Oh I know that feeling, however today, I have had 3 calls, getting popular you see. This last one cost me 49€, its got bells and whistles on and I will never use half of them

Sorry to hitch on your thread Lesley.

Elle

Thanks, its so pretty!

Be my guest! :thumbup:

very cute,thanks for sharing

wow that is very nice...such a great job...i see one of those in my future..thank you for shareing

the new ones at the dollar store has a blue tooth head set and car charger along with the phone and reg charger for 10 bucks/ blue tooth is wireless and you can talk hands free while sewing (i did not say driving cuz even hands free is distracting...)

Thanks for the great directions. I have trouble at times with written directions but the pictures are great. I am going to try and make some. Thanks. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Very nice. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.

You are welcome, I can't sleep at the moment, and it's only just occurred to me to check in and see if anyone was still looking at this thread.

Just came across this wonderful tut, thanks so much for taking the time to post it Lacelady. Have bookmarked it for future referance.

Thanks for a wonderful tut -- it sure looks like a lot of work, but it's beautiful.

Just found this tutorial and I wanted to thank you for sharing all the pic's and tips. I'm putting it on my "Projects To Do List" at the very top.

The tutorial is really well done. Thank you so much.

What beautiful boxes everyone has made. I love seeing all the pictures.

I finally made one and here are the pics of the same. Plan to make a couple more for gifting

I made a minor modification as this box is for sewing stuff that my daughter takes to school. I attached loops along the gussets and then threaded a cord around to make it easier for her to close the box

Thats gorgeous, bet you get a few orders when she takes that to school. well done I am so glad that you found this helpful

Elle

Thanks Elle.

Thats a GREAT idea about the loops! Gives it kind of a "handle" to carry it with too....Cool!

Thanks

Oh my goodness I just found this, so beautiful and looks so difficult :)

Oh...its not! Its fun and makes a fabulous box! Great for gifts....(hint, hint..if you just want to try one!)

Cheryl I promise its not difficult. If you get stuck PM me and I will help you all I can, gee we can even Skype if you want and I can show you.

I love it! It looks somewhat complicated, I never was real good with elastic.

Thank you for the time you took to tell us all how to make one. :thumbup:

This is just what I wanted!! I will have to work out how to download the instructions so I can do it. Thank you so much for taking the time to post this, it looks beautiful! SheilaAnne

Guess I am having a senior moment but either I am reading something wrong or I just don't get it but don't you need 4 hexagons for the box??? 2 for the cover and 2 for the bottom??? If I am reading the directions it is stating 3. I just love these boxes but the pattern I have is a little dif and I do like yours better. The patter I have uses 4 hexagons and 12 side pieces for the lid.......................

Ohhhhhhhhh my goodness the light just come on........... can't believe I had such a mental block...... I got I got it.

These are so cute, love how they all turned out differently, looked like everyone enjoyed making them.

You did a beautiful job

Eow those are so nice. You did a great job on your box snd on the detailed tute.

This is so neat. I wll have to try it.

Yes, I finally made something! I am now the very proud owner of one of these sewing boxes and it has turned out well. Thank you so much for your instructions. My sister was given one of these as a gift together with the instructions but she kept saying she would find them for me and didn't get round to it, so now with your instructions I have managed to make one! Thank you, Sheila

Fabric covered sewing box - thank you for the instructions!
 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]353855[/ATTACH]I have now completed my fabric covered sewing box using these instructions and am delighted with it! I will convert the measurements to make a smaller box and a larger one - it seems to work out that the hexagon sides on the top and bottom, and therefore, the sides, measures the same as the radius of the circle. That is, if you want a 10" box, then the hexagon and sides would measure 5", on a 6" box, the hexagon adn sides woudl measure 3". The height of the sides can be whatever you want. I hope I am correct in my maths but this box lends itself to many other uses - jewellry, makeup, mini layette for a new baby and so on. Thank you so much for this, and good luck to anyone who has a go - I have very little sewing experience and this box is mainly sticking with Pritt stick and PVA glue with very little sewing. As you can see, I did not make the little pockets - not enough material! I also padded both sides of the lid and the edges so it gave it a more luxurious feel.

You did a beautiful job.
I had the kit and, like BlueChicken, could not make any sense of the instructions.
Am grateful that a good friend could and made it up for me.

Would love to try to make one of these, but would need someone by my side leading me on! All of the boxes are beautiful. Thank you for all the pictures in your tutorial.

Many years ago I made a similar box for my mom. It was called Victorian sewing box. I used a glue gun and remember burning my fingers since I did not use clothes pins. I put a fabric covered button in the middle of the lid and tied vintage lookin tassel on it. Since my box was square I added brass corners to it. My mom still uses it today. Yor box is very beautiful. Great work. Thank you for posting the tutorial. I think I will make a few of your boxes for Christmas presents.

I just remember something. I think, I am not sure, that lady who thought me added extra batting on the bottom of the inner box and used it as a pin cushion. I am so going to get my stuff out and make one today. THANK YOU for getting my creative juices going. You rock!

Just found this thread yesterday when researching ideas for using poster board with fabric. Have read all 36 pages and really look forward to making one of these. Thank you so much for such a detailed tutorial and what beautiful boxes everyone has made.

I love this. Going to have to make one for sure. Great tutorial. Thanks. :-)

I have just discovered this forum. Can you tell me how I can get the instructions to make one of these beautiful boxes? Thanks

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