Floral pinboard

This is the latest addition to my living room, post the freshen up with paint. I had an idea that I wanted to create a board using just the actual wall, simply attaching lots of ribbons crossing over one another, that I could slot stuff between. In the end though it seemed a bit impractical and if I made another pinboard it could be both pretty, in fitting with the room, and reusable. I am not sure if I have ever blogged about making a fabric pinboard before, I know I have meant to for a long time. I shall have a look back and, if not, do a post on how to make one yourself for those who don't know.

For this one I chose a pretty floral fabric that had green in it, like our sofas (inherited with the house unfortunately and not my first choice of colour- I am starting to warm to green lately though, when it used to be one of my least favourites of all time), red, like the nets at our windows and Avengers posters as in the previous post, and a variety of other colours. I chose purple ribbon to match the new walls and green, again to match the sofas. I went to find the biggest board I could and actually found this half price in Ryman's, which was a great buy. I then bought the amount of fabric needed and 5m of each ribbon. The trickiest part was actually attaching the hooks on top- my dad had to help me with a bradle in the end. To attach it to the wall I just plaited some of each ribbon and a little black ribbon I had from another project. I then sewed a little sunflower over each of the hooks, covering them up and tying in with the floral theme a little more. Mainly though, I think I just really wanted to use some of the sunflowers I have had sitting in my sewing box for nearly a year! I also had a little leftover fabric so sewed a giant bow for extra prettiness and just safety pinned it on. Voila, a pinboard with those extra little cute touches which make it a tad more unique.

It has turned out a great addition to the room, adding a splash more colour on one of the cream walls and meaning I can showcase some of the things I like, little drawings, cards I have collected, theatre tickets and so on. It is also great for sticking post in so you know where it is (always wise when you have cats that like to bat stuff around!). I have some nice ladybird drawing pins from Paperchase to help secure stuff on, as well as using colourful striped paperclips.

I really like it and love the extra girly touch to the house :)