Monday, February 28, 2011

Easy wall art tutorial

I had a wall in my hallway that needed something on it. While my youngest daughter were sick last year I got some foam boards that were used as insulation in the boxes they shipped her medicine in, I kept two. My mom bought me some fabric last year and it fit perfectly with the wall color. Using some scraps of batting I had all I needed for some easy wall art.

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Layer the fabric (best if ironed first), batting and the foam.

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Using your trusty hot glue gun make a glue strip down one longs side. Press the fabric into the glue.

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Use your paper stapler and put a few staples in while the glue is still hot. This step secures the fabric a little extra and the hot glue also secures the staples to the board.

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Continue on all for sides, leaving the corners for last. Remember to pull the fabric taut to prevent any wrinkles.

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Fold the corners nicely on the short sides and secure with hot glue and staples on the back.

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I was fairly happy with them as is, but felt they needed something extra. A friend of mine recently taught me how to make a fabric flower, so I used some of the fabric to make two flowers, one for each.

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Now the are hanging oh so pretty in my hall way.

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4 comments:

Simone @ Doberman's by the Sea said...

Hi Marianne, thanks for stopping by today. You have a cute blog.

Marie @ Chocolate-Covered Chaos said...

Wow, Marianne...we really DO have similar style:) I have something similar in my kitchen/dining room. I just framed some fabric and hung it on the wall for wall art. It looks great and is so simple. I love how yours wraps around the sides...I'll have to try that next time:) Love the flower, too!

Sandy Ang said...

The wall art looks so cool. I wish we had such lovely fabric over here.

Kristen said...

Wow. I love this idea!!!! So clever and it looks professional!

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