How to Make Fabric Pinboard with Foam Board

Last Updated on April 14, 2012 by Babita

The Fabric Pinboard  for T’s room was finally done yesterday. I could have picked up one from either Walmart or Target, but where is the fun in that? So I made a pinboard similar to the ones available in those stores. The only difference is that those pinboards are made with cork. I made T’s pinboard from the humble foam board. It is so easy and if you have all the materials in hand, you can be done in an hour or two. I used the same fabric from the Lampshade Project . Check it out and as usual comments are always appreciated.

For this project I used 1/2″ thick foam board. As for the size, frankly I did not measure it as I was not very particular about the it. I just wanted to have a decent sized board. I then placed the foam board over the wrong side of the fabric and cut the fabric to size with an allowance of  approx. 2″ all around.

 

 

I then took the cut fabric outside and sprayed it on the wrong side with Loctite  Spray Adhesive.  I immediately covered the foam board with it. I had a bit of difficulty doing the corners and with some proper manipulation was able to completely cover the foam board.

 

 

For the next step, I used strips of very thin pink ribbons and pinned them diagonally all over the covered pinboard to make a diamond pattern. Once I was satisfied with the look, I glued the ribbons on the back side of the board with some fabric glue.

 

 

To make the back of  the board appear all neat and perfect, I cut out a  piece of white cotton fabric. I sprayed it the spray adhesive and neatly pressed it over the board.

 

 

I then carefully glued some of the golden studs over the ribbons to secure them and for decorative purpose.

 

 

Of course, I needed something to hook it up on  to the wall. So I glued (superglue) this hook into the center of the board. I could have used two of the hooks and glued them on the sides, but I decided against it.

 

 

After the  hook  had set, I and T went up to her room and secured it to the wall. T staged her pinboard currently with family pictures and in the futurehopes to pin up important (homework…:-)) reminders. I personally hope she makes good use of it and has fun with it.