![]() By the way, if you like the look of this poplar, you will LOVE how this DIY Keepsake Box made from poplar turned out. But if you don’t have different types of wood scraps, you can always achieve a similar look with different stain colors. To contrast with the guitar, I used poplar wood for this. If you have a miter saw, you can use that, but a jig saw and a straight edge would work, too. Grab your 2-foot scrap piece and cut two pieces 6″ long and two pieces 5″ long. While the finish is drying, move on to make the bookends. Then go ahead and finish the piece as desired: oil, stain, paint, etc. Using a jig saw, carefully cut along this mark as straight as you can. Ignore the mark on the right… I don’t know what I was thinking when I made that – haha. Make a mark where the square intersects the square like shown. Next, place a square on your workbench and your guitar on top so that it’s angled and the full body is on the square and only the neck is off. You could also use a scroll saw here, if you prefer.Īs an optional step, you can use a drill and a small spade bit to drill a hole into the guitar. Then using a jig saw and a thin blade, cut out your shape. I made a scrap guitar out of plywood before I cut my real thing, because I was cutting cherry wood and didn’t want to screw it up. But if you are like me and can’t draw to save your life, print off an image of your shape and either use as a guide or cut out and trace around it onto your piece. If you are good at freehand drawing, that’s awesome! Feel free to freehand your shape onto your piece. Scrap wood (at least 2 ft long and 5″ wide piece for the bookends and at least 11″ long piece for the guitar)įirst, grab the piece you want to make your shape out of, in this case, the guitar.Then when you get done making one set, grab some more scraps and make something else □ Supplies and Tools for a DIY Scrap Wood Guitar Bookends What’s cool about this project is that while I used a guitar, it would be SUPER simple to use just about anything else you’re into… like cars, animals, other instruments… whatever you want, really. I also kind of have a strange obsession with bookends, so this seemed like a good project to marry them all together □ I just love a good scrap wood project, don’t you? I also love guitars. Do you make your own items for the home, such as bookends and doorstops? Let us know in the comments section below.Hey guys! It’s Shara here from Woodshop Diaries and I’m excited to bring you a super quick and easy scrap wood project: DIY Scrap Wood Guitar Bookends! Cut it out, and then sew it on using a needle and thread. To make the base, place the doll on to your felt and draw around it. Fill with rice, or something similar, then tape the bag closed.ĥ. Turn your doll upside down and place a plastic bag inside her. Sew them together, leaving the bottom unstitched.Ĥ. Pin your two pieces of felt together, right sides facing each other. What you do is entirely up to you just remember not to decorate too close to the edges of the fabric where the seam will be.ģ. Decorate one side of one of your pieces of felt: I embroidered one of my dolls and appliquéd felt shapes on to the other. My dolls were as tall as a piece of A4 paper when finished and, when filled with rice, could hold up at least 15 of my paperback craft books.Ģ. Each piece needs to have a 5-10mm seam all the way around (meaning that it should be 5-10mm larger than you want the final doll to be). To make the body, cut two pieces of felt that are exactly the same shape and size. What you needįelt/thick fabric Straight pins Scissors Needle or sewing machine Cotton thread Stuff for decoration: scraps of fabric, embroidery thread, sequins, beads, buttons A plastic bag Rice Sticky tape What to doĪ larger version of the bookend can be used as a doorstop. ![]() The felt and thread I had already, but it would typically cost £3-4 a metre and about £5 for a selection of coloured embroidery threads. It took 2/3 of a 5kg bag of rice to fill two dolls - that cost £4. See, this craft malarkey can solve many, many problems. ![]() If you don't need any book-ends but have a door that won't stay open, make a slightly bigger version of one of these and you've got yourself a nice little doorstop. I've made some Russian dolls (I know, I know, they've been and gone as far as trends in interiors go, but I'm not one to care about such a thing) but you could make your bookends any shape you want: I reckon a pair of monsters or two giant pieces of fruit might look rather fancy. It's a massively simple design - it's just two bits of fabric sewn together, then a base added at the end. A bookend was needed, so a bookend was made. ![]()
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