Covering a Cork Bullitin Board with Fabric - Easy

Princess Three wanted a cork bulletin board for her apartment at her new university so I purchased one and shared with her how we covered the one in her sisters room with fabric and how I have covered the one in the kitchen using wall paper that matched the kitchen and used plain paper on another years ago. 
 
I got this one for $1.50 at a second hand store still in the wrapper. They have them there often and you may want to check at one before spending much on a new one as you will probably paint it or cover it anyway, it doesn't matter if it is used.
 
I asked her what she would like to use and she said she had some cute fabric that matched her room that we used on top of her dresser that she would like to use. She dug through her bins and found the fabric and I told her how to make it work.


When we did her sisters, I used a stapler to staple in the fabric before I realized in the end that I could just tuck it in with a straight edge. 


Here is a link to the post where I covered that board for her.

You cut the fabric the size of the cork board and frame. If you cut it bigger, it will be difficult to "tuck" in. 


Once you have the fabric cut. You lay it out on the board how you want it. If it has a design on it, you will need to lay it with the design face up. You can see how she wanted the palm fronds in the center and not just edges so she laid it on the fabric so that she could get the full fronds.


You then use thumb tacks to hold the fabric in place directly on top of the board. You then take a paint scraper or another flat, stiff tool or item and use it to push the fabric under the frame. 

You can still use a stapler to tack the fabric down and hold it into place or you can put thumb tacks in the corners but if the fabric is at all thick, it will hold itself in. 

You can paint the frame before hand if you want. You can mask the entire thing with tape and newspaper and use spray paint or just acrylic paint. 

She used the acrylic but I did spray it with clear to seal the paint on and give it a shine but either works OK. Spray paint is more scratch resistant but does give more of a smell until it dries completely and airs out. 

She didn't use anything to hold it into place but tacked a picture she took with her friend up to show you how it would look when done. We used it for another project which I will show you tomorrow hopefully.