Today I wanted to make a frame of sorts for some photographs that I love. I have been wanting to put them up on my dining room wall, but I don’t have the funds to get them matted and framed. So, until the day when I do have the money, I decided to use fabric that I love as a backdrop for the photos. The first thing I did was iron the fabric to get all the wrinkles out.
I got a piece of cardboard that was several inches larger than the photograph. Then, I cut the fabric about two inches larger than the cardboard all the way around. I used straight pins to hold the fabric in place until I could put a piece of packing tape to hold it to the cardboard. You could also just use the straight pins without the tape.
Once you have all four sides of the fabric in place, cut a piece of yarn or twine about two inches longer than the piece of cardboad is wide. Tie a knot in each end.
Put the end of a straight pin into the knot, then push it into one side of the cardboard. Do the same thing on the other side, measuring to make sure both ends of the yarn are the same distance from the top of the piece.
I used small, almost invisible straight pins to attach the photograph to the finished “frame”. You could also use double sided tape or a hot glue gun.
To hang my finished pieces, I used a straight pin that I pushed into the wall. The project is very lightweight so it doesn’t need a big nail to hang it.
I love how my dining room wall turned out:
Julia says
February 3, 2013 at 10:38 pmThat looks lovely and I bet you could even do something like that and used spray adhesive then put it in a frame if you prefer the look of the frame.
Sally in WA says
February 4, 2013 at 9:27 amClever idea, Karen!
Penelope says
February 4, 2013 at 9:41 amBeautiful!
Henrietta says
February 4, 2013 at 10:18 amThis is a really great idea! I could see doing this in our living room or my daughter’s bedroom! We could have a lot of fun with different fabrics!
Whitney @ It's Gravy, Baby! says
February 4, 2013 at 2:28 pmThat is an awesome idea and I love the way it turned out. Fabulous job, Karen!
Billie says
February 4, 2013 at 2:53 pmNeat idea, I like how the wall turned out.
Virginia from That Bald Chick says
February 5, 2013 at 6:56 amSo pretty!
Brittany says
February 5, 2013 at 2:43 pmI love that fabric, it is so vibrant!
Katy says
February 5, 2013 at 6:36 pmWOW! That came out great and what a great idea. I have a fabric fetish so this is one more way to put it to use. Thanks for sharing.
Nicole Robinson says
February 6, 2013 at 6:32 amCool idea. With so many nice fabrics out there, the possibilities are endless.