Trading Blogs!

   Todays a BIG DAY, it's my first BLOG SWAP

You can find me Guest Posting over at
Making it feel like Home
and Tricia from Making it feel like Home

Will be here to Guest Post for me. Hope you enjoy her tutorial and I hope you'll come check my post out over at Making it feel like Home!

And Now here's Tricia:

Hello there!  My name is Tricia and I blog at making it feel like home where I share about my life 500+ miles away from my hometown with my 3 kids, 1 husband, and 1 house all making appearances.  :)

I am very excited to be trading blogs today with Karin today here at Yankee Doodle Designs!  She has so many great ideas over here!!!        

Today I am sharing how I made a slipcovered headboard for my son's twin bed.  

I have to admit that the sewing was my work, but it was my father-in-law that did the rest.

I started with a piece of plywood cut 24 inches tall by 38 inches wide and two 2x4's that were 30 inches long each.  We screwed the 2x4's onto the plywood and then attached them onto the metal bed frame using the appropriate nuts and bolts.

Then I painted the 2x4's white to finish them up a bit.

I took quilting batting and wrapped it over the top of the plywood and stapled it down.  Then I wrapped the batting all the way around the plywood several times.  (The thickness/amount is up to you.)  It will look something like this:

 Next I made a slipcover for the headboard.  This is really just a large pillowcase.  I bought a piece of navy corduroy fabric that would fit the measurements of my headboard and folded it in half so I only had to sew seams on the sides
(less sewing for me!).

For the corners I sewed across the top of each to "make" a boxed corner.  I'm sure there is an actual sewing term for this...but I have no idea what it would be!  :)

 I hemmed the bottom to finish it off.  Then turned it right side out and pressed it with the iron.

 After putting the slipcover over the headboard,  here's the end result!

Here's how it looks on the side.  

The great thing about this headboard being slipcovered is that it is washable (great for a little boy's room)!

And it is also very easy to change out the slipcover if you decide on a different material.  

(This bed frame and headboard actually started out in my daughter's room and was simple to change for a boy's room.)

(Before her room was painted pink.)

Thanks again to Karin for partnering up with me and trading blogs!  This was fun!!

And thanks to Melissa at Serendipity and Spice for organizing this guest posting!

I would love to see you over at making it feel like home soon!