Big Board
Since it’s 10+ yr/old the cover disintegrated. Several years ago, the materials were purchased. It might have been used for another project. Since it might get dirty during moving to Florida, decided to wait. Wednesday, my finger went right through the fabric. Decided to move the project higher on the priority list. Time to get serious about how to do this.
1. Ask hubby for help. He looked like dumpster diving, from the back end, to find his staple gun. (That storage building is sorely needed).
2. Mean time, I’m pulling storage boxes down to find the material. Then hubby gets to lift all the boxes back into place. Ah ha. A suitable piece of fabric. Not as intended. It must be 20 years old. Time it was put to use. Hope the slub threads don’t matter. Couldn’t find the canvas. Yep, probably used it for something else. Found the felted wool. Cut that to size. There’s another story about that which involves hubby. I’m learning patience.
3. Remove old covering. It had poly batting. No wonder it got flatter over years of hot iron.
4. Layed out the covering layers. Hubby’s getting his staple gun ready. This was taking forever. I left the room, refrained from saying something. I think it’s called bridling the tongue. And a cool down.
5. To be sure the top was stretched tight, I directed the stapling. Then trimmed.
6. Clean up. Tools are put away. Trash and left overs are back in place. And the car’s back in the garage.
Later hubby saw it in place and remarked about the great job. I smiled and agreed.
what a process just to recover the Big Board. You’d think we were remodeling.