Comments on: Sewing for the Home ~ Super Easy Upholstered Headboard

By: susan

susan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:20:07 +0000

i’m sorry but that’s really not professional-looking. i made an upholstered headboard properly by making an encased slipcover with piping and slipping it over the top of a foamed & padded piece of wood. looks MUCH nicer and adds an elegant, tailored look to a bedroom.

By: Allannaa

Allannaa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:53:49 +0000

The only issue I have with this is, headboards get horrendously dirty over time. My modification to this was to use heavy duty hook and loop fastners, sewn to the fabrick and glued to the headboard… that wasn’t exactly a disaster but let’s say it wasn’t good. So my next trick was to use heavy duty grommet snaps…. that works great! And I added the touch suggested by another poster — tufting with buttons. So purty!

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:50:57 +0000

Awsome idea can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:57:04 +0000

That’s so impressive! Thanks for sharing your process.

By: Hayley

Hayley — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:18:52 +0000

I have been married for 2 1/2 years and still don’t have a headboard for the bed I inherited from my cute hubby! This just opened up a whole new world of options for me! Who needs to purchase an expensive cookie cutter headboard when I can MAKE MY OWN! Thanks for the idea! Love it!

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:38:51 +0000

Great tutorial! Now I don\t have any excuses – time to get busy making a headboard for myself

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:14:26 +0000

So elegant, thank you for an inexpensive and custom solution.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:04:19 +0000

What a neat idea! Thanks for the great tutorial!

By: Staci

Staci — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:54:11 +0000

I was just thinking of doing something like this for my daughters “big girl bed”. Headboards are so expensive and not nearly as unique as this. Thanks for this tutorial, it was perfect timing!

By: Caitlyn

Caitlyn — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:33:22 +0000

I did this a while ago. Then I moved and changed my mind on the color of my headboard yet didn’t feel like stapling over the old fabric. The fabric was fine, I just wanted to change styles “for now”. No problem! The great thing about these is they are so easy to slipcover! Plus, the slipcover is washable– great when the muddy puppies decided to jump on the bed.