Hessian sack covered cork pin board
I recently re-covered my cork notice board as part of my effort to spruce up and de-clutter my workspace. An old hessian potato sack – found at a car boot sale last year and hanging around ever since – was perfect for the job. Simply cut the sack, or any other thick material, to about 3 to 4cm larger than the cork notice board and use a staple gun to attach the material to the back of the notice board. Secure all the way around the edge with staples whilst keeping the fabric taut and minding your fingers! Once finished, hang up on the wall and pin lots of beautiful and inspirational stuff to it.
Here’s how mine looked:
This is a great idea, I recently bought a cork-board, when it is old and tired I shall give this a go. (p.s. I don’t mean to offend but there is a spelling error – keeping the fabric taut). And I happen to love Maris Piper potatoes!
No worries – have corrected!
Good idea, I keep everything in heaps here & there but this is much better.
I got fed up with boring pin-boards too and covered one with fabric. I tried using pva glue first, but that ended up such a failure that I resorted to spray on glue and stapled the back just like you did.
Love your blog,
Claire
http://handmadebyclairebear.com/2011/10/30/pinboard-tutorial-fail/
Thanks Claire, I love your fabric covered board!