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I got this ugly, old cork board at a thrift store for $2.99. I didn’t notice at first that the frame was a little bent at the bottom, but what do you expect for $2.99? It’s an ugly metal frame that would fit best in a classroom. |
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I spray-painted the frame brown. I didn’t worry about protecting the cork part in my case. I have no idea what that white stuff is in the photo. It wasn’t there in real life. Very strange! |
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Cut a piece of fabric exactly the size of your cork, inside of the frame. NOTE: My frame didn’t come off, so I had to glue my fabric on. You might have a frame that detaches, in which case you could simply secure the fabric around the cork part and then put it back in the frame. That’s even easier than how I do it in this project! I used a rotary mat and cutter to get a perfect edge. In this photo, I folded my fabric and trimmed off the uneven edge. You can always use scissors and a ruler. |
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I lined up the clean edge on the left of the mat at the zero mark. Then I lined up the ruler at my cutting point, which was 17.5″. I lined it up at both the top and bottom of the mat (see next photo). |
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This is a close up. You can see that I have lined up my ruler at 17.5″ on both the top and the bottom. Then I used the rotary cutter along the edge of the ruler. |
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I then laid my fabric on the cork board and used quilt spray adhesive to secure it lightly to the board. |
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Then I used some other kind of glue in my cabinet to secure the edges a little better. |
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Next, I cut ribbon strips the exact length of each side from frame edge to frame edge. Then I folded over the corners to create the look of mitered corners. I used hot glue to secure this. And burned my fingers a lot, so be careful! |
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I then glued down the ribbon along the raw edges of the fabric, creating a look of mitered corners, which looks better than raw, overlapped edges. |
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I love the Premier Prints [14] line. Can you tell? I made these chevron curtains [15] from it. And though you can’t see the rest of my son’s room here, you can see it in this post [16] about his nursery. |