Host Kathi Cardinalli shows how to use fabric to create a decorative bookshelf cover-up
(see photo at right).
Materials:
pinking shears
yardage of medium-weight cotton fabric
adhesive hook-and-loop tape
wooden bookshelf unit
kraft paper
foam-core board
scissors
craft knife
metal ruler
cloth tape
silver paint staple gun
metallic gold paint
table-tennis balls
toothpicks
Steps:
- Use pinking shears to cut out a zigzag pattern in the fabric or curtain.
- Use a leftover piece to make a zigzag valance.
- Attach adhesive hook-and-loop tape to the front of the curtain top and to the top of the valance (figure A).
- Stick the valance to the top of the curtain.
- Apply the soft side of the hook-and-loop tape to the top of the bookshelf and the looped side to the top back of the curtain.
- Stick the curtain to the top of the bookshelf (figure B).
- Draw a template for the crown on kraft paper.
- Cut foam-core board to the pattern (black was used on the show)--a large front piece and two small end pieces (figure C).
- Score foam-core crown with a craft knife so that it makes a "hinge" that allows the foam core to stand up (figure D).
- Cut out a corner notch on each side piece, then fit the sidepieces onto the front piece. Secure with cloth tape at the edge.
- Paint the front surfaces of the crown with stripes of silver paint (figure E). Let dry.
- Paint table-tennis balls with metallic gold paint, let dry, and attach them to points of the crown with toothpicks.
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