Last night at the Power of Paint Party I showed you guys how I took 2 basic shelves that had been sitting in the garage to create 1 long shelf above my washer and dryer.

Today you get the “how to” of my cute little shelf skirt and to see it all prettied up for you!

{How to Skirt A Shelf}

I’m sure there is some fancy, sewing method to make a cute shelf skirt, but this skirt requires only fabric, Heat n Bond, an iron and a regular stapler… perfect for the sewing novice I am!

#1… Determine the length of your skirt.  I cut the fabric for my skirt at 12”.  The fabric I had on hand was 54” long,  but that wasn’t long enough for my shelf… so I cut two 12” strips.

#2… Iron your fabric.  You want it to look smooth and pretty.

#3… Use Heat n Bond (or something similar) to hem just one of your long sides.  (This will be the bottom of the skirt)

I also used the Heat n Bond to attach the two pieces of fabric together to make one long piece.

#4… Time to start stapling.  I laid the fabric on top of the shelf with the backside of the fabric facing up and the unfinished long edge closest to you.  I started on the far right side and folded the edge of the fabric in a bit and stapled the fabric onto the edge of the shelf.  This creates the edge hem.

(Hopefully this photo describes this step better than my words)

#5… Do the same on the other side, folding in the outer edge.

#6… Now that both ends of the fabric are stapled to the edge of the shelf, find the center of your fabric and staple it to the center of the shelf.

#7… I started working on the “right half” of the fabric.  I found the center of the right side and stapled it to the center of the right side of the shelf.  Then I repeated the process to each of those 2 sections.

#8… Continue finding the center of the loose fabric and the center space on the shelf and staple.

#9… Do this until your loose fabric is about a few inches when pulled away with your fingers.

This is when I pulled the fabric “poof” straight out and then folded it to lay flat to the left… making a little pleat.

#10… Staple, staple, staple and staple some more!

When you flip over your skirt admire the cuteness you just created (without a sewing machine)!

Then comes the fun and decorating… shopping the house.

Now this is what greets me when I come in from the garage.

Someday I’d love to have some cute clear canisters for my laundry detergent.

I’m still debating which of my burlap signs to keep here… the clothespin, safety pin or my laundry defined burlap sign? 

What’s your vote? 

You can purchase my burlap signs over in my sidebar.