Cornice Part II

Have you been anxiously awaiting all day to see the final production shots of the cornice? I'm almost sure of it.

After the first part of the project was complete, operations moved indoors.

10. Frame built, time to cut the fabric:

(in case you could not picture what this step looked like, I included a visual)

11. Fabric not long enough to cover our freakishly large cornice. Pieces must be fitted together. Trying to align the patterns is tricky for a beginner like moi!


12. Attach pieces to make one long piece:


13. Drape over cornice to make sure it's long enough. Check!


14. Back at the staple gun to secure fabric to its new home:


15. Now its time for the cording. The worst part. I found a few videos (on my favorite youtube, of course) that helped. I should have watched them all though instead of stopping after I figured out how to cut the pieces at 45 degree angles:


16. You can't tell from this shot, but I didn't do the best job at sewing the welt cord into the fabric pieces (I also missed a step where I had to attach the pieces together. It was not my finest moment):


17. Welting goes on!


18. Tack strip stapled on top of additional fabric that will cover the back of the cornice:


19. Whelp, that's pretty much it!


Before & Afters coming soon.