Last week I found this old wooden frame that was a little old-fashioned and in rough shape, so I wanted to give it new life. I spray painted most of my other old frames white (see above), but for this one, I wanted to do something with a little more texture.

Remember those fabric-wrapped clothes hangers and bangle bracelets I did back in December?





Well, I really enjoy that process, so I applied the same techniques of cutting fabric strips, wrapping around an object, and securing periodically with hot glue to the wooden picture frame:



Begin with a dot of hot glue at the bottom of the frame. Press the edge of your fabric strip into the glue, and begin to wrap around:


You may need to add a few dots of glue to the frame as you go around the corners, to prevent the fabric from slipping.

If your fabric strips are too short to go all the way around, apply a glue dot to the frame to secure the end. Add another glue dot to begin a new strip.

Once you've got all the way around, you can apply a final glue dot to secure the fabric strip end in place. Simple as that!


You can use thick or think fabric strips - for a 5" x 7" frame like mine, I don't advise going any thicker than 2" wide strips, as it gets difficult to go around those corners. 1" wide strips might be ideal.