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Scalloped Headboard

by JOANN |

Item # 142349139P23
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SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
  • Rotary Cutter & Cutting Board
  • Ruler
  • Tape Measure
  • Trim Scissors
  • Hammer
  • Hot Glue Gun/Hot Glue Sticks
  • Jigsaw
  • Sander
  • Electric Knife or Bandsaw
  • Utility Knife or Bandsaw
  • Electric or Pneumatic Staple Gun & Staples
  • Loctite Spray Adhesive, High Performance
  • Permanent Marker
  • Marking Pen or Tailor's Chalk
  • 36" x 58" 1/4" Plywood
  • 24" x 72" 1" Foam Cushion (#2 - #4)
  • 15" x 28 1/2" 1" Foam Cushion (#1)
  • Extra Loft Poly-Fil® Batting, Large (for full & queen size projects)
  • 4 1/2 yds Outdoor Canvas
  • Cardboard
  • Spray area

DIRECTIONS:
To find the downloadable patterns click on the "GET PATTERNS" tab above.
 
  1. Cut plywood to 36" H x 58" W.
  2. Mark lines every 7 1/4" from top to bottom of plywood (vertical channels).
  3. Print template for scalloped edge of headboard (four pages). Tape template pages together. Transfer template to top of plywood matching vertical lines and center line. Flip template to transfer opposite side.
  4. Use a jigsaw to cut out curves. Lightly sand edges.
  5. Construct a back cover for the headboard from fabric wrapped around a 1" W cardboard frame.
  6. Cut backing fabric to 38" H x 60" W.
  7. Lay fabric wrong sides up on a flat surface. Lay the cutout wood panel centered on the fabric.
  8. Trace around the perimeter of the wood onto the fabric. Mark 1/2" in in from the wood outline.
  9. Transfer the scalloped edge template to cardboard. Draw a line 1" inside lines. Cut. Repeat.
  10. Cut lengths of 1" W strips of cardboard for the straight sides and bottom edge of the headboard.
  11. Lay the cardboard frame onto the wrong sides of the fabric along the mark 1/2" in from wood outline. Place a small bead of hot glue on the back of the cardboard to hold in place. Wrap the raw edge of fabric around the cardboard and hot glue in place.
  12. Cut notches to ease the fabric around the curves. Miter the bottom corners. Set panel aside.
  13. Use a utility knife or Bandsaw to cut 1/2" cardboard strips and staple centered on the channel lines on the wood backing board. These will act as a guide for foam, batting and fabric panels.

  14. CUSHION FOAM PANELS:
    • Mark cushion foam with Sharpie marker. Cut panels with an electric knife or Bandsaw.
    • All foam panels 7 1/4" W. Cut two each and mark with # of panel: #1. 28 1/2" L, #2. 32 1/2" L, #3. 34 3.4" L, #4. 36 1/4" L (each 1/4" longer than height of corresponding wood section).

  15. CUT BATTING AND FABRIC:
    • Fold batting lengthwise to layer double thick. Length of panels 8" longer than height of each wood panel section.
    • Batting and fabric panels, #1, 12" W, #2 - #4, 11" W. Cut two each of folded batting and fabric and mark with # of panel: #1. 36 1/4" L, #2. 40 1/4" L, #3. 42 1/2" L, #4. 44" L. Mark a 1/2" line 4" up from the bottom edge of the fabric on each outer long edge.
  16. Apply layers to wood back. Lay wood, right sides up (cardboard strip side), on a flat, hard surface.
  17. Start with a #2 panel. Spray adhesive to one side of a foam panel. Press in place between the channel lines, settling the edges of foam between the cardboard strips and extending the additional 1/4" H past the top scalloped edge of wood. Use an electric knife to cut the top edge of foam to match the scalloped edge of wood.
  18. Spray adhesive to one side of a #2 batting and center over the foam side to side, 4" extending above and below the edges of wood. Repeat with a #2 fabric right sides up, lining up the marks 4" from the bottom edge with the bottom edge of wood.
  19. Staple the fabric and batting into the cardboard strips. Pull fabric taut and staple either side close to the top and bottom of wood panel. Once satisfied that the fabric lays smooth add additional staples close to one another down both cardboard strips.
  20. Finish top edge. Stand headboard up.
  21. Wrap batting around to the back of the wood. Fold pleats in batting to wrap curves. Cut away pleats so batting lays flat around top and back of wood. Use 3 staples 1" away from the edge of the wood to hold batting. Trim away excess batting beyond the staples.
  22. Wrap the fabric to the back of the wood. Pull fabric taut at the top edge of wood. Work from side to side gathering and stapling the fabric beyond the batting staples.
  23. Apply #3 panel. Lay a #3 fabric panel wrong sides up on top of the first covered panel matching the mark 4" from the bottom edge with the bottom edge of the wood.
  24. Staple the edge of #3 onto the cardboard strip. Layer a cardboard strip on top of the original cardboard strip. Staple in place with staples close together. This will create a clean straight line in the channel between panels.
  25. Spray adhesive to one side of a #3 foam panel. Press in place between the channel lines.
  26. Spray adhesive to one side of the batting. Press on top of the foam. Tuck the folded edge of batting down the fabric side of the foam panel. Flip the free edge of fabric over the batting.
  27. Feel for the cardboard strip. Staple batting and fabric along the cardboard, stop the staples 1" from the scalloped edge.
  28. Use a pair of trim scissors to cut into the edge of fabric, 1" down from the top of the wood edge angled up to the center of the channel at the top of the wood back. This angle cut on either side of the fabric will allow the sides of the fabric panel to wrap to the back of the wood.
  29. Wrap the scalloped edge of batting and fabric to the back of the wood same as the #2 panel. Make sure that the fabric completely covers the wood at the channels on the back. Repeat. For end boards pull the batting and fabric around to the back of the wood on the sides and staple before finishing the top edge.
  30. Finish the bottom edges. Stand headboard upside down.
  31. Create two front to back folds with the batting, one on either side of a foam panel.
  32. Cut away excess batting at folds to reduce bulk. Staple the batting to the back of the wood 1" from the edge. Repeat for the fabric. Do not overlap the folds from one panel to the next. Trim away any excess fabric beyond the staples. Repeat for the bottom side corners adding an angled fold to miter the corner on the back of the wood.
  33. Attach backing panel to headboard. Flip the headboard wood back up.
  34. Center the fabric backing panel right sides up on top. Lift one edge at a time and apply a line of hot glue about 1/2" from edges of the cardboard. Press well until glue has set before moving on to the next section.
  35. Check to make sure all edges are secured. Stand headboard up.
  36. If necessary additional fine lines of hot glue may be added behind the cardboard frame of the backing panel.
  37. Spring clips may be used along the edges to hold the wood panel and backing panel together while the glue sets.

JOANN HACKS:
  • Before enclosing areas that have been stapled check to make sure that all staple heads lay flush with the surface. If not, tap in with a hammer.
  • Add legs to the headboard to screw to the wall. Check the width between studs in the wall. Screw 1" x 3" pine boards to the back of the headboard. Cut boards as long as possible to run as high as possible behind the headboard and down to the baseboard of the wall.

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