Making a Fabric Pinboard

I've been on a crafting kick recently... the sewing machine and the glue gun have been getting quite a workout! I'd been wanting to make a pinboard for our kitchen for awhile... a place to keep cards, pictures, notes etc since our fridge is pretty cluttered with giant alphabet letters and farm animal magnets (complete with sounds!). I found a few ideas online and sort of meshed them all together to come up with this one...

I didn't want to spend much money on this project so I went to Value Village and found a big print for $5.00 which I used the frame from.

Here's what I started with...

All it needed was a couple of coats of white spray paint and it looked brand new!

For the pinboard, you need...

- large frame, glass removed

- piece of fabric, a couple of inches bigger than your frame on all sides

- cotton batting

- ribbon (amount depends on your size of frame)

- upholstery pins

- staple gun or stapler

- glue gun

The first step is measure and cut a piece of cotton batting the same size as the backing of your frame. You then want to cut your fabric so it is an inch or so bigger than the backing on all sides (you don't have to be too precise, just make sure you have enough to fold over and staple).

Lay your fabric right side down on a table, then lay your batting centred on top of the fabric and then finally the frame backing on top of this.

Fold the fabric over the backing, starting with the corners, and staple in place. You can also use the glue gun to help secure it.

Once all the fabric is stapled down, you want to arrange your ribbon on top of the fabric. Lay one set of rows diagonally across, then lay another set on top of this from the opposite side. You could measure to make sure each square is the same size, but I just eyeballed it.

Once you are happy with the ribbon layout, place an upholstery pin at each spot where the ribbon intersects to secure it. Make sure there is good tension on the ribbon between each pin, or else it won't hold your items.

Then fold the ends of the ribbon over the back and glue in place. All you need to do now is pop the backing into the frame and you're done!

Easy, right? And a fun way to display and organize photos, cards or whatever you like!