics were built I started researching options for the most efficient and functional layout (there’s a Pinboard for that;). I’ve had...Read More »
Today I am sharing with you how to make a fabric pinboard. They are quick and simple to make, perfect for squeezing a crafty make into limited time!
This Fabric Pin Board tutorial really is very easy to follow. It took me longer to choose the fabric than it did to make the fabric pin board. I was quite pleased to have found a bargain of a cork pin board just £1.99 from B&M Bargins, although I did splash out on the fabric …
This Fabric Pin Board tutorial really is very easy to follow. It took me longer to choose the fabric than it did to make the fabric pin board. I was quite pleased to have found a bargain of a cork pin board just £1.99 from B&M Bargins, although I did splash out on the fabric …
