Beginner-Friendly Fabric Box Sewing Tutorial
Image credit: SewVeryEasy via YouTube
If you want to sew a simple box made out of fabric but are finding other tutorials to be too complicated or difficult for you, then try this simple version by SewVeryEasy on YouTube. In this tutorial, you won’t need to cut a lot of fabric, and you also won’t be doing any complicated steps. In fact, this might be the easiest fabric box-making technique you’ll ever see, try it out now, and see for yourself!
Materials:
- 2 fabric squares of the same size
- Batting fabric of the same or bigger size
- Scissors or rotary cutter and a cutting mat
- Fabric pins
- Needle and thread
- Sewing machine
Directions:
Step 1
You can either piece your fabrics together to make a square or use a single cutout square fabric. Lay the batting fabric at the bottom, then place one fabric on top with its right side facing up, and lay the other fabric at the very top with its right side facing down, this way both fabric’s right sides will be facing together. Make sure to pin them together in place, then start sewing all the way around the square with a ¼ inch seam allowance, and leave a gap anywhere on the side of the fabric for turning later. Trim off the excess batting around as close to the stitching line as possible, then snip off the corners, and turn the whole piece right side out through the gap you left earlier. Turn the piece right side out pulling between the 2 layers of fabric, then poke the corners nicely making sure to tuck the seams of the gap, and then give it a nice press.
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Step 2
Sew along the edges of the opening to close it nicely, then quilt the whole piece to make it more sturdy and stiff, you can use any pattern that you want. Fold the piece down in half matching the edges, then from the folded corner, measure 2 inches up, and from that point, draw a diagonal line back down to the folded side. Repeat the process on the other folded side to create 45° angles. Open the fabric, then fold it in half across, and repeat the 45° angle lines that you drew earlier. Sew along those lines that you drew making sure to backstitch at the start and end each time you sew. Turn the piece inside out, then fold the pointed corners down, and topstitch them or add a button on each. You can leave the pointed fabric inside the box or you can tack them down.
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