Fabric Box Tutorial – Made in 30 minutes

Fabric Box Tutorial – Made in 30 minutes

 

I’m in a Facebook quilting group and the Seaside Stitches Fabric Box Tutorial was posted over and over again. I let weeks go by before I had to do some for myself. I did not add buttons or tack the inside flaps down. I don’t use pins.

The inside flaps got tacked down when I did the top stitching around the box’s edge. These fabric boxes are easy and quick to do, around 30 minutes. The first one will take a bit longer to do until you get the hang of it. Enjoy! 🙂

Try out different size squares or rectangles and let me know what sizes you started out with by leaving me a comment.

My box came out at 4″ x 4″ x 3″ high.

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Fabric Box Tutorial

What you will need:

• 2 – 10” square Fabric of Your Choice
• 1 –  10” square batting of your choice (I used Warm & Natural)
• Marking Tool – fabric pen or chalk pencil
• Walking Foot
• Ruler
• Scissors to cut thread
• Sewing Machine

Level: Easy

Project Time: 30 minutes

Directions: 

1. Pick out your 2 fabric pieces and 1 batting. Cut them down to 10” or you can do 11” and after sewing all three layers together you can cut them down.
2. Put fabric pieces right sides together and place them on top of batting square.
3. Stitch around perimeter using a 1/4” seam allowance (I know where that is on my walking foot); leaving a 4” opening on one side.
4. Trim the corners and turn it inside out and press down with your hands.
5. I marked an “X” on my fabric top with a disappearing fabric pen.
6. Starting at end with the opening, top stitch close to the edge around the square. The opening will be closed as you go.
7. Quilt as desired or like me I just kept going, pivoting on the marked “X” that I had made.
8. Fold the square in half, with the fabric you want on the inside of the box being on the outside.
9. Mark your 2” lines and draw a diagonal. I used my chalk pencil so that you can see better. Do this for the other end.
10. Stitch on the diagonal line you had drawn.
11. Open up and fold it in the other direction, and once again marking your diagonal lines and stitching the 2 remaining corners.
12. Turn box inside out.
13. Fold points over and top stitch around the top of the box.
14. You are done!!! Enjoy!!

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***Now for those of us that need pictures to go with the steps. I hope this helps you out. I love reading comments!!! 🙂

 

 

Step 3: Stitch around perimeter using a 1/4” seam allowance (I know where that is on my walking foot); leaving a 4” opening on one side.

Step 4: Trim the corners and turn it inside out and press down with your hands.

Note: Quilt as desired or like me I just kept going, pivoting on the marked “X” that I had made.