Oh Lesley....thanks to you...I am a HERO! I gave my box to a friend today (after filling it with some little sewing goodies)..and she just loved it! I'm soo happy you posted this tute...I'm going to have to make another and then maybe another...then...well, you can see where this is going.. :lol: :lol:

I am thrilled to bits that it went down well - that is great. Make the next one for you - you deserve one too. Happy Christmas!

Now the main part of Christmas is over, who is going to be the next one to try one of these boxes?

I think I will get on to it starting Monday. :roll:

I think I found a piece of cardboard to use. I will probably print out the directions this week.
Thank you so much for the tutorial!

Well done Chrickett, go for it!

Good for you Brush, let me know how you get on.

Well now that I gave mine away....I kinda' miss it....so, I have fabric pulled to make another! Elle is probably on box # 312 by now :roll: :lol: :lol:

LOL, well done for going for number two, Sandpat - I don't know how many Elle managed, I haven't heard from her for a few days.

Well done Loretta, it's a lot quicker to do than making a piece of lace!

Uh oh, just found this post again. After a couple of projects are in the mail this week, then I think I shall attempt this one. Think it will also help me to re-cover an old jewelry box that I found at a flea market that will hold all of my baubles and then some.

Love all your purdy boxes ladies. Hope to see more.

Okay, number 3 done, hope you like it. These are all for belated Christmas presents.

Next one is definately for me I have been sent the most beautiful butterfly fabric by my Secret Santa who just happened to be Lacelady, lucky me heh.

Elle

ButterflySpain, Beautiful boxes!! I love the oriental fabric.

I have made a start, sort of
I made the templates, now to go choose the fabric and cut the templates out of the card.

Thank you so much for the compliments, I have to get some goodies now to put in each one.

Elle

Butterfly

What kind of cardboard are you useing for your boxes that are so very beautiful. Chrickett

Well I chose the fabric from my stash, a Kaffe Fassett, and cut out most of cardboard I had on hand. Can you believe it...I ran out of cardboard with the 6 lining rectangles left:(
I will go out tomorrow and look for more. I think what I used was matting board.
I was thinking I would make a template out of freezer paper to cut the hex's out of the fabric. I hope to make them for my nieces, after I make the first one :)

I am using shoe boxes, but they are not quite big enough for the top and base so found some toy boxes that had been thrown away by someone. I have used corrugated, the only porblem with that is it makes the boxes heavy.

Heavy is good - isn't it? I love all of them, especially the Asian looking one. It looks like it is not as high as the others, like a box to keep pearls in. How do you cut the mat board, with an exacto knife? Have you tried the foam core? This is a wonderful project, but it looks like a job for a perfectionist.

Elle, that latest box is absolutely delightful, well done, you are making a great job of them. Corrugated is OK, but as you say, makes for a heavier box, but that shouldn't detract.

Brush, Matt board is a great card to use, will make a really sturdy box. And don't worry too much about getting the hex's in fabric exact, because all the edges get wrapped to the other side of the card and stuck down, or in the case of the outer lid, the edges get covered with the brim covering, so be sure to leave yourself a good allowance, (at least half an inch, but I tend to leave three quarters of an inch if I have enough fabric.)

Pal, I use an old blade in a rotary cutter to cut my card, it works a treat. I always mark the old ones with some nail varnish so I know which is which.

Great job Elle! Those are beautiful boxes! I want to start on #2...pulled the fabric for it..duh...not enough cardboard left. I'll round some up in the next day or so hopefully.

Yes, you really need to make one for yourself! Mine went over good as a gift...I put in 3 spools of thread, a small pair of scissors, some elastic (I keep borrowing from my friend), and some pins. She loved it, so I'm a hero now..see the huge "S" on my chest????

Hi, well to be honest I know I should use an exacto knife but don´t have one so been using my old scissors. Don´t know about foam core, not heard of that one.

Heavy is ok because it makes for a sturdy box, I like the heavy one better for that reason.

Pal, these boxes are very easy to make. I downloaded the instructions at the beginning of this thread and its a sinch. Try it you will be amazed.

Elle

Thank you Elle.

Beautiful sewing box. maybe someday I will make one.

Started mine today, cut the top fabric wrong and need to more, for the elastic and pockets, so if I have to add a thrird fabric I will. Not a project I should have done in front of the TV:)
Glue is drying so I am finished for today.

All three of your boxes are gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see the next one :D:D:D

Oh, Brush, I am so sorry - you must be really annoyed, but since the elastic and pockets go inside, you could use the same as the lining fabric if you have enough of that, and a third fabric would also look OK, so don't despair too much.

Oh, Brush, I am so sorry - you must be really annoyed, but since the elastic and pockets go inside, you could use the same as the lining fabric if you have enough of that, and a third fabric would also look OK, so don't despair too much.

ooops, posted twice, sorry.

Brush...it shouldn't be a problem....a third fabric will actually look nice! I do know what you mean about working in front of the tube though....I did all my sides...sideways.... :oops:

Will certainly try this. Thank you!

Well done Owl, I hope you get on OK, and please post a pic when it is done. Everyone loves to see the different variations.

I choose a third fabric it is the same color as the outside fabric just a different Kaffe Fassett print. Still working on it, should be finished tomorrow and I will post a picture.
My husband told me I would have had it done if I didn't spend much time on the computer LOL

Oh gosh...my DH tells me that kind of stuff all the time! As you can see...I pay lots of attention to him :roll:

Do hurry though, I can't wait to see your box!

Finished!
I picked out fabrics to make two more for my niece's, hope to start cutting out the cardboard today. Hopeing to keep them for Christmas, not sure that will work. I have a feeling I will want to give them up once they are finished :-)

Lacelady, thank you so much for the tutorial for the box!
I enjoyed making the first one and will a couple more.
Your directions are great!

Brush...that is a beautiful box! And I love the addition of the 3rd fabric...I just knew that would work! Isn't Lace just our hero for posting this tute????!!!!

Sandpat, thank you; Lace sure is our hero!

Beautiful box. I showed mine to a friend today and she asked for the pattern. Lesley I think you are going to be famous

Elle

Brush, you made a great job of making that box, and no one would know about your TV 'mistake'. There is a saying about there being no mistakes, only opportunities, isn't there? I'm so glad you were able to make it and better still, that you perhaps enjoyed it? I hope so.

Thanks, Elle, but please don't quote me as being the designer, it isn't mine, a lady named Dilys Fronks designed the original (I think/hope I put that somewhere near the front). All I did was to take pics of the steps as I was making mine. It's easier to follow pictures I think, than to try and make out what a diagram is meaning, and some people aren't good at following written instructions.