Can this be done?
#11
This is to do with the craze of making fabric boxes. I have a friend (she loved the small ones I made), who is interested in giving two of these fabric boxes to friends of hers who are retiring in April. The problem is, she wants them about 14 x14" square and about 10 to 12" high. The object is to fill them with special goodies. Do you think I can do this using a stiffener? She wants them to be done in Alabama Football and hounds tooth fabric. I would love to have your thoughts on this. Do you think stiffener is enough or should I use the plastic canvas? Any thoughts or suggestions will be apprediated.
If your side seams were tight, I'd say stiffener on each layer of fabric out to hold its sahape to some extent.
Our family has traditon of giving "Shelly" boxes to new kiddos. Shelly's mom used to give her old lipsiticks, compacts empty of make up, pen without ink, broken earrings, stuff like that the keep kids busy even if the stuff is JUNK. Then when my older DD was a babe, her cousin Shelly sent a "shelly box" of junk. Of course the girls (and boys) treasure the "pretty" but useless junk> Anyway, the boxes I make for the Shelly boxes are double plastic canvas, sometimes covered in fabric adn sometimes done in yarn stitches.
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I have used peltex and timtex in large tote bags and they stand up well. Stiffy is a similar MUCH less expensive product by Long Creek Mills I buy it by the roll:
http://longcreekmills.com/product/stabilizer3.html
http://longcreekmills.com/product/stabilizer3.html
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This is to do with the craze of making fabric boxes. I have a friend (she loved the small ones I made), who is interested in giving two of these fabric boxes to friends of hers who are retiring in April. The problem is, she wants them about 14 x14" square and about 10 to 12" high. The object is to fill them with special goodies. Do you think I can do this using a stiffener? She wants them to be done in Alabama Football and hounds tooth fabric. I would love to have your thoughts on this. Do you think stiffener is enough or should I use the plastic canvas? Any thoughts or suggestions will be apprediated.
#15
I have used peltex and timtex in large tote bags and they stand up well. Stiffy is a similar MUCH less expensive product by Long Creek Mills I buy it by the roll:
http://longcreekmills.com/product/stabilizer3.html
http://longcreekmills.com/product/stabilizer3.html
sorry I don't have a comment about the original posting about boxes
#16
I use ByAnnie's Soft and Stable in the totes I make and they stand up and don't droop over time either. I like this product. I also use it in quilted slippers to keep the shape.
I have never used Timtex so can't compare.
Sounds like a nice gift idea.
peace
I have never used Timtex so can't compare.
Sounds like a nice gift idea.
peace
#17
I use ByAnnie's Soft and Stable in the totes I make and they stand up and don't droop over time either. I like this product. I also use it in quilted slippers to keep the shape.
I have never used Timtex so can't compare.
https://www.byannie.com/
Sounds like a nice gift idea.
peace
I have never used Timtex so can't compare.
https://www.byannie.com/
Sounds like a nice gift idea.
peace
#19
I decided to make a large fabric box and bought some plastic canvas as a stiffener, as well as some heavy duty interface. I got the idea about the plastic canvas from a tutorial I received in my email the other day. She basically made sleeves for the sides to slide the canvas in.
btw I found some really pretty Asian fabric during vacation as I visited LQS I had never been to. The purpose -- a big box to hold my knitting projects in the living room.
btw I found some really pretty Asian fabric during vacation as I visited LQS I had never been to. The purpose -- a big box to hold my knitting projects in the living room.
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I would love for you to post a picture of it so I could get an idea. Also, could you tell me the measurements of the box?
I decided to make a large fabric box and bought some plastic canvas as a stiffener, as well as some heavy duty interface. I got the idea about the plastic canvas from a tutorial I received in my email the other day. She basically made sleeves for the sides to slide the canvas in.
btw I found some really pretty Asian fabric during vacation as I visited LQS I had never been to. The purpose -- a big box to hold my knitting projects in the living room.
btw I found some really pretty Asian fabric during vacation as I visited LQS I had never been to. The purpose -- a big box to hold my knitting projects in the living room.
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