No Sew Hair Clip Holder

Here's Sarah Beth's hair clip holder.  You may have seen a variation of this before, but this is my take on it. 

Materials and Supplies

Open-back frame 16x20

1/4 inch thick foam board cut to 16x20

20x24 piece of fabric

2 pieces of 16x20 batting

Box of straight sewing pins with flat heads (no pearls or rounded heads)

25 buttons or cute brads from the scrapbook store

4 yards of ribbon, lace...

Glue gun and sticks

Thimble

Hammer

Small nails or brads

Spray adhesive

Directions

Cut out your fabric to 20x24 inches.

Cut your foam board to 16x20 inches. 

Test to see if it fits in the frame opening.  It will be covered with fabric so allow a little wiggle room. 

Trim if necessary.

 

Place foam board on top of the right side of the fabric and center as best as you can. (See illustration below.)

Trace the border of the foam board with a water soluble pen or chalk onto the fabric.  (This is the part that shows inside the frame.  The 2 inch border will be secured around the back.)   

Cut out 2 layers of batting to 16x20 (The same size as foam board.)

Use spray adhesive on the foam board to secure the batting one layer at a time.  Set it aside.

Create a grid (inside your 2 inch border) on the fabric using the water soluble pen by measuring every 4 inches vertically and horizontally.  See below.

 Draw diagonals as shown by the black lines in the illustration below.

The first square grid should be erased or ignored as shown in the figure below.  Only the diagonals are useful at this point.  These lines will be your placement lines for the ribbon and buttons.

Spray the back of the fabric and set it on top of the batting lining up your border with the foam board.  By now your layers should be fabric, batting, batting, foam board.

Wrap the extra fabric around the back side and hot glue it in place.  Keep it taut as you work your way around.

Line up ribbon on top of the diagonals drawn and hot glue them at the edges (as shown) and around the back side.  Be sure to secure them well with hot glue on the back side. 

Where diagonals meet, use a thimble and insert a straight pin through the ribbon, fabric, batting and foam board.  Turn to the back side and bend the left over straight pin down and hot glue it to the foam board.   The picture below is the straight pin glued to the foam board on the back side.  No one's getting poked here.

On the front side, a button is hot glued on top to cover up the straight pin.  NOTE:  Without the straight pins your piece would not hold hair clips well.  The ribbon would eventually sag.  Besides, they give a nice quilted effect to the piece.

When you have completed the piece, place your finished work inside the frame and nail small nails or brads into the sides to secure it in place.  For neatness, you can add fabric or a dust cover to the back but it's not necessary.

Add bows and hair clips, hang it up, and enjoy!!!

I hope this was clear and concise.  Please comment or email with questions.