This weekend was as D.I.O (do-it-ourselves) kinda weekend. My wonderful sister-in-law, Angie, was here and she gets a gold star for enduring all of my Pinterest showings, impulsive trips to Jo-Ann’s, indecisiveness, and lost (then found) receipts.
More on the weekend in another post, I want to dedicate this one to our most impressive DIO – my fabric wall art.
It all started with this Pinterest vision
Then began with a trip to JoAnn’s. This ended up being way more simple than I could have ever imagined.
The supplies included:
- a hot glue gun – $2.99
- glue sticks – $2.99
- 3 foam boards – $14.99/each
- 3 – 1.5 yards of fabric – ~8.00/yard, 4.99/yard, 2.50/yard (you don’t really need 1.5 yards of fabric, as you’ll see I was able to make two boards with 1.5 yards)
- Grand total with tax ~$75.00
As I read that total, it seems a bit high, but considering the glue gun and glue sticks are reusable, I guess it’s not so bad. A funny fabric story – I was deadset on copying the Pinterest pic, so I started describing to Angie, I need something bold in color with a big flower pattern. She goes “like this” and hands me my dream fabric!! That is the 8.00/yard fabric, which was was really 19.99. Thankfully they had an in-store coupon. Although, it was probably was way too much to spend on fabric, once Angie found it, I wasn’t leaving it in the store. *gimme gimme*
Round One – HATED IT! That blue and white fabric looked like grandma’s bed sheets! No symmetry here at all.
Round Two – We have to make this work! I was determined to have it finished that day. Eh, close, but no cigar.
Round Three – could it be?! This fabric was so nice, it deserved to be used twice!
The finished product! I couldn’t be happier (except when they are actually on the wall) !!
I plan to use “grandma’s bed sheet” and make some pillow cases out of it or maybe laundry bags.
hmmmm – I’ll check Pinterest!
It won’t be discarded, that’s for sure!
Steps:
- Buy supplies
- Cut the fabric to cover the foam boards. Be sure to leave enough to cover your edges, so you have a smooth view from all angles
- Glue that bad baby down
- VIOLA!
Yes, I’m going to leave my steps that simple, because it’s just that easy. If you’ve ever covered a book for school..this will be a cinch!
I found one seller on Etsy that sells a set of 3 for $66.00+$27.50 for shipping to the US. Am I bummed? NO! I truly cherish the labor and personalization that went into my wall art!
Crate and Barrel has one for $120 -Holy Homemaking Batman!
The Quarles Quarterly 
I’m so impressed! You are SOOOOOOOO creative!!!!! Can’t wait to see it in person!
and the LOVE you put into it makes it WAY better than anything you could buy ready-made on etsy or anywhere else 🙂
Awesome!
I like yours so much better than the ones on Etsy! I had a ball working on this! Can’t wait for the next project!