Monday, May 13, 2013

Sewn Fabric Box - Craftmad Swap and Mother's Day


For our Craftmad Sewing Swap in April we had to make a Fabric Box.  I found a great tutorial on Allison Gryski's blog.  I was surprised at how quickly and easily everything came together.  I really loved the fabrics and topped it off with this beautiful flower I am sure I received at Christmas time from the lovely Beth.  You can see the other Fabric Boxes in Craftmad's Gallery here.


I had planned on buying my Mum something for Mother's Day but I couldn't find what I wanted.  So I got to thinking that it is a very long time since I have actually made my Mum anything.  Mum is a crafter too......so I thought this Fabric Box will get put to good use.  Mum loves greens and I had this fabric sitting in my stash.  This time I created my own flower with by Scalloped Edge Spellbinder dies and felt.  To package up the Fabric Box I decided to decorate a brown paper bag I had acquired.  I knew I had a very similar patterned paper in my collection.  So with that, light blue paper and green bazzill card stock I decorated the brown paper bag.  I used my Spellbinder Edgeabilities on the papers.  Then I decided to create a matching flower this time from papers.

Wishing you all a terrific week.



12 comments:

  1. These are great! I love the fabric boxes! Awesome idea for keeping goodies in, and great to customize them and have them unique!

    Sure your mum loved hers too!

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  2. A super idea for your Mum Merry and so useful as well.

    B x

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  3. These are Fantastic Merry..Loz

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  4. Your mum will love it... created with such love and her fave colours as well. It is simply wonderful.

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  5. it is very petty! wish I can sew.

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  6. Love it! I'll bet she did too!

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  7. WOW! The fabric boxes are so pretty!! Love your paper bag too!
    Hope you had a wonderful Mothers Day!!

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  8. A lovely gift for your Mom... great gift bag idea, also... love the matching flowers!
    Have a wonderful day!

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  9. Such a gorgeous gift idea. I am sure your Mom loved it.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  10. This is beautiful Merry, bet your Mom loved it too! ~Diane

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  11. What a lovely fabric box Merry! And the matching bag is just perfect too! I'm sure your mum loved her gift!

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  12. Brilliant gift idea for your mum Merry, it is beautiful and will be so useful, awesome work.
    hugs
    lorraine x

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