If your Mother or Grandmother is a big sewer, embroiderer, etc and has a lot of thread, needles, and other sewing supplies, then why not make them a sewing box? Sewing boxes make great Mother’s Day gifts as well as presents for birthdays and other special occasions. Below you will find easy step by step instructions for putting together a great sewing box. Good luck.
Make Sewing Box with Step by Step Instructions : Make for Mom and Grandma for a Great Gift for Mother’s Day
CRAFTS MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED:
*empty shoe box
*heavy yarn or cord scraps of gift wrapping paper
*small boxes, of any size
*rubber cement, or other glue
*nail and hammer or paper punch scissors
*tape measure
*shellac
*brush
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SEWING BOXES:
Step 1
Glue decorative paper all over the shoe box and the cover in patchwork-quilt fashion. The scraps of paper can overlap one another, be upside down or right side up. Put a coat of shellac all over the box.
Step 2
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Cover the insides and outsides of the bottoms of smaller boxes (a cheese box, kitchen match box, for instance) with scraps of gift wrapping paper also in patchwork-quilt fashion and see where they fit into the shoe box. Glue them into the box. They will hold yarn spools, small scissors, thimble, and other sewing tools.
Step 3
About 2 inches from the top of the box, in the middle of each side, punch out two holes about 3 inches apart, for the handles of the box. Pull through two lengths of heavy yarn or cord and on the inside make triple or quadruple knots. The box is then finished. If you have money to spare, buy some yarn spools, a thimble, a package of needles, and two or three skeins of embroidery yarn.
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That is a bit hard you know!
i like this its quite nice and easyy x
well i was going to make that for me because i have alot of embordery floss
wow thats coooooool ill absolutly try it !
its anti easy
hi i would love to try it
Love this. don’t u tink it is easy???haha….
that is so awesome how they think this stuff up
cool
I think this box could be great to help sort out little things kids craft with (like beads, scrapes of paper or yarn, etc.) & the outside of the box could really be decorated any way you wanted to decorate it!
cool beans man!!!!O.o
some people think it is hard, but i think it is quite easy!
[even though i didnt try it yet!!!] lol.:)
cool 😀
HI, i would like to try it, but what can i use for the boxes? And they will have to be at the curtain size to fit in there. Can anyone suggest something?
good
Hey! This is so cool! Some people have asked for suggestion on boxes. Well for the big one I used a shoe box, and for the little ones I used medicine boxes and match boxes and cheese boxes. And I found some scraps of cardboad and made a little box myself. Thanks, I hope this helps!
i am an art teacher. i am looking for help to get new ideas
i love the idea but there are people who dont have that many boxes so it could be improved a little
wow.it loked hard but easy when i made it. its fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is great idea for organization of my sowing thread. since we are doing a bit of cleanup at the house, I should be able to procure a proper shoebox.
Thanks for posting this!
Simple ideas will make great things THANK YOU…forever
u could also use scraps of fabric and use a decopauge glue or scraps of scrapbook paper
wow i trid it i re comnd it to all of u easy and jost cool love it:)
wow this box really is fun to do every one try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really i love i so much
i cant stop puting messages i just love it it it it yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssss im crazy about this yyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
it’s really good for preschoolers! Just try it!
LOL thats funny ^^
brill
love the idea
YEAH i love this!!!
This is the best arts and crafts thing that i ‘ve done before
i am a mother and i loved it!
its too wonderful yaar.i have done it but not like this that too when i was small now that i am a mom i am not free to do this but i will try it
cooolll……
i love it your super duper genius!!!!
really good
its useless
i love this idea! its great 4 kids and in ur spare time.
i hate it
hi cd
LOVE IT 🙂 🙂 🙂
nice !!!!!
its also good for beads other little small things 🙂
Omg , this is so amazing ahhahah!
I wish i could see this 🙂
woowww really nice thinking…:) love the idea!
i will definitely try this one out… i love making things my way and adding my own cncept
You could cut up extra family photos and use for the cover or just old photos that did not turn out well–they will already be glossy and even beter with a coat of clear gloss craft paint–original instructions did not mention using the lid of the shoebox but I think that is better for carrying around and/or storing on a shelf. The photos used could be all of one thing, like flowers, pets, etc.
I’m 10 years old and I did this craft for my grandma at her bday she loved tnxs sooooooooooo much
It’s me again u can use this box as your jewellery box I did it it’s so nice (I was looking for a jewelry box and this idea came I’m a kid but I have billions of ideas
I was just wondering, what kind of shellac does this craft require?