You can use a rag between the wood veneer and the iron. Place the tape on the edges and heat with a hot iron with no steam. It is a good idea to use an old iron for this step because you could end up with adhesive on the iron. It is so quick and easy to use which was great. To do this I used wood veneer edging tape. I was so happy with the look I decided not to build a frame, but I still need to finish off the edges. Once all the pieces were glued in place I cut away the excess that was hanging over the edges using the drop saw. I believe this was because I used multiple different pieces of plywood. One thing I did notice about using plywood, was that the colour of the wood stain was not consistent. You can use a nail gun but I found the nails were visible. Using hot glue allows you to continue working without waiting for glue to dry.
But saying this I did use good quality glue sticks from the hardware store as opposed to the budget store brand. I did a few test runs on the best way to fix the pieces to the base, and a hot glue gun worked best. You can keep moving the pieces around until you are happy with the design. Start in the middle staining the wood as you go along, this pattern is very basic so it was easy to stain. When you get to the outside pieces they could end up overlapping the base, but not to worry these will be cut flush with the base at the end.
Fit the pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle. This is where you can be creative by using different shapes, like triangles and squares. The arrow shapes should fit in place along the lines. We are not gluing at this stage, just working out the design that you want. Start in the center and make arrows with the first 2 pieces, then duplicate this for all the centerpieces.
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Ignore the mess on the wood, because it is free and recycled it is not in the best shape. This is important to keep the design straight. Using a straight piece of wood mark out the board like the image below. The base can be any size as long as it is a square. Once you have all the pieces cut it is time to add them to the base. This will give the offcut somewhere to go instead of flying up, which can be a hazard. This is an extra piece of wood that can be removed before you make the cut. A very important piece of information I learned by doing this is you need to add a spacer block between the cut and the stop block. To get all the pieces the same size you can set up a stop block on your saw. This step is very easy to do using a miter saw. You can have different lengths but it is important to have all the angles the same, which is 45 degrees. Once you have cut the strips it is time to cut them into the small shapes. I ripped all the strips in one go to make sure they are all the same width. To cut the strips of plywood I used a table saw and set the width to 50 mm. I used an orbital sander with 220 grit sandpaper. It is a good idea to sand the wood before for start cutting, rather than sanding all the small pieces. For this project, I used 12 mm thick plywood. You do need to use the same thickness to get a nice finish though. It really does not matter if the plywood is bent because once it is cut into smaller pieces it is not noticeable. I used plywood because my Son is a builder and he brings me all the scraps laying around after a job has been completed. This project is perfect if you have lots of scraps of wood laying around. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.** Which means I earn a small commission on links used at no extra cost to you. The headboard I made had been painted to suit my daughter’s decor, so this barn quilt was going to be stained with wood stain. It looks like a difficult process but it is very simple when you see it broken down into steps. I am not too sure who started making barn quilts up out of lots of small cuts of wood, but I totally love the idea. Donna Sue Groves wished to honor her mother, Maxine, and her Appalachian heritage by having a painted quilt hung on her barn in Adams County, Ohio. You may be really surprised to see that they started off as a painted design.
I was not familiar with where the idea of a wooden barn quilt came from, so I did a little research. I am now going back to basics and doing a wooden barn quilt wall hanging to use up all the pieces. Lucky for me it worked out great but I had lots of pieces leftover. Instead of trying a small basic design first, I jump straight in and made a kingsize headboard with a unique design. Like most projects I try, I always seem to jump in feet first. Wooden Barn quilts have become so popular on Pinterest at the moment, that I had to join in and have a try.
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