Quick and Easy Upholstered Headboards It's easy to craft inexpensive headboards from plywood, fiberfill, fabric, and sewing trims. We show you how! Quilt Look Appliqué (shown above) Supplies and Tools
Arched Headboard Construction All of these headboards fit a full-size bed. Enlarge and transfer our pattern to a 4' x 8' sheet of 3/4" plywood. Cut out with a jigsaw. Sand edges with 60-grit sandpaper. Wipe with tack cloth to make sure headboard is free of dust. Cut three pieces of Poly-fil® extra-loft batting large enough to wrap around headboard edges. Wrap batting to back of board and staple in place.
Lay batting-covered headboard on flat work surface. Get a friend's helpyou will flip board from side to side as you work. Cut one 54" length of chenille fabric. You will need 3 yards of chenille for headboard. Lay fabric over batting; wrap to back and staple. Mark diamond design with chalk and lay ribbon trim over lines. You will need 20 yards of trim. Tack nickel upholstery nails through ribbon and fabric and into board. Begin at center of headboard, pulling trim as taut as possible to create tufting. Staple ribbon ends to back. For back, cut fabric to shape of headboard plus 1" on all sides. Lay over batting on back of headboard. Beginning at bottom, turn fabric under 1" and tack in place. Next, work from the center of the top and move out to the sides and finish. Pull fabric taut as you nail.
Nail-Head Damask
Top headboard with 1 1/2 yards of light green damask fabric. Center fabric design on front. St/hsimagesing at bottom edge, pull fabric to back and staple. Move to top edge center and staple. Staple sides. Trim excess fabric. For back, cut dark green fabric to shape of headboard plus 3/4" all around. Layer over batting; staple to headboard edges. Trim raw edges. Cut a 2" x 13 1/2' strip of dark green damask. Cut 1"-wide cardboard strips to fit around edge of headboard. Secure strips together. Wrap fabric strip around cardboard; secure with masking tape. Attach welting (you'll need 10 yards) and cardboard strips to side and top edges of headboard with upholstery nails (you'll need 8 boxes of #9H antique upholstery nails) pushed through cardboard and welting edge. Welting lays next to edges of cardboard strips. St/hsimages nailing at lower edge of side; continue over the top, and down other side. If you need longer nails, tack upholstery nail on top. Use chalk to draw your nail-head design on front of headboard, spacing nails 1" ap/hsimages. Tack nails in place.
Center 1 1/2 yards of striped fabric on top of batting so a narrow blue stripe falls in the center. Wrap and staple to back. Cut two 10" x 54" strips of small print fabric. Press raw edges under to fit within the design of the striped fabric. At the second stripe from center, attach a print strip in the center of the stripe pattern. Staple ends to back of board. Lay ribbon over edges and tack white upholstery nails in place every 3". Repeat on opposite side of center. If using metal hammer, pad nail head so nail does not chip. Cut batting to size and shape of back of headboard. Cut a piece of solid fabric to shape of board plus 1" on all sides. Layer fabric on batting. Turn edges under and tack in place on back. Tack ribbon on side and top edges. Designer: Heather Hill
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