Message or Picture Board
If you want to make these cute boards you will need:
An old bulletin board
Fabric about 4 inches taller and wider than bulletin board
Ribbon about 4-5 yards depending on size
Upholstery nail head pins/tack
Batting to fit size of bulletin board
Scissors
Staple gun
Okay, now that you’ve got the stuff here are the next steps:
1. Lay the fabric right side facing down.
2. Lay the batting down on top of fabric.
3. Lay the bulletin board on top of it also right side facing down.
4. Take your scissors and cut the fabric so it is about two inches wider than your bulletin board on every side. Just eye ball it, it doesn’t need to be perfect. Make sure your fabric is lined up how you want it and now you are ready to staple the fabric down.
5. Fold the fabric over on to the wood frame on the back of the canvas and staple down. Do this all the way around, pulling the fabric tight.
SEE PICTURES FOR THE HAIR BOW HOLDER
6. Now you are going to want to place your ribbon. You can place it how ever you want. Here are two examples. One is a hair bow holder and a picture board, the other just a picture holder.
You can pin down the ribbon two ways, you can staple it on the back like the hair bow holders, or use the nail heads like thumb tacks and hold it down on the front.
If you use the tacks I recommend burning the ribbon a little to keep it from fraying.
When two pieces of ribbon cross push a upholstery tack through them, doing this will create that cushioned look and help hold the pictures in place.
Now your done!
