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    DIY Rustic Sailboat

    Published by Pam Kessler | 306 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 48 Comments

    I made a sailboat last week.

    Quick and easy DIY rustic sailboat made from tree branch

    Out of a branch and a twig,

    Quick and easy DIY rustic sailboat made from tree branch


    part of my vintage ticking fabric,

    Quick and easy DIY rustic sailboat made from tree branch

    and a couple of eyelet screws.

    Quick and easy DIY rustic sailboat made from tree branch

    Quick and easy and sort of cute, if I may say so myself!

    In a nutshell:

    • I sawed a dead branch from our brush pile into a section roughly 16" long. If there's one thing I have an abundance of around here, it's dead tree branches
    • I cut a twig to about 17" long
    • Drilled a hole in the middle of the larger branch section
    • Hot glued the twig into the hole
    • Cut my fabric into a scalene triangle (I'll save you from running to find your geometry books - it's three different sized sides)
    • Screwed the 2 eyelet screws into each end of the branch
    • Sewed one end of the the triangles onto the eyelet screws
    • Sewed the opposite bottom of the triangles onto the mast (aka twig in the middle)
    • Sewed the top of the triangles to the top of the twig
    • Then I cut out a double sided triangle to use as a top flag and hot glued it to the top
    • Done

    Took about 15 minutes. Most of the time was me trying to get the stupid needle threaded.

    I really need to get some new eyes. Or wear my glasses.

    Now, I'm a long way from the beach, so I used tree branches instead of driftwood, but I think it turned out OK.

    You gotta work with what you've got! And here in the Midwest, we've got branches.

    Quick and easy DIY rustic sailboat made from a tree branch - cool idea for a Nautical Nursery or Coastal Decor!


    You can see how I've used my sailboat in different areas of my home over the years:

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    And you can see lots and lots of other Quick And Easy DIY & Craft Projects HERE.

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    1. Katy

      June 16, 2016 at 5:35 pm

      Thank you so much for this idea! I made one for my dad for Father's Day!!

      https://goo.gl/photos/bk5SsKomMDUVfaV79

      Reply
      • Pam

        June 18, 2016 at 7:57 pm

        That is so cute!!! I bet he'll love it!

        Reply
    2. Jennifer

      April 29, 2017 at 9:32 am

      Love this idea, I've been searching for driftwood, but I have a lot of white birch that I think would work using your idea. Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂

      Reply
    3. Marianne

      June 30, 2017 at 11:31 pm

      I'm going to make one for my yard from a three foot piece of driftwood I found . It's going to look great in my garden .

      Reply
    4. Liz

      July 11, 2021 at 6:03 pm

      What a beautiful and easy idea.Thank you so much!

      Reply
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