scaup. A love story
Materials :. Rykene Ikea double bed.
Description: We wanted to brighten an existing Rykene bed in a guest room of our house recently purchased. I had done a little research tufting and found a good tutorial for making tufted heads. Using a pegboard and a little 3-inch foam, I put on a tuft pattern.
Using pegboard was the most ingenious idea! After determining where I wanted tufts, I cut through the foam (a little larger than the size of my button) so that the clumps would be very profound.
I used gorilla glue to hold the foam in my pegboard and put a layer of cotton sheet on top. Then I draped my fabric (we used a model really crazy - we wanted big change in this piece) on the one center the pattern on the head.
We made fabric covered buttons with a small kit (sold fabric stores) using a bright terracotta color. wire using quality furnishings, and starting at the center / top of my head, I sewed back and forth with a super long needle ... that's where it gets a little tricky.
Hold the button firmly in front I pull the super tight wire through the hole in the back and stapled in different directions to maintain tension. Also moving outward from the first tuft, I continue until I had a whole row. I started the second row in the same way and pulled the fabric diamond shaped around the buttons gently.
Once everything has been tufted, I pulled the fabric around the bottom of the pegboard and securely stapled to the back. Then I joined the pegboard in Rykene bed with a couple of wood screws to hold it tight against the frame. Afresh top / center of the headboard, I pull the fabric over the bed frame and stapled it comfortably.
I pursued the same method as above, moving uniformly from the center outward. I folded the corners of the canvas properly and finish the stitching head of the fabric on the sides. The back does not seem too clean (but I told myself that no one will ever see - and I could always put a thin piece of wood there to cover it later)
We are incredibly happy with how it turned out. It has certainly been a labor of love. My hands are killing me tufting (the upholstery thread is merciless against your hands!) I am also pleased that we opted for a really funky fabric. We found at Joann's in their tissue section of the house using a coupon of 50%! Hooray for deals!
The duvet, curtains and carpets are also from Ikea! We like to do this one looks and gives a clean / modern feel yet. We struggled a bit with our new home (it is an old colonial 110 years) because our style is very mid-century, but our old house wants something nice too!
More bushy head of bed.
~ Niamh, Philadelphia
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Julius Yap "I'm Jules, the engine behind IKEAHackers and one that keeps this site running. my mission is to capture all the wonderful, inspiring, clever hacks and ideas for our beloved IKEA products "
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