Sunday, October 24, 2010

For my kitchen

I was getting tired of looking at our messy (because of me - no one else's fault) bulletin board in the kitchen.  Just about everytime I looked at it I thought about doing something to make it pretty.  I finally did a few weeks ago during the kids quiet time.  I had some cute Michael Miller fabric leftover from an apron I'm working on.  It was just a little bit left so this was the perfect project to use it on!  I LOVE my new place to keep important numbers and notes.

The board is really old... maybe from middle school or high school? I already had all the fabric and ric rac!  Eventually I plan to have curtains and dish towels in coordinating fabrics - probably not until we move again in several years.  I still need to paint the wood - it will be red!  Thanks to those of you that helped me to decide what color to use :)
To make this I cut the fabrics about a half inch to one inch larger then what fits the area inside of the frame.  I took a paper clip after centering the fabric where I wanted it and pushed the access fabric under the frame edge.  I did the same with the ric rac although I will hot glue it down eventually.  I wanted to take the frame off and just wrap and glue the fabric to the back but I was not sure if I could get the frame back on.  My way worked well enough and it is secure as long as you do not try to take the fabric out.

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