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Storage Box from a Vintage Quilt

October 22, 2015 By Faith Leave a Comment

I have (re)purposed a cardboard box. Perhaps I have stooped to a new low; I don’t know, you tell me!

Storage box - vintage quilt

I started with a box that came with those little packages of ramen noodle soup. Now before you judge me, please know that is not what I feed my family. Two of my boys who are in their early twenties like a good ramen soup in between meals occasionally. It’s a rite of passage for college age kids to eat ramen, isn’t it?

Storage box supplies - vintage quilt

The box is thick and sturdy and a convenient size so it seemed like a good candidate to hold sewing or desk supplies. I started by sewing a lining out of the leftover backing from the vintage quilt I am (re)purposing.

Storage box - vintage quilt lining

Next I took a piece of upholstery fabric sewing a strip of the vintage quilt across the front and boxed the corners.

Storage box 2 - vintage quilt

After placing the lining in and over the sides of the box, I slipped the outer cover over the bottom and tucked in the edges for a clean finish. Luckily the upholstery fabric had enough body to it and fit snugly enough that it would tuck neatly inside the edges without having to stitch it. However, you could stitch the outer lining to the inner.

Storage box 4 - vintage quilt

I love it for holding my scissors, pens, pencils, and quilting scraps.

Storage box 3 - vintage quilt

You could sew a strip of color coordinated scraps together for the front of multiple boxes to organize fabric scraps by color. They would look good stacked on a shelf. When you need a certain color, you could quickly identify which box to pull.

Storage box 5 - vintage quilt

A cute way to organize. What do you think?

xo, Faith

Filed Under: Fabric, Organization, Quilting, Repurposed/reused, Sewing, Vintage Tagged With: fabric, organize, patchwork, quilt, quilting, recycle, repurpose, reuse, sewing, vintage

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