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The cool restful feel of the ocean is not only for summer. Decorate your room, so easily, in our nautical theme and enjoy it all year round. |
Materials Needed:
- Boat Pattern
- Maxi Rick Rack
- Cord
- White Felt
- Red Felt
- Cotton Fabric
- Maxi Rick Rack
Instructions
To cover pre-made cornice:
- For fabric, measure entire cornice and add 2 inches for allowance on all edges.
- Lay fabric over top edge of cornice and staple in place. (Hint: To prevent puckering of fabric, start at center of cornice and work out.) Miter corners, pull fabric over cornice returns and staple to inside of cornice.
- Pull fabric tight over front face of cornice and staple to inside of cornice at bottom.
- Trim entire outside edge of cornice with maxi rick rack.
- Enlarge sailboat pattern to suit your dimensions.
- Trace sail pattern onto white felt and hull pattern onto red felt. Cut. (Arrange sailboats onto your project first before gluing.)
- Glue Baby Rick Rack down the middle of each of the pieces of black twill tape.
- Glue hull in place leaving a space for the mast.
- Cut cord the height of the longest sail plus 1 inch. This is the mast of your sailboat. (Hint: When cutting, always tape ends of cord to prevent fraying. Cut in center of tape.)
- Glue mast to hull.
- Glue sails over mast.
- Attach "L" brackets to the top inside edges of cornice. Follow instructions on package to mount cornice to wall.
Decorate a premade valance with sail boats and cord for a different look.
Finishing touches for cornice or valance:
- 13. For small flags at top of sail, cut a 4 inch piece of rick rack. Fold and glue rick rack ends under and apply to mast.
- 14. For ocean waves, cut a 6 inch piece of rick rack. Fold and glue rick rack ends under and apply to bottoms of boats.
- 15. Sea gulls and extra waves may be made using techniques found in steps 12 and 13.
Enjoy!
Other ideas:
- Make extra sailboats to decorate lamps, pillows or curtains.
- Catch edges of rick rack in seams of pillow for a fresh look.
- For added fun, rick rack may be sewn to outside edge of draperies or used as tabs or tie backs on premade panels.
