Pocket Board Craft…

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This past weekend I was sitting outside on the deck enjoying our beautiful Fall weather.  I am so grateful for cooler weather, slight breezes and clear blue skies.  Anyway, I was cruising magazines online and looking for a new craft project.  I stumbled upon a Better Homes and Gardens article. To be honest, I don’t even know if this is a current article or an old one – I didn’t see a date.  When I saw their “storage board” craft I was intrigued enough to read the article.  I’m a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda girl.  I quickly realized that I could make a similar board with materials right inside my house!  No running off to the hardware or craft stores. I just went with what I had on hand. I knew I could make it work.

I went into our garage and pulled out a garage sale bargain purchase of 10 cents.  It had some construction issues but it looks like washed out barn wood and it a larger size 17″ X 21″.  Great deal – right?

Two of the corners need to be repaired…

…and glued back together.

Staples on the inside of the frame…

…needed to be removed.  They came out easily.

I used the frame mat as a pattern guide.

I left the blue background mat in the frame for stability.  I used the leftover backing from Jennifer’s shelf project as the main insert as the board for the fabric and batting.  I did not use my good scissors to cut the backing board 🙂

I again used the existing mat as a pattern to cut the batting (sorry…no photo) and the blue fabric.  This way I didnt have to measure anyting – again, I love that.  Now here is where I made a mistake.  I cut the batting and the fabric the same size.  For the batting, this was fine.  For the fabric, not so much.  I forgot to cut extra length to make the pocket.  So, I had to cut another piece of the blue fabric, adding about eight extra inches for my frame..

I chose to use tacks to hold the fabric and batting in place.  This worked perfectly and held in place very nicely.

Literally 15 minutes after I started this project it was complete.  I was so happy that for once I was organized and had everything I needed on hand.  The pocket can hold a good bit of weight.  It easily holds my appointment book.

I also tacked up some inspiration pieces…

…and this very super adorable photo – from many moons ago 🙂

I’m very happy with the end result, and so glad I had 15 minutes to spare.