How Do You Make a Padded Cork Pin Board?

Padded cork pin boards are a wonderful combination of organizational tool and beautiful decorative item for your home. Constructing your own pin board allows you to select the fabric and the overall color palette allowing for a truly custom look that expresses your individual style. You can use a pin board as an "inspiration board" for design, decorating and crafting ideas or, use it to display favorite photos, children's drawings, and party invitations. The hardest part of making a pin board is deciding what you will pin on it once you are done.

Things You'll Need

• Cork board
• Quilt Batting
• Fabric
• Spool of ribbon
• Push Pins
• Staple Gun & staples or small finish nails & hammer
• Glue

Instructions

1. Lay the corkboard onto a flat work surface. Cut a piece of batting to fit just inside the frame of the corkboard. Glue the batting down onto the cork surface.

2. Lay the corkboard onto the decorative fabric that will be covering it. Cut the fabric slightly larger than the corkboard (approximately 2 inches larger on every side).

3. Flip the board upside down and lay it on the wrong side of the fabric. Fold over the corners, mitering them in the process. In order to miter a corner, fold the corner in toward the center of the fabric, forming a triangle. Staple or nail that corner down. Repeat on all four corners.

4. Fold each remaining side of the fabric over, stapling it into place as you go along. Pull the fabric tightly and check the front of your board to smooth the fabric as you go. Be sure to check that you staple or nail the fabric into the wooden frame of the corkboard.

5. Once the back is secure, flip your board over. Now it's time to apply the ribbons to the front. Drape the ribbon across the board to measure the length you will need. Cut the ribbon and repeat as necessary.

6. Place the ribbon across the front of the board, securing the ends of the ribbon to the back of the board by stapling them into the wooden frame, as you did with the fabric earlier. Continue on with the other ribbons overlapping them in diagonal patterns to create an interlocking design.

7. Push pins in to the front of the corkboard where the ribbons meet and overlap. Once you've had a chance to admire your handiwork, you can start looking around for things to adorn your padded cork pin board. Hang the board on your wall or prop it up on your dresser or desk.

Resources

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