Fabric Covered Wooden Box |Keeping it Real

Monday, July 3, 2017

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Ever since I made the custom tea tray sets I've been looking for another opportunity to use self adhesive fabric, just because I found it so easy to work with. 

Well, I finally found the right project. We needed a gift box for a little girl and because I couldn't find exactly what I wanted in any store, I decide to make one myself. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box


I bought a wooden box, plain but pretty inexpensive, and then splurged on the self adhesive fabric. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box
 
 Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Covering the box with the fabric was pretty easy. The trickiest part were the metal clasp and hinges. I decided no to cut the fabric to shape beforehand, thinking it would probably be too hard to get the measurements exactly right. So I just covered the whole thing and the used an x-acto knife to trim the excess fabric. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

I got the white wooden letter at the craft store and the lace came from my own stash. Everything was glued over the fabric. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Here it is, ready for wrapping: 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Oh, and because I had enough leftover fabric, I also covered the inside of the box with it, to add a bit more of flair. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box

Overall, it was a very quick and fun project, and I still think self adhesive fabric is great. Though obviously you can always replicate the same effect with regular fabric and glue, with the self adhesive it comes together so much faster. 

Fabric Covered Wooden Box


Happy Monday,

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4 comments:

  1. This is lovely and would make a lovely jewellery box or keepsake box. #twinklytuesday x

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  2. Lovely box makeover! Thanks for sharing at Sew It Cook It Craft It!

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