DIY Fabric Mouse Pad Tutorial

This project has been on my want-to-make list for quite awhile! I had an old mouse pad that was still in great shape, but it had an outdated calendar on it. I wondered if I would be able to recover it with fabric, so an experiment was born!

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What you'll need:

• A mouse pad - I'm using one I already had, but if you need one, you might try this one
• Fusible web like Heat-N-Bond
• Fabric that is slightly bigger than your mouse pad
• A pen or pencil
• An iron

Yes, seriously! That's it!

I chose Heat-N-Bond Lite as a fusible because I had it on hand, though regular Heat-N-Bond would be great too. And I picked out a fabric from my stash that I loved that was just bigger than the mouse pad. I'm using a Rifle Paper Co. print from the Primavera collection called Citrus Floral in Teal.

First, I cut a piece of the fusible web that was larger than my mouse pad and pressed it to the wrong side of the fabric. (I used my Oliso mini!)

Then I traced the mousepad onto the paper side of the fusible web. (I used my favorite air erasable pen, but any pen or pencil would work for this.)

When I traced mine, my line was just outside of the actual edge of the mouse pad, so I cut just inside the line. (These are my go-to scissors in my sewing room.) However, you could just rough cut this for now and trim it after pressing it to the mouse pad if you wanted.

Next, I peeled the paper off the fusible web.

I placed the fabric on top of the mouse pad, and once positioned well, I pressed into place. Once cooled, you could cut away any extra fabric around the edges if needed.

That's it!! I thought that pressing the mouse pad might melt it, but it didn't! It worked perfectly!

The fabric fused so well to the mouse pad! It's as if it came from the store just like this! My own Rifle Paper Co. mouse pad!

One thing to note, I would definitely make sure that you can't see the original design of the mouse pad through the fabric that you choose. Depending on the design of the original mouse pad, you might need to choose a darker fabric. This one worked great for me!

I am so thrilled with how this turned out! It took less than 10 minutes to make too! I think custom mouse pads would make wonderful gifts for friends or Father's Day! Imagine all the fabric possibilities!

Do you have a mouse pad that needs a makeover?? Grab some fabric and give it a new life!

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