Make Your Own Fabric Headboard With Buttons

Learn how to make a fabric headboard with tufting for a really high end look.

Make your own fabric headboard with buttons.

How to make your own deep buttoned headboard. Just be sure you knot it well and many times so it won t unravel or loosen over time. To cover buttons use the kit s template to trace a circle onto a piece of scrap headboard fabric. Details the steps required to cover a wood headboard panel with batting and fabric.

This diy upholstered headboard uses pegboard to make the spacing of your tufted buttons really easy and doesn t require any sewing. Then on the inside part of your shank button back apply a generous but not insane amount of gorilla glue to make sure this thing isn t going anywhere. Repeat until the button is securely pressed into your fabric and the fabric creases just so. Post includes step by step instructions for how to make your own headboard and a list of supplies for your diy tufted headboard.

All you need is some plywood your fabric of choice and some rather large buttons to match. Some diy headboards aren t boards at all. To map out where the buttons will go draw a grid by dividing the width of the chipboard into equal sections. This smooth twine unravels easily but it is the best for pulling through the foam and fabric.

It s unique and really easy to make. I apologize for some of the crappy blurry pictures. You will need a long upholstery needle with a fat eye regular buttons and upholstery twine. This video how to make an upholstered headboard with buttons will demons.

You can doubly secure your buttons by stapling the wire or thread you use into the board. You can create your own one of a kind headboard whether you have carpentry skills or just like to dabble in simple craft projects. Wall art room dividers fabric wall hangings and even a wall decal can create the look of a headboard with no carpentry skills required. Make your own diy mosaic house number.

Use a button kit to cover buttons with headboard fabric. This diy headboard is lovely with buttons to match the fabric cover but what makes it really special are the two sides that turn into the bed just a tad. Poke the wire through your batting and when it comes through the front of the headboard secure your button. Push the shell down and attach the button back.

Construct a frame for your diy headboard using the chipboard and battens offsetting the battens by 200mm from the sides and top of the chipboard.