How To Cover A Box in Fabric

I talked to one of my aunts a while back and told her I would post a tutorial on how to wrap a box in fabric. It has been a while (maybe a month or two) Sorry Auntie, hope you can forgive me.

These are some of the first boxes I did. After doing these I came up with a easy way to cover the inside and outside of the box.

These are the two boxes I started out with. Any size box will work, but they need to be sturdy.

Step 1:

 I used two pieces of fabric. One for the outside, and one for the inside.

Step 2:

To measure how much material you need, put the box in the center of the material. Then pull the fabric over to the inside. Measure about two to three inches from the top of the inside. Then cut the material where you measured.The next part  is hard to explain so I drew on the material.
These red lines line up with the corners of the box, you will need 1 inch more. Look down in step 9 to see how it will work.You will end up one inch away from the box. I cut both pieces of fabric at the same time. 

Step 3:

As you can see here, I left an extra inch on the sides, so later I can fold them. Cut at an angle up to the box.

This is the piece I used for the lining, it's probably better to have the inside and outside material match but this is what I had on hand.

Step 4:

 Fold all the flaps of the material in.

Step 5:

Arrange the fabric to see if it fits. Then I hot glued the fabric to the bottom of the box,one side at a time.

Step 6:

After the bottom is glued down you can pull the flaps out and arrange, notice in the next step how I folded the material before I glued it.

Step 7:

Glue down these flaps as well, now the inside of the box is done.

Step 8:

Place the box in the center of the fabric. 

 Step 9:

Glue the bottom first than the sides.When you get to the sides you glue one side around the box and the other one as shown in the picture. You will get a nice finished look.

This is what You will end up with.

Step 10:

Cut a slit up to the box, like shown. When you glue down make sure you fold the materiel so that when you are finished  you have nice finished edges.

Step 11:

I  added some trim to the outside of the box, but you can decorate it however you want. On some other boxes I added a ribbon and some flowers that I made.

Step 12:

I glued the edge so the seem doesn't show.

And here they are all finished. It's pretty simple. This one is covered with the same fabric inside and out, I like this look.It cost me very little since I had the fabric from a yard sale. I covered three boxes inside and out for about two dollars!

I also painted some dollar store containers and boxes with chalkboard paint and they are holding up well so far !

It looks so nice after all the work we put into it. I just wish our pantry could stay this organized.

One thing I didn't mention before is that if your fabric is not very thick you should probably give your boxes a coat of spray paint before you cover them. You can see a little of the design showing through on the top box and it annoys me a little bit. Hope this is helpful. I would love to hear from you if you decide to cover a box of your own!

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