The original plan was to make a whole headboard out of this fabric, but after leaving this project sitting in my craft room for months, I finally decided to simplify and do a wall hanging. I love how much color it adds to our neutral walls (one of the downsides of renting; oh, how I long to paint walls as our friends are doing in their new home). Next I just need to make some new pillows to pop the king-size bed!To do this, I simply purchased some wood slats from Michael's (you can probably get them from any craft or art store) that have been pre-cut to fit together. I chose the lengths I wanted, and then put the frame together. To hold it together, I simply stapled around each joint. Then I stretched two layers of batting over the frame and stapled them to the back. I followed that by stretching the fabric over the frame, and then I folded the raw edges of the fabric under before stapling to the back of the frame. Next, hang it up! Ten or fifteen minute, $10-$15 project, easily!
your wall hanging looks great! thanks for the how-to, and... thanks for posting to my blog! it was exciting to paint our rooms after renting for so long!
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