Raw Fabric Headboard

How much is a piece of fabric? A few bucks? Even if you purchase more costly cloth, what is that, twenty bucks? For the price of a couple yards of fabric you can make one gorgeous headboard thats unusual, cheap and stunning. Thats because, when you shop at a large fabric store, you can find fabric with cartoon themes for a childs room, elegant fabric, like satin, for a womans bedroom, or even bold stripes, polka dots and other designs for a modern look. With hundreds and hundreds of fabric types to choose from youll easily be able to make a unique headboard that states your style while accentuating your bed.Although there are many different fabrics which work well to make the headboard try to choose something thats not too heavy, not too thin, and a fabric which wont easily unravel. Decide on the design for the headboard before shopping for the fabric. An alternative to regular fabric is to use a flat sheet as the cloth. trim off any hems starting the headboard project.Measure the width of the bed to decide on the length of the fabric. The headboard should go down the wall to the bottom of the mattress but can reach as high up the wall as you want. Decide on the height then purchase fabric to accommodate it. Some fabric designs will allow you to hang them vertically as well as horizontally but fabric with certain designs can only be hung vertically. Make sure youre aware of this before purchasing fabric.It literally takes under an hour to make most any headboard from fabric. You can simply cut it to the size you need and hang it on the wall or you can give the material decorative edges. Cut around it with special scissors or make a scalloped edge with regular scissors. You can even cut the fabric into a giant heart, diamond or semi-circle or other shape.Buy liquid starch or mix powdered starch up according to package directions. Mix it in a bucket or even in the sink. Soak the chosen fabric in it until its completely saturated. Remove it from the liquid, squeeze out the excess, then stick it to the wall. Smooth out the wrinkles with something like a credit card or ruler. Its a good idea to put towels down on the floor to catch any drips.When the fabric is dry your new headboard will look gorgeous. If you want to embellish it, glue roping around the edges, attach wooden letters from a craft store to make a monogram or even outline around the cloth with a wide-tip paint marker. The fabric headboard is one of a kind and as beautiful as it is inexpensive.