An appropriate size wooden frame. You can make your own or buy a pre-made one. I got these frames with cheap paper stapled on in a clearance aisle for $6/ea. Mine are 16"x20"
Scissors
Fabric of your choice
Hammer and Nails
Staple Gun
Lay the fabric fashion side down on the ground and position your frame over top of it, making sure everything lines up and the design on your fabric isn't crooked. Trim off excess fabric, leaving enough to pull over side of frame and turn under to leave a finished edge. Staple the fabric onto the frame upholstery style, starting in the center of one side, stapling, and then pulling taut on the other side and stapling directly opposite your first staple. Turn it over to check that there is no puckering and that everything lines up. Keep doing this until all the sides are stapled.
- Note: Get a friend to help. 4 hands work best, and 6 come in handy sometimes, too!
I hope the picture makes sense. I folded the triangle part of the fabric in towards the center so that the triangle pointed directly to the center of the frame. I stapled that down, cut off the excess fabric and 
folded in the sides, nice and tight and stapled them down too.
I decided to embellish one of my frames with some ribbon
I chose some ribbon and decided how I wanted them to look on the frame
Measured
Pinned them down
Stretched tight and folded the ends under and stapled down
Finished Product!!! It's just my kind of project: simple and different, you can pick whatever colors you want, and I did all three in about 2 hours start to finish (including shopping) and for less than $8/ea.
Special Thanks to Steph, who was my extra 2 hands, went shopping with me and just generally is really handy to have around since she knows how to use a staple gun, and can hang things on the wall straight the first time.And Katie, for jumping up in the middle of your important computer work to play with the camera and take pictures!
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3 comments:
Very cute! Thanks for the instructions, that was interesting. I probably would have staples all down one side first and then started pulling my hair..
I have been meaning to comment on this post for ages and am just now getting around to it.
I think that this is your best post ever.
And that is a completely un-biased opinion because I could careless about what you were posting about.
(is that a backhanded compliment or what?)
Ty, you're totally confusing me. I guess I'll just take the compliment. It's probably Katie's awesome photography that makes it so good
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