Urggh all my photos are too bigger size quality to download, so I will be taking some with my mobile soon xx
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Get all the things you need, I got about 1/2 a metre of all the fabric and wadding but it depends on how big you want your box.
You need wadding, card, types of fabric, fabric glue, scissors. -
Cut the base of your box, you need really thick card for this otherwise it will be very flimsy. Choose any size, my base was 36x24.
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Cut this out.
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Get the piece of card you just cut out and draw around it on some card, so that when you cut it out you will have two. One of them is for the lid the other the base.
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Cut this out.
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Then you want to choose the side of your box, it has to look right, so depending on the size of your box, choose the right depth that will suit it. It also depends what you want to put in your box. The depth of my box was 13.5
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Cut out all the sides of your boxes
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With pencil write a small 1 of each of these pieces to stop you getting confused later on.
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Now you need to get all the pieces you made and draw around all of them on some card. So basically you are making doubles of them, I will explain why later.
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Cut out all of these and put a small 2 on each of the corners.
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With the number 2's you need to mark 1/2 a centimetre in from the edge. Once done that all the way around cut out the excess, so you are left with a smaller shape
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You need to cut wadding to fit the card called 2. You need to stick this to all the card and wait for it to dry.
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Now you need to get the fabric that you want to be on the outside of your box. Get your pieces of card that have 1's on. You need to cut the fabric about 2 cm bigger all the way around the card.
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Stick this down. Wait for this to dry fully.
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By this time the others should be dry. You need to get your other fabric and do the same thing to the pieces of card called 2 with the wadding on them. Now you just have to wait for everything to dry. So give yourself a pat on the back and have a cuppa.
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You now need to find the 1's that match up with the 2's you need to stick them together. The reason why we do this is so its nicely padded and also so it looks nice, so let them go and find there future partners. You now need to let them dry.
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Now comes the tricky part. You need to stick it all together. Cover the sides with glue and stick them together with fabric glue. If your box is fairly small you can put an elastic band around it so that it stays in place, if it is quite big like mine you need to get some hair grips and stick it at the sides. Now leave it for about a night to dry. Keep touching the corners up with glue and your box is ready!
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Candace H.
27 Mar 01:22
Ooooooooh Gracie! I love it! Can't wait to see more pics! Good job my friend!
kaludesign
27 Mar 03:11
sooo cute grace!! i love it. :) where'd you get the strawberry fabric?
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
27 Mar 08:24
Um I got it from the fabric store down my road! I'm sure you could get some like it somewhere else, check it out!
Ryden
27 Mar 08:51
What a nice idea! I have seen some other really great tutorials for sewing boxes that are actually all sewn together! They seem a little bit more challenging than the glue due to the thick nature of the box. This is a nice alternative!
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
27 Mar 08:59
Yeah, I made it cause I cant sew anyway lool
Thanks for the great comments x
Cat Morley
27 Mar 15:39
I love it, the fabric rocks, it's super handy!
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
27 Mar 16:10
Yer I lovvee the fabric, I got extra so I could have spare
Chelsea K.
27 Mar 20:24
Gracie how cute! Great take on such a hard project. I love how you thought of using glue instead of taking the trouble to sew all that bulk together. Love your project and putting it under my favorites list!
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
27 Mar 20:33
Thankk you xx
Terri
27 Mar 21:44
how cool!!!!
mlc1803 m.
27 Mar 21:44
cute n clever, gracey! i so need this.my sewing stuff is everywhere! the other day my sister stepped on a needle (oops)!! thanks so much :)
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
27 Mar 21:46
OUCH! I really felt that
Shivi
28 Mar 05:41
very handy- I saw some sewing boxes in the shops but they cost like $30-40! and they were in an ugly fabric so I'm glad to see this project! You get my thumbs up!
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
28 Mar 08:12
Thank you xx
Miss Mess
29 Mar 14:19
this is just so cute...i love it...great job
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
29 Mar 20:37
Thank you xxx