Sunday 16 June 2013

How to Make a Vintage Fabric Pin Board.

This is a pretty, and super easy, DIY vintage fabric covered pin board that I made this afternoon.

You will need,
A cork board, fabric, scissors, hammer and drawing pins.

The pin board is from Wilkinson's and cost £2, it's a good one for this project as it has no frame to get in the way.

DIY handmade pin board using retro vintage fabric quick and easy second hand susie blog

Step 1.  Cut out your fabric to an inch or so bigger than your cork board.

DIY handmade pin board using retro vintage fabric quick and easy second hand susie blog

Step 2.  One side at a time, pull the fabric tight and pin it in place.  Fold the fabric at each corner as if you were wrapping a parcel, then pin in place.  The hammer is for making the pins cooperate.  I also found making a guide hole with a nail helpful to get the pins in (the MDF round the back of the pin board was quite hard - small nails or a staple gun might have been a better choice, but I have neither of those and in the interests of being green and thrifty I decided to use what I had to hand.)

DIY handmade pin board using retro vintage fabric quick and easy second hand susie blog

Step 3.  Put it up on your wall.  I snipped a hole in the fabric on both sides to uncover the slot for the nail to slip in, before I put it up.

DIY handmade pin board using retro vintage fabric quick and easy second hand susie blog

Ta-dah!

The main purpose of creating this was so I'd have somewhere to keep my McFly tickets safe until I go to see them in September!

6 comments:

  1. You put nails in slop ??

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  2. Great idea! Love the vintage fabric too x

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    1. Thanks Tracey :) It's my favourite vintage print, it's nice to have some of it on the walls rather than hoarded away in the cupboard!

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  3. It's gorgeous and I love how it's so easy peasy. I've got that sheet too!

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    1. Thanks Loo :) I have 2 of those sheets, but I can't bring myself to cut into the second one!

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