Fabric Gift Boxes
I have quilty best friends coming over this weekend, and I thought I might need to make each of them a little fabric gift basket. (That isn’t crazy, right?!)
After searching ye ole pinterest, I found this great tutorial by Birch Fabrics. The tutorial offers multiple sizes and is very easy to follow. I chose the size that would best fit on a Fat Quarter (18″ x 22″ piece of fabric). I made the two bins in an afternoon, so really, there’s plenty of time if you are thinking Fabric Bins for Easter.
The construction was a little different than what I usually do. Like in the Insulated Grocery Tote, I generally make a big rectangle and create triangles at the lower edge of the shape to create a boxed corner.
Picture from?Insulated Grocery Tote
The fabric bin tutorial eliminates this step by providing “notched” out rectangles in the pattern.
Thought the bins turned out alright, they were crazy hard to turn right-side out because I used Peltex
On the upside, my bins are really really stiff from the Peltex and seem to be quite sturdy.
Now, I need to fill these little guys up with goodies!
3 Comments
Boxes came out great. Need to try.
March 28, 2015
These are terrific! Must give them a try as I’m constantly looking for storage, but I also want my sewing room to look nice. Thank you for the tutorial.
March 28, 2015
I made the same mistake with interfacing on another very similar project and my stitching looked terrible after I turned it. 🙁 I kept it for myself 🙂
March 30, 2015