This tutorial demonstrates how to cover a cardboard box or fabric bin with fabric, creating a beautiful wedding centerpiece. The process involves stacking the boxes together, cutting the fabric to cover the bottom, sides, and about 3 inches into the inside of each box, and spraying the cut fabric with fabric glue. The fabric is then laid open end up in the middle of the fabric, folding each side up so it covers each side of the box.
The tutorial covers various types of fabric and boxes, including vinyl and other materials. The length of the long panel for the outside of the storage box is equal to 4 times the width of the box. For each box, two strips of fabric and one oval are needed, with the oval covering the top. To cut the fabric, measure the height of the box and the box lid, then cut a diagonal line that meets up with the box corners.
Mod podge is applied to one side of the box, and the fabric is smoothed against the cardboard and pulled up and over onto the interior of the cardboard. The tutorial also provides instructions on how to make a custom tiered wedding card box, using fabric or wallpaper remnants, spray glue, scissors, ruler, pencil, white glue, and a small paint brush.
In summary, this tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to cover a cardboard box or fabric bin with fabric, allowing you to create a unique and functional wedding centerpiece.
📹 FR Presents:How To Cover a Box with Fabric to Create a Custom Container
Talmage McLaurin, AIFD, demonstrates how to cut fabric and adhere it to an inexpensive cardboard box to make a custom “vase.
How do you cover a tin box with fabric?
Finish. It’s easy. The trick is getting the right measurement. I find it easier to use fabric that goes on the team. Then lay it on the tin.
How to cover a box with fabric without sewing?
Glue the finishing on the box, part by part, using masking tape to help it stay in place until it dries. Then glue the fabric on the bottom, the finishing piece, and the bottom of the box. Add masking tape to secure it temporarily. That’s it! The box is ready. Keep the masking tape on for at least 6 hours, then remove it and your box is ready to use! You can add another piece of chipboard to the bottom of the box or embellishments. Use your creativity! This is a simple box to show you how to make boxes using the cartonnage technique. But there’s more to come. We can make any size, add a lid, embellishments, dividers, drawers, handles, and closures. See some of the projects you can make with DIY kits here. If you like this idea and want to make fabric boxes, I can teach you. Take a local class, join my online school, or read my book. You’ll find all the info on the website.
How to cover a box file with fabric?
Spray adhesive into the box. Once it’s just tacky, lay the fabric inside the box, centering it. It will come up the sides of the box. Fold the extra fabric at the corners over and glue them into place. You can also use plain school glue or watered-down school glue. Mod Podge is also good. Flip the box over. Glue the bottom of the box. Once it’s tacky, center the rectangle on the bottom of the box and smooth it out. Glue the sides of the box at the bottom and fold the fabric over it. The fabric should hang over 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all sides.
How do you put fabric in a box?
Spray adhesive into the box. Once it’s just tacky, lay the fabric inside the box, centering it. It will come up the sides of the box. Fold the extra fabric at the corners over and glue them into place. You can also use plain school glue or watered-down school glue. Mod Podge is also good. Flip the box over. Glue the bottom of the box. Once it’s tacky, center the rectangle on the bottom of the box and smooth it out. Glue the sides of the box at the bottom and fold the fabric over it. The fabric should hang over 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all sides.
How do you cover an open box with fabric?
Spray adhesive into the box. Once it’s just tacky, lay the fabric inside the box, centering it. It will come up the sides of the box. Fold the extra fabric at the corners over and glue them into place. You can also use plain school glue or watered-down school glue. Mod Podge is also good. Flip the box over. Glue the bottom of the box. Once it’s tacky, center the rectangle on the bottom of the box and smooth it out. Glue the sides of the box at the bottom and fold the fabric over it. The fabric should hang over 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all sides.
How much fabric do I need to cover a box?
Measure. Measure the length of all four sides and add them up. Add 2 for the hem and overlap. Next, measure the height of the box and add 1 for the top and bottom hems. If you want to wrap the fabric over the top edge of the box, add another inch. Cut the fabric. Use a ruler and a marker to draw the shape, then cut your fabric to the right size. You need one long strip to wrap around the box. If you want a lining on the inside of the box, cut a second strip for the inside that is the same size as the interior. You also need a rectangle for the bottom. I kept the brown trim on my fabric box exposed for contrast, so my measurements were slightly smaller than the height of the box. My fabric was 54 inches wide, so I used less than half a yard to cover my large bin.
How do you upholster a box with fabric?
Cut a circle of manila cardboard slightly smaller than the base of your box. Glue wadding to one side (you can leave out the wadding if you don’t want a padded base). Cut a larger circle of fabric and fold the edges to the wrong side of the cardboard. Clip and glue the excess as you go. Glue into the box. If you didn’t pad the base of your box, you can cover the lower edge of the inside walls with braid or ribbon. If you’re covering a sewing box, paint the tray insert, cut cardboard to fit the base of each section, and cover in fabric. Glue into the base of each section as shown.
To cover the inside of your lid, cover it as you did for the inner base, without padding. Cover the edges of a round lid with ribbon or braid.
How to cover a hinged box with fabric?
Glue fabric to the box. Cut a strip of fabric to wrap around the box. Make it 2 inches long and 2 inches wide. … Make a lid for the box. … Make the box hinges. Line the box and cover the edges. I’ve always wanted a vintage fabric-covered box. When I started decorating my studio, I got some. Boxes were $80 and up! That wouldn’t work because I wanted lots of them! I had to make my own. Today I’m sharing how to make fabric-covered storage boxes. I wanted to make fabric-covered storage boxes like vintage dresser boxes. Glove boxes? This is one of the boxes I used to design my boxes. Vintage boxes have flat lids hinged with fabric or ribbon. This box is lined with poster board. That’s how I made mine.
Fabric Info. I use quilting cotton fabric. I bought it at Hobby Lobby. You’ll need a fabric strip long enough to wrap around the box. If the fabric is 45 inches wide, the box can be up to 43 inches around. If your box is bigger, you’ll need more fabric. Then add fabric for the lid. Keep the pattern in mind and match it to the front and lid. I’ll show an example later.
How to cover a box with a cloth?
It doesn’t matter what you use to clip. This is just to hold it in place.
How do you attach fabric to cardboard?
Let’s talk about glue. White PVA glue is the most common glue for fabric and cardboard. It’s a liquid glue, but it’s thick and is applied with a roller or brush. There are lots of kinds of PVA glues, so the decision is personal. We have cheap glue, strong glue, and acid-free glue. Here’s my advice on choosing the right glue for you. What is the purpose of your project? Are you making something you’ll use every day? If so, it’ll probably last 5-10 years. Are you making boxes, books, or albums for yourself or as gifts that will last 10-20 years? Are you making boxes with embroidery and want them to last 100+ years? Do you want your boxes, books, and albums to last over 100 years? That’s the starting point. PVA glue is usually pH neutral and acid-free. It’s good for preserving items that you want to last hundreds of years. If that’s what you need, use acid-free glue. It costs more than regular PVA glue, but it’s up to you. If you want to be comfortable, pay the price. But… If you don’t use acid-free glue, will your project be damaged quickly? Not at all. Here’s my view, based on research and tests I’ve done:
How do you make a fabric box cover?
Box outer cut board. Cut board for the inner box. Cover the outer box pieces with fabric and batting. … Cover the inside box pieces with your other fabric. Glue the unfinished sides of each inside/outside pair together. Sew the box together. … Make the lid. Linda Kiddell, a talented crafter and CIW fan, shared a cool craft project. We begged her to share how she did it! Linda showed us how to make fabric-covered boxes. This box is 26x21x8 cm. It’s for a baby keepsake. You’ll need a book board or mat board, glue sticks and a glue gun, fabric in coordinating colors, embroidery and sewing thread in matching colors, a ruler, buttons for the closure, a rotary cutting tool or utility knife and self-healing mat, scissors, and a marking pencil.
How to fabric wrap a box?
Take the last two corners of the wrap. Tie them together. You’re ready to gift your fabric package.
📹 How To Cover A Box With Fabric
Here’s how to cover a box with fabric. We’ll be making a good sized fabric box, and you can make it any size or design you want.
Excellent question! You could use a vase, if you can find one that fits snugly. If not, find a vase that’s close in size, and add tissue paper between the vase and the box to stabilize the vase. Another option is a plastic liner; they’re available in round and square and in varying sizes. Thanks for perusal our articles!
Hi!! Just found your article. I have many different patterns of cloth, so looking forward to trying this. Just a question: I’m sure you work with some expensive and/or rare sorts of flowers, as well as daisies or carnations ( what I can envision putting in a cotton print box). If you were going to use orchids, lilies of the valley, roses, etc, have you tried covering a box with silk, satin, or velvet? Or any upscale fabric? Is the adhesive process the same? Or will the spray adhesive just soak through the fabric and ruin it? I wanted to ask before, I try the material and ruin it. Thank you in advance for answering. I know this article is severely years old.
I love this woman. She makes me laugh right out loud. Her tutorials are quick and to the point without a lot of wasted talking like so many other articles of people who just want to hear themselves . . .blah blah blah. Her self-deprecating, sarcasm, down to earth, to the point humor is right up my alley. In the words of Martha Stewart “It’s a good thing!”
That was the quickest and easiest way of wrapping the box with fabric I’ve seen so far. That was great, thank you for that. And you’re funny, so that’s a plus 🙂 A suggestion, instead of using paper inside the box, how about the scrap of fabric you tossed aside earlier. I think that would look pretty too. Also, LOVED the fabric!!!
I was trying to think of low cost ways to organize my apartment and thought how great it would be to have fabric bins to store sweaters, bed sheets, etc., but I am not about to pay what they cost if I were to buy them. Then I remembered making fabric covered boxes when I was a kid. After perusal this article I remember how easy it is to do and plan to make a few of these soon. I think I’ll cover the interior of the boxes with self-adhesive contact paper and put a framed label/pull on the front of mine. I might even use some batting to make it soft and padded. I see so many creative possibilities with this idea. Thanks for posting this how-to article!
I have made several of these in the past, which I recently lost due to flooding in my area. I also used furniture upholstery fabric samples; from my local furniture store. Because the fabric samples are typical smaller, I just cut & sewed several pieces together, making a fabric scrap box. If I can figure out how to send attached a photo of mine when I replace them. I also, thought I would share a few tips I have learned over the years. As I was perusal, I noticed your box was caving in a little with the pressure. In order to help the box s from – I took some spare cardboard squares the size of the boxes. I sliced up the middle to the center, criss crossed so they made the letter “X”. Then inserted in box. Then apply the fabric to the outside, when finished, remove the “X” and finish with the inside. For the middle, I again cut cardboard squares the size of the box, including another one for the bottom, which was also cut a little bit small. I then covered with contrasting fabric.
This is amazing! I’ve been trying to make this little box but I couldn’t find out how to sew the fabric around the box because all of my friends and all of the artists I’ve been talking to kept telling me I have to sew the fabric around the box and I was determined to not have to! This is so great, thank you~
Love this demo! I usually get burned when I am using the glue gun .So I keep a plastic container with ice and water – this way I can immediately dunk my fingers in and cool them right away. Thank you for the article. I am going to cover some of those “photo” boxes that can be bought at the craft stores. Using some pretty little girl fabric for the grand daughters and stuff them with Easter Goodies!
Very nice, I liked the bottom the way you did it. From my screen it looked like a kaleidoscope, very pretty. I made a box with the inside fabric also. I just cut a long oblong piece of fabric (proper with & length), turned the edges under & clued! Thank you for your demo., it is easy to follow! LOL Judie
New subscriber here, I love this tutorial!!! Have been thinking of covering boxes for a while but never thought of cutting them to size to fit certain areas, fab idea, one question, what did you use to cut your box?? (I’m a crafts beginner so excuse the silly questions!) Do you need a special craft knife as I’m not sure a sissors would cut well through a lot of cardboard?
Great article! I’m making a box for my dad’s walker. The wire basket that came with it is pretty useless, as small items fall through. We tried adding store-bought fabric boxes, but, of course, none are quite the right size. Anyway, I need to add handles to attach the box to the sides of the walker. Any suggestions?
3- There are special glue sticks for hot glue guns and they come in different sizes. Some are thinner and some are thicker, I actually have both sizes just to be confusing. I’ve even seen glue sticks at the dollar store which is obviously a great price, just make sure you have lots of whatever size your glue gun takes before you start your project. I hope you have a great time and get exactly what you were looking for and couldn’t find in the stores 🙂
I’ve been trying today to find something like this in the shops,without success.Thanks for your clear instructions,just a couple of qustions-1,I have never yet used my wee glue gun,is this a good project to start off with,or too tricky? 2,Why are you using two glue guns? 3,Is it just ordinary glue sticks that you put in the gun? Many thanks 🙂
There are no silly questions when it comes to crafting 🙂 I’d use strong scissors, not fabric scissors and not little ones either. One of my favorite pairs is an old pair of kitchen scissors, if it can cut through meat it can cut through cardboard haha! You’re right it is a hard material. You could also try a construction razor blade, but BE CAREFUL if you do!
Thanks. I needed a little motivation and you gave it to me with your interesting box model. Any ideas for making simple cardboard picture cut out frames for children to make and assemble. Inside the frame would be a 8×10 photo covered with plastic saran wrap (for protection) to be posted in our Boys and Girls club.
I see it has been a while since you posted this article, but in the interest of less hot glue burns I thought it might be worth mentioning that (if you haven’t discovered them already), Plaid/Mod Podge makes “Hot Glue Gun Finger Caps” that are basically heat resistant, non-stick, silicone thimbles that come in a three pack. I see online that Dritz makes a similar thing too. I don’t remember where I picked mine up but it was one of the big craft supply chains as an impulse buy. I did snip part way up the side of the smallest one so it fit more comfortably, but overall I like them and keep them right with my glue gun and glue sticks, (in an ugly zip-lock bag that will need upgrading to a custom sized, fabric covered storage box now). Thanks for the great article!
I need to recover a sewing chair. It has a hinged lid, cushioned seat and storage. I know how to cover the cushion. I want the fabric to completely cover the inside and outside of the box and wrap around to the bottom. It will be stapled or glued to the.bottom where the leg will be attached. Can you tell me how to measure to achieve this?
I love your idea to use vinyl tablecloth on the inside. Especially when the tablecloth gets a couple holes in it and you don’t want it on the table anymore 🙂 The rope handle is also a great idea I’ll have to keep that in mind. I have several more boxes that I’ve been needing to make! I’d love to see what yours look like with all the additions if you get time please post some photos on my facebook! facebook dot com /modernhomemakers
Hi from Scotland ♥ I really enjoyed this, thank you! I’ve been desperate to buy a glue gun, so now I have the perfect excuse! Like you, I have a ton of craft stuff but unfortunately mine was all shoved into a big walk in cupboard when we moved house and it’s been getting me down how on earth I’m going to organise it all. I shall definitely be using this idea and be searching out all of your vids. Thanks again!
I recently read that cardboard boxes attract bugs, infact even cockroaches. 😔 I also saw a very tiny insect crawling on my white cloth which made me research on this. I am really sad since then because I have made 3 and am planning to make more cardboard organisers with the cardboard that I have at home. But I am quite apprehensive now. A lot of websites even said that cardboard boxes should not be used to store clothes and I was making those boxes for clothes! 😶 Will covering the inside and the outside of the cardboard box with fabric protect it from bug and reaches? It would be wonderful if someone could reply. Joquena please if you could guide me..
2- I was using 2 hot glue guns because I was trying to go faster with my article. It takes time for the glue to heat up and you use a lot of glue sticks in this project. You don’t need 2 glue guns, you’ll be moving slower anyway if you’ve never used a glue gun. Be careful not to burn yourself… it hurts!
6-18-2015: Replying subject Plastic wrap. As you might know saran wrap is easier to used if you (as I do) in the freezer. 2. Plastic thin sheets can be bought off a rack. No expensive I believe as would be the zip lock bags. 3. We are going to use you fabric wrap box ideas for the Boys & Girls Club children as a project so they can store their toys, etc. neatly at home and Marked accordingly. 4. I think I mentioned this but we (I) will make the frames out of cardboard. Scotch tape the lined up Photo or kids drawing to the cardboard. Then have another cardboard cut out to be glued and to fit nicely over the photo. That completes the hand made frame with one exception before assembling (with hanging hook that comes from a soda can) the outside of the frame will be painted or stained, dried and ready to be hung. 5. Please take a view of my Facebook on the subject I teach. Sincerely & best wishes with your hobbies., Bruce W. Marchetta PcMA.
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