How-To Wednesdays - Seersucker French Board

I made this darling little french board from a cork board that would have otherwise been thrown away at work - Bonus: there are many more where that one came from! I picked up the fabric, ribbon, and upholstery pins from the garment district during one of my last trips to NYC. I bought the poofy foamy stuff I think they call 'batting' from my local craft store and took the staple gun from my dad (poor guy, I think it will be some time before he'll see that tool again!)

It all started out one morning on my living room floor, where I tend to do most of my crafts *please disregard the flamingo pajamas that show up in some of the pics and also excuse the poor photography :(

fabric, batting, board, staple gun, and scissors

Stack the fabric, batting, and board

Very simply, wrap the fabric up over the board and staple (don't be afraid to over-staple)!

how beautiful!! I've been looking at that tree everyday :)

Start wrapping the ribbons, pulling very tightly! Again, don't be afraid to use multiple staples to make sure the ribbons stay in the board.

I used upholstery pins to pin down the ribbons at the various intersections throughout the board.

And...

I added burlap on the back of the piece to finish it off and make it look all nicey nice!

Viola!!