Lacelady,
I did enjoy making ! Thank you for the pattern.
I am in the middle of making two more. I think the two (together) will take about the same time as the first one.
Both are cut out, one has the fabric glued. Taking a break for now, will get to work probably after supper.

ButterflySpain,

I just love the last Oriental fabric box you posted! Oh so pretty.

Alas, I do not have any Oriental fabric in my stash, so I must find something else. I am currently hunting up/down(?) some cardboard.

No shoeboxes or kids toyboxes or washing powder boxes, they are all good. These boxes lend themselves to most fabrics. Good luck with your search, I have been looking outside the smaller shops where they throw out their boxes, how sad am I.

Well right....we don't even have any shops in our po-dunky town to look outside of! I think I'm gonna go beg the neighbors to buy some shoes for their kids, just so I can have the boxes!! :lol: :lol:

Oooops Patti, sorry forgot you were at the end of the world
:-( Don´t tell me I am going to have to send you cardboard instead of pretty fabric now. Now that is the pits.

Thanks for the information on boxes to use,

Couple questions on the interior supplies. Would poster board
be stiff enough to use? Foam core that is a bit less than 1/4"
thick, could it be used or is that on the too thick side of
being usable, and if so, would you have to adjust any of the
other pieces so that it would work? Have not been able to
get to the store that handles matt board as you suggested.

Having made three I would suggest that 1/4" is too thick. it will make the boxes very heavy as well. Even if you glue two thin pieces of card together that would work. I can only suggest using pizza boxes that way. Hope that helps.

Elle

You could always ask shoe shops if they have any spare - Lots of people don't want the boxes, and leave them in the shop, so surely they would be happy to give you them instead of having to pay for them to be disposed of. In particular, ask for the boxes boots come in - they would be great for the lids and bases. You could always resort to cerial boxes if you are prepared to glue several layers together, as in plywood - a sort of plycardboard!

LOL remember not to use the pizza box a pizza actually came in or you might find the family dog eating your needlework box because of the smell!

As to the foam core-well...I guess it would be no different than the cardboard 'iffin it got wet. Foam core may just work. Anybody made one with it?

Drinks get spilled alot around here. DH has a couple of fingers on his left hand that don't work so well and he just looses his grip!

One reason he is not allowed in the sewing area.

Here's one of the fabrics I think I will use on this.

What ya think?

I LOVE IT! it will look awessome!! Can't wait to see it.
I just finished #2 will post a picture once I get that one finished.

Really lovely fabric, will look good made up.

Elle

Ooooh, scrummy fabric, it will look really good - what colour are you going to put in the inside?

Wow, you really motored on that second one, well done.

Oooohhhhh, I love that fabric!

Elle...if you send me cardboard instead of fabric, well, I'll just have to come visit you and beat you over the head with it!! :lol:

Lesley...we don' have shoe stores here either! I might run to the gas station..(petrol for you furiners)...and see if they will sell me some pizza boxes...yes...they sell pizza at the gas station. :roll:

Very strange ....he he. Okay so I won´t send you carboard

You might be 'in hiding' but is there only a garage near you and that is it? Where do you get your shoes, mail order? Perhaps you should go the route of large boxes of soap powder, but be sure to choose one with a 'perfume' you can live with until it dissipates.

2 more finished; I chose the fabric Friday, one niece likes yellow and the other one red.
They went much faster the second time around. I cut the cardboard and batting for two then the fabric one at a time.
I think I may be getting addicted. :)

I love the co-ordinating fabric in the inside, now these are really pretty. Well done you. :thumbup:

Brush...those are really pretty! It is fun!

Lesley...believe it or not....I do get a lot of stuff with on line shopping...but its not really THAT bad....I'm just procrastinating because I don't have time to make another right now to be truthful......but I will make another, they are fantastic boxes!

Thank you sandpat and Butterfly. I plan to do a couple more, waiting for more cardboard.

Awesome boxes, I haven't even started any yet, DS and DD#1 didn't want to do them on their date day,

Wow Brush, you made a really good job of those boxes, I hope the neices are appreciative. I gave my daughter one as part of her Christmas present, (the one in my original photos) and she really loved it too. I think it's quicker to make two together, as while one is drying, you can get on with the other. Great job.

Going to town today to pay for next semester of school, get my flu shots, and see about some poster board. Also, may look for some lining for the fabric I posted. I don't have the right color for it. I also need some lining for a jewelry pouch I am making.

Wish me luck.

Well done Wvdek, hope you manage to get some card, though several people have been very creative with card, as that seems to have been harder to get than some of the other things. Hope to see pics of your box soon.

Hope you found what you needed wvdek!

I am collecting the cardboard, have fabric set aside for number four.

I have the cardboard ready to be cut out the patterns, but the one for the gusset was a little bit hard for me, I saw the measurments, but could not just quite get the sides to come to the right amount. I guess my head is a little to thick, would be glad for some help on how to get it correct. PLEASE.
Have a great day.

The top of the gusset is 4 inches across (placed on a fold). When you draw the centre line down from that, make the line 4 and three quarters of an inch long. Then put the half inch line across the bottom, and when you join up the ends from the four inch line and the half inch line, it should be near enough 5 inches on each side. There is some leeway built into this so that there is plenty to tuck in under the box lining, and you can always make it longer, just be careful not to make it much shorter. Also don't forget not to sew the centre line all the way to the bottom, stop when you get to the last inch. If you stitch all the way, it will be bulky where you don't want any bulk, and won't lay quite so flat. Hope this helps.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH LACELADY, IT IS A GREAT HELP. I AMOFF TO TRY AND MAKE MY BOX, WILL SEND PICTURES WHEN I AM FINISHED

Best of luck, look forward to the pics.

Here is another I have made. However I made a boo boo, but as its all mine I am not so bothered. I actually forgot to put a seam down the triangles.

My thanks to Lesley for the beautiful material. she was my Secret Santa and gave me this fab fabric. This is No. 4. Have 2 more to make.

BTW I gave the 3 I made to my friends at the Sewing Club I go to for helping me and the absolutely loved them. It made my day when I saw their faces.

I love your fabric! and the butterfly! I want that one, please.:)

Sorry Brush & Thimble, I have to have this one its got my butterfly on it. Its really gorgeous material though

Elle

you can send that one to me please,
I am haveng trouble with the 6 sided pattern, can't seem to get all the sides to come out even one is always off
:?: How did you get it to come out??

To be honest I have one side that is slightly out. What I do I measure the outer box up against the base and just trim as necessary before I put the material on of course and mark that side that it goes with it. Easiest way out I thought.

Elle

Elle...great job and of course, that butterfly on the top is perfect for your box! You don't even have to put your name on it! Oh well about the seams on the gussets, it will work anyway, maybe just a quick fiddle with it to close it up. It looks nice all loaded up!

Elle, your box looks great, I love the way you fussy cut that fabric, well done. Don't worry about the missing seams, they are just there to help the gussets to fold up. If you have a problem with them not wanting to fold up, you could just put a few hand stitches in down the centre to persuade them. I think you made a great job of it.

Did you do them with a compass? When you draw out the lid of the box, you use a compass to draw a circle the size of the lid. Keep the compass at the same radius of the circle, put the point of the compass anywhere on the circle, and use the pencil to make a small mark further round the circle. Then put the point of the compass on that mark you made, and make another mark further round the circle. If you keep doing that, making sure that your compass measurement hasn't changed, when you get back to where you started, you should have six marks around the circle. Join them up with straight lines, and that should give you a perfect hexagon.