One of my favorite tricks for creating a 10 minute piece of art is to attach decorative fabric onto a stretcher frame.
Diy canvas stretcher frames.
Making your own canvas stretchers is a cheap alternative to buying them.
Building your own will cost you about a third of the price.
Put the thumb tacks over to the side until the diy frame is assembled.
You ll need a rectangular piece of canvas larger than the size of your stretcher bars plus the staple gun you used on the corners before.
From the diagram below you can see the proper method of attaching the canvas but i won t go in depth on that here.
Building a canvas stretcher can be really easy if you follow these steps.
In this short video we will show you step by step how to build a custom stretcher f.
Now place your assembled stretcher frame on top.
Lay out your frame and thumb tacks on a flat surface.
Each piece of wood from our frames come with pre cut grooves so no tools are necessary.
This is exactly what i decided to do to cover an awkward window that now looks into a tool closet.
Place your canvas face down on a flat clean and dry surface.
This piece of art also adds color and style to this small nook that i use for staging potting and indoor gardening.
When the entire frame is finished it s time to start stretching the canvas.
Make easy diy art with a canvas stretcher frame and pretty fabric.
If you haven t yet assembled your stretcher frame start here for step by step instruction.
You will need the following materials.
How to assemble the diy frame stretcher bars.