Spent the weekend working on a new project: color for my unbearably blank apartment walls. I needed something cheap, but interesting. So, I picked up patterned materials from a cool Portland fabric store called Bolt, and stretched them around wooden frames.
The trick I learned is to start stapling the material in the middle of each side, instead of at the corners. Beginning at the corners is tempting because it gives you a glimpse of the final product, but the material will bubble and loosen as you move towards the centers.
Anyway, they're not quite finished yet, but the crafting has been great fun... as I work I can hear myself saying, "I made them!" to all the forth-coming compliments. And there will be many.
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