Create a retro display with fabric hoops
Our wall art is easy to make and it makes a great gift too!

Raid your fabric stash for pieces with a retro feel to decorate an empty wall, it makes a very pretty display. These fabric-covered hoops are so easy to copy - all you need is a selection of floral and plain prints. Try eBay and Donna Flower for vintage-style fabrics and keep an eye out in your local charity shop for larger fabric items, such as curtains or even blouses, that can be cut up and used.
You will need:
Different-sized wooden embroidery hoops Large scraps of fabric Iron & ironing board Fabric scissors
PVA glue Panel pins or suitable wall fixings to hang Hammer
Step one
If you are planning to mix and match fabrics, decide which fabric you are going to use for which size of hoop. To help you decide, lay out your fabrics on a flat surface. Once happy, unfold and press each fabric piece with the iron.
Step two
Separate your first embroidery hoop by unscrewing the screw at the top. Then lay your fabric over the smaller ring, placing the larger ring on top, catching the fabric between the two. Replace the screw, making sure it's at the top of any directional pattern on your fabric (if it's a ditsy print, then it doesn't matter which way up you have it).
Step three
Using the fabric scissors, trim away the excess fabric, following the curve of the hoop, leaving about 2cm. Then run a line of PVA glue around the inner frame edge (this is the reverse side of your fabric). Neatly fold the excess fabric in, onto this glue, and hold until secure. Hang your hoops on the wall.
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Holly Walsh is a freelance Interiors Writer and Shopping Editor, but worked in-house here at Ideal Home for nearly 10 years. With a background of studies in Interior Design, her career in interior journalism was a no-brainer and her passion for decorating homes is still as strong now 15 years after she started, as it ever was. While Holly has written for most of the home titles at Future, including Livingetc, Country Homes & Interiors, Homes and Gardens, Woman & Home and Style at Home, Ideal Home has always been her ideal home, and she can still be found sharing her expertise and advice across both the printed magazine and the website, while also raising her two young children.
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