Stylish box made of cardboard and fabric. Master class
At the request of the workers, as promised, I tried to make a master class on making my own boxes) The manufacturing process itself is very painstaking, it requires perseverance and attentiveness, but the effort is worth it, and the result will delight you for many days :)
A few words about the process. It basically consists of covering each wall of the box with fabric, then stitching the side walls and bottom, and finally gluing the inner walls. The result is a box that can be additionally decorated with various scrap pieces, as I always do)
This kind of box can easily be made from cardboard and fabric. Thanks to the author for such a detailed explanation. Natali Lyuta So, initially you need to set the dimensions of the box: for me they are: length - 15 cm, width and height - 10 cm. After that, for the outer walls of the box, I cut out 5 parts from thick cardboard (I take 2mm thick cardboard): 2 side - 10x15cm2 side 10x10cm2 for the lid and bottom - 10.5x15.5cm (in the future they will need to be cut). I cut out 6 of the same sizes parts from a thin layer of padding polyester (it comes in different thicknesses, I take the thinnest one) I also cut out 6 parts from the fabric with which I will cover the cardboard. What size should I cut the fabric?! I simply attach the corresponding cardboard parts to the fabric and cut out “by eye”, adding at least 1.5 cm from each edge, but for the lid I should add more - 2 cm. Then I additionally place the fabric on non-woven fabric for density - then it will be easier to sew and the holes from the needle will not be visible on it.
Then I prepare only the SIDE walls of the box for stitching: 1. I sand the edges and corners of each cardboard piece with sandpaper, because... after cutting with a knife, they become sharp and unpleasant to the touch. I round the corners a little so that they don’t stick out through the fabric later. The photo clearly shows processed (top) and untreated cardboard (bottom) 
2. Then I make this “sandwich” - fabric with the wrong side facing up, padding polyester, cardboard 
3. I glue two opposite edges of the fabric to the cardboard from the wrong side 
4. Forming beautiful corners 
To ensure that the fabric at the corners adheres well, I clamp the corners with these office clips 
5. And I glue the other edges of the fabric to the cardboard 
After this, I sew the side walls together with a hidden seam so that the threads are not visible from the outside 
This process is the most difficult - you need to be careful so that the walls do not move and the edges coincide, only then will you get an even rectangle 
Now I need to make the lid and bottom of the box. To do this, I take a ruler and measure the distance between the walls of the box, it turned out to be 10.5 cm and 14.8 cm (this is due to the fact that the small walls were, when sewing, sandwiched between the large ones). To make the lid, I subtract 2 mm from these dimensions and cut the pre-prepared blank to a size of 10.3x14.6 cm, and the blank for the bottom of the box to the new measured dimensions, i.e. 10.5x14.8cm, and repeat with both cardboards all the work according to points 1-5. Then I sew the bottom of the box to the walls 
Result 
Next, I prepare the inner walls of the box. How to calculate them?! Because My lid will close completely, i.e. as if to drown in a box, then I should leave 5mm on top not covered by the inner walls. And with the other sizes, I again “dance” from the size 10.5x14.8cm. For the thickness of the fabric I add 2-3mm, cardboard 2mm, and thus get the height of the side walls 10-5(indent)-3(fabric)=9.2cm, and the width: for long ones 14.8-3(fabric)=14.5cm, for short 10.5-6 (fabric from both walls in the corner) - 4 (cardboard) = 9.5 cm. Bottom: length 14.8-4 (cardboard)-6 (fabric from two opposite walls)-3 (fabric from the very bottom) = 13.5 cm, width: I left 9.5 cm (but could be reduced to 9.3 cm - the bottom will fit more freely later, I had to make an effort). For the lid, I subtracted 1.3 cm from the size 10.3x14.6cm. So, after all the calculations, I cut out 6 parts from thick (2mm) cardboard and thin padding: 2 side - 9.2x14.5cm 2 side - 9.2x9.5cm 1 bottom - 9.5 x13.5 cm 1 cover - 9x13.3 cm I also cut out 6 parts from fabric for the inner walls, adding 1.5 cm “by eye” to each edge for gluing on the wrong side (I don’t put them on non-woven fabric). After preparing all the parts, I repeat steps 1-5 
At the next stage, it is better to think over the decorations for the box so that all the threads, legs from brads, etc. remain inside between the walls. Only after decorating do I glue the outer and inner sides of the lid together 
Then the inner walls with the outer ones - first long, then short
And only after that the bottom
After all the steps described above, I ended up with a beautiful, soulful and pleasant-to-touch box/box for storing something very important and necessary :) 
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If you have an enthusiastic nature living in your home, then surely every new shelf is quickly “overgrown” with little things that, in the opinion of this Nature, are very necessary and almost priceless. Let’s take a closer look to see if there is an unnecessary box at home that would help solve the problem of disorder. If If you have one, then feel free to get down to business.
We will need:
- any box (for shoes, for printer paper, for a lamp)
-PVA glue
-a brush with hard bristles (I buy it at the Tool store)
-scissors
-fabric of any color that suits you (cotton, thick calico, curtain fabric)
-desire to spend some extended time crawling on the floor
1. Cut a piece from a large piece of fabric that approximately fits the size of the box.
We mark the edges of the box with chalk. We measure the height of the box with a ruler and put this piece on the fabric, adding 5 cm for the hem. And we also mark it with chalk.
You should get markings like this.
We cut off all excess with scissors.
Lubricate the bottom of the box with glue. It’s better not to be greedy and save.
We place the box coated with glue on the marked areas and turn it over.
In the direction from the middle to the edges, we begin to smooth the fabric without removing any remaining glue.
We turn the box back over. You need to draw the corners. To do this, draw 2 perpendicular lines from the corner of the box. And after another 2-3 cm, draw lines. These steps need to be done for each corner.
We cut off the excess fabric, making a cut along a diagonal line directed towards the corner. And again we do this with all the corners of the box.
After cutting off the unnecessary fabric from all 4 sides, you should get the following blank, as in the photo.
2. We begin to glue the long side. Apply glue again, not forgetting to coat the fold (the transition of the bottom to the side). If you do not coat it in time, then after complete drying a bubble will form here.
We place the box as convenient for you and glue the fabric, straightening it again, pulling it from the bottom up and to the sides.
We apply glue on the short side to glue the strap. For strength, you can apply glue not only to the box, but also to the fabric.
And glue the straps on both sides in this way.
The result will be like this. I caught myself when I was gluing the second side, so in the photo one side is completed. But it looks the same in both cases.
We glued one long side and fixed the straps. Now we need to wrap the excess fabric inside the box. To make this process go smoothly, it is better to make a cut in the corners.
We place the box on the side with the fabric glued. All other sides wobble freely.
Apply glue to the inside of the box approximately 5 cm, at the same time lubricating the fabric.
Lightly stretching the fabric, fold it inward and press it, smoothing it again with your hands.
For the best effect, press firmly with your fingertips to iron the fabric in the corner.
Only the straps remained unused. We lubricate the box and the fabric. And, pulling it again, glue the strap inside the box.
It would be nice if you brushed it over the top of the fabric with a brush as well.
It should look something like this.
We have pasted over one long side. There is another such side ahead, and two short ones. We begin to paste over the other long side, starting from point 2.
Once both long sides are glued, it should look like this.
3. Proceed to the short side. Apply glue to the areas of fabric marked with chalk.
Folding the fabric. At this stage, it is important to fold the fabric, try it on, lifting it up and applying it to the box in order to align the edges evenly.
Having fully convinced that the edge will turn out neat: it will not climb to the other side, generously coat the short side with glue and glue it, again smoothing the fabric with your hands in different directions. And once again I want to remind you, do not forget to lubricate the transition of the box from the bottom to the side, otherwise after complete drying, this place will look like a bubble.
As a result of adjusting the fabric, you should get this neat side with an edge.
All that remains is to glue the remaining one inside. And again we apply glue to both the box and the fabric.
Pull it inward and glue the fabric.
It is possible that the fabric from the inside may not match in height. But if this box is not as a gift, then you should not pay attention to such a detail.
And we do the same with the lid. But here we need to make a reservation. If the box is made of copier paper (which is very convenient, because you can choose the height of the future box yourself), then the lid of this box needs to be changed a little. For what? The fact is that a box covered with fabric becomes a little wider (due to the fabric). And the lid that you made may not fit on the box.
I will try to show in the following posts how this can be done.
Girls, don’t be intimidated by such a long explanation. In fact, this process goes much faster. You just have to try it once and you’ll understand what’s what.
I share my experience of covering (or sheathing) a cardboard box with fabric. I’ll say right away that I don’t claim to have any discoveries, and perhaps many people do this, although I looked at several MKs on the Internet, and all of them did not suit me in some way. With all its simplicity - we just need to make 4 seams in the corners- this method, in my opinion, gives a fairly accurate result.
The box most often consists of a lid and a lower part. Mine has 3 parts, but this does not change the essence.
tight fitting INTERNAL sides of the cover
1. Cut out a rectangle from paper exactly equal to the bottom of the box. Measure exactly the bottom, because... the top side will be larger due to the thickness of the cardboard. In my case, for example, the cardboard is very thick. You can do without a paper blank, but it was more convenient for me.
Now we make the pattern.
It is based on a rectangle, the dimensions of which are easier to understand by looking at the photo.
In the center is a white paper bottom shape.
DC is the height of the side of the box, I marked its border with yellow strokes.
AD - the size of the lapel on the other side.
For clarity, the same marks on the box:
2. Form the corners. Basically, we only need to make 4 identical seams.
Fold the corner, matching marks A and B, and chop it off.
3. Draw a line of stitching, it is shown with a yellow dotted line.
Please note that I moved a couple of millimeters away from point D towards the corner. This distance depends on the thickness of the cardboard, because when folded over the side, the size of our workpiece must increase, otherwise we will not be able to accurately distribute the fabric on the lid of the box.
4. We make a stitch on the machine at all corners, apply a paper blank for the bottom - all corners should match. Then we do the fitting. My box is small, so it was convenient for me to “put” the fabric on my thumbs and forefingers and insert the workpiece inside the box, so it’s easier to feel the coincidence or mismatch of sizes. With sufficient tension, the fabric should fit snugly inside, and the seams should exactly match the corners of the box. If you feel that something is wide or narrow, then re-stitch, don’t be lazy! This determines how the box will look in the end.
This is what the seam looks like:
5. If everything is satisfactory, carefully iron the seams to one side, smoothing the seam allowance symmetrically towards the center on opposite corners (my allowances face each other on the narrow side of the box).
In principle, you can leave everything as is, i.e. there will be a triangle inside, but I didn’t like how it showed through on the outside, so I cut off the excess, leaving about 1 cm. Moreover, I advise making the first layer, which will ultimately be adjacent directly to the box, a little smaller (yellow dots), and the second layer leave a little more (green dots) so that in the end our seam allowance will be smoother and without a sharp outline.
I would not recommend smoothing these allowances on both sides, because then you will have to cut the fabric at the corner, and this is very unreliable.
6. Let’s try it on again:
7. Let's start gluing. You could probably use textile glue, but I find it easier to use double-sided tape. I pasted strips on the bottom, on the sides inside and outside (just don’t peel off all the protective strips from the tape at once!).
First we glue the bottom. It was convenient for me to do this: we put the adjacent corners of the workpiece on our thumbs, and with all the rest we help to get exactly into the corners of the box, and also hold the seam allowances so that they do not turn up. To level and form right angles, you can use a ruler or something else even and hard.
Then peel off the following protective strips from the tape and glue the sides. For my box, I placed the stripes not at the very edge, but lower, right under the folds of the top layer of paper that wrapped the box, and at the same time softened this “step”.
8. This is what the inside glued side of the lid looks like:
If you get bubbles when gluing the fabric, it’s better not to be lazy and re-glue it, fortunately it’s not difficult to do - that’s what adhesive tape is convenient for. Personally, I don’t end up with a single bubble! (happy and proud emoticon).
I also want to pay attention to the seam allowances. You need to make sure that they do not twist; it was convenient for me to straighten them with a large doll needle.
9. Let's move on to the outer sides.
It is very important to stretch the fabric well, while making sure that it does not peel off from the inside. It was convenient for me to hold the edge line inside with a ruler, and outside with my left hand to pull the fabric first to the side and then down, like this:
The inside of the box is ready.
tight fitting EXTERNAL sides of the cover
In principle, we do everything the same, only in step 3 we retreat from point D in the other direction, i.e. the yellow dotted line will be mirrored relative to the vertical axis.
On my box, the top of the lid is covered with embroidered canvas. Due to the fact that this fabric is extremely loose, I did not cut off the corners on the inside; besides, they turned out to be very small, and I simply fixed them with double-sided tape.
Note : so that the design on the box does not show through the fabric, you can either paint it over with white paint or glue it white sheet paper on the same double-sided tape.
Tips for using embroidery:
I would not recommend gluing the canvas to the box along the entire perimeter, it is very noticeable: the tape will show through the threads with shiny stripes, besides, the canvas stretches, and the places of fixation will immediately mark themselves. That's why I stuck the pieces double sided tape from the inside to those places where there is continuous embroidery: on the wings, body and at the corners of the ornament, and then I glued it all to the lid.
Better yet, stick it on top part Cover the lids with voluminous non-woven fabric, a piece of felt or fleece to add volume and softness, and put canvas on top. In my case, this did not work out - I left too little canvas around the perimeter of the embroidery, because... At first I wanted to decorate it in a pinkip and attach it to the top of the lid.
I’ll immediately note that I previously had the sad experience of gluing embroidery onto voluminous non-woven fabric: no matter how hard I tried, the canvas still shrank when gluing it, and I had to brutally tear apart and separate these layers in the finished product, fortunately I succeeded!
Every home accumulates a lot of shoe boxes that you hate to throw away, but you don’t want to store. Of course, such boxes are very dense and durable, and they can be used to store various small items. And to improve appearance can be used different ways shoe box decor using various materials.
Let's remember that there are simply no unnecessary things; every little thing can be used very rationally. It is enough to resort to the help of your imagination or pay attention to our tips and recommendations. And even old shoe boxes can be decorated in various ways, and then they will fit perfectly into any space and decorate the interior of your home.
- 1 What can you store in decorated shoe boxes?
- 2 Decorating shoe boxes
- 2.1 Ways to decorate a shoe box
- 2.1.1 Briefcase - do it yourself
- 2.1.2 Original gift
- 2.1.3 Organizer for small items and handicrafts
- 2.2 Placement of shoe boxes
- 2.2.1 Shelves
- 2.3 This is also interesting
- 2.1 Ways to decorate a shoe box
What can you store in decorated shoe boxes?
Children's toys - from various construction sets to themed little things, for example, a collection of mini-figures from Kinder Surprises or outfits for dolls. Stores well in these cardboard boxes puzzles and small puzzles.
Women's accessories - from hairpins and elastic bands to specialized hair or body care products.
Equipment charging facilities are a great way to collect everything chargers in one place, and on the lid of the box you can write exactly which charges are stored in it to facilitate subsequent search.
Great advice! In the box itself you can store not only a charger, but also a “carrying device”. By inserting the chargers into it and making small holes on the side, you can bring the wires out of the box. All that remains is to sign or attach stickers with the name of the device to the container and then all that remains is to connect the phone or tablet to the desired wire. The good idea is that the interior will not have a huge number of wires that always get in the way on the floor or other surfaces, and the interior will look stylish and harmonious.
Art supplies – small pencils, brushes and tubes of paint will find an excellent hiding place in shallow boxes. You can make a box with exactly the same design larger size for storing drawings and blank paper.
And, of course, the shoes themselves - no matter how paradoxical it sounds. And why not, because in this case it won’t be a shame to open the locker in front of guests and take out the pair of shoes you need from a very original box.
Decorating shoe boxes
Shoe boxes can be decorated in several ways - paint acrylic paints, cover them with cotton fabric or paper using PVA glue, self-adhesive film, paper wallpaper, old magazines or geographical maps. After processing, the boxes become very durable.
You can use small paper fans, buttons, beads or rivets as decoration. You can create different styles of boxes during the pasting process. And such items will not need to be hidden from prying eyes; on the contrary, they will serve as additional decor for the interior of your home.
An excellent material for creating such boxes and decorating them will be the pieces and sections of wallpaper left over from the renovation; in addition, you will need double-sided tape or PVA glue.
Fabric is also suitable - for example, a piece from a damaged dress, old jeans, a skirt that has become too small. Using natural material you can turn any thing into an exclusive piece.
You can also decorate the box using a regular rope or braid; just apply glue and stick it on. It can be either straight stripes or various zigzags and convolutions.
Ways to decorate a shoe box
A shoebox can become a unique decorative object, such as a briefcase, and no one will suspect what it is made of.
Briefcase - do it yourself
It is enough to use old straps, thick braid, buttons, buckles or buttons for decoration.
Original gift
Shoe boxes are ideal for gift packaging. It is enough to show a little imagination and this item itself will turn into an excellent gift.
Just cover the box with fabric, add bows or artificial flowers, and the beautiful organizer is ready for use.
Organizer for small items and handicrafts
If you do crafts, then shoe boxes are a great find for storing everything you need.
And by making a hole in it, you can store chargers, which will always be in one place.
Placement of shoe boxes
Decorated shoe boxes do not need to be hidden; they will fit perfectly into the interior and serve as an additional decoration.
You can store decorated shoe boxes on shelves, shelves or racks.
You can also make small shelves from shoe boxes for various pleasant little things.
Shelves
You can also use a shoebox as a decorative object on the wall, turning it into a shelf. It is enough to remove the lid, cover it with paper or paint.
Then attach it to the wall using the material you find most suitable and add a few decorative items. Just keep in mind that these items should not be too heavy.
If you need to make a small cardboard box for gift wrapping, then options, models and templates can be seen and downloaded in this article.
Some practical advice for those who decided to decorate shoe boxes with their own hands using scrap materials:
Before you start work, carefully measure the material for packaging packaging and think over the overall design concept of the product.
Boxes need to be decorated not only on a spacious surface, but also with good lighting. It is advisable if the lighting is natural.
To work, you may need sharp scissors, good PVA glue, thread, a stapler and staples for it, a ruler and a stationery knife, chalk, a simple pencil and much more.
And for dessert, a useful video for visual reference.
Cover the box with fabric
It often happens that you need to cover the box with fabric. Everything seems simple, but without details it may not turn out as desired. That's what happened to me. I glued it and glued it and even decorated it... now it’s a pity to throw it away and I can’t put it in a visible place - it turned out to be some kind of unsightly box. I found another master class, which is different from the one I followed before))) I need to try this one too. This is such a nice box
take a box, any one
glue gun
sewing machine needed
Scissors
2 pieces of fabric: for the outer and inner sides
We cut the box on the sides - we get a pattern for the fabric and a basis for further steps. And this, by the way, is an important step that did not exist before...
Now we take the outer fabric and trace our cut box on it, cutting it out with a small allowance. We do the same with the lining - the inner part.
We sew the corners of the main fabric, try it on the box - if the cover fits loosely enough, everything is fine
Let's get to the lining. At the top of the lining we leave a larger allowance to tuck the fabric and hem it = drawstring where we insert the elastic. The lining may not fit tightly to the walls of the box - this is more convenient and practical.
We collect the box. The lid can be placed on the bottom to make the box stronger. We glue the sides, probably better with adhesive tape
We place the box in the case (front side) and glue it to the box with a glue gun: we drip it in different places... We also glue the top raw edge to the inner wall of the box. The work is delicate and requires precision
Now we simply insert the lining inside, with the edge with the elastic band facing out. All. The rest is exterior decoration - to your own taste
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