Getting Organized in the New Year - Bulletin Board Wall

So I have for years had trouble keeping all my notices, announcements, calendars, family photos, phone lists, odds and ends in one location. A bulletin board was just not big enough. So a couple of years ago I came up with this idea and with the help of my family I created the Bulletin Board Wall.

I started with a 4 x 6 piece of Masonite which is screwed to the wall. That way if I ever want it down I just tear off the squares, unscrew the board, patch the holes and you will never know it was there.

I created a pattern on a piece of grid paper and purchased enough fabric for the designed areas. I selected enough fabric to make a nice patch work art piece in colors that I thought would coordinate well. Some of the design required that I sewed the fabric on the diagonal. And then I purchased cork squares from Walmart (it was the cheapest place that I found). I cut the fabric into 16 x 16 squares to cover the 12 x 12 cork squares. I sprayed the cork squares with spray glue and laid the fabric on top. It takes two sets of hand to do this part - it works best to hold the corners of the fabric and then lower the fabric to the square.

Once they are dry then I used tacky glue to pull the fabric around on the back side of the square and fold and cut to make the square as flat as possible for placement on the wall. Then I spread a thin coat of tacky glue all over the Masonite, arranged the squares, taped everything down to the wall with masking tape and then pressed the squares about every 10 minutes for the next 2 hours to make sure they were flat and secured. Finally to make it look complete you run a piece of 1/4 round from the lumber yard around the edge and your done. The biggest, artsy looking, bulletin board you will ever have. Enjoy!