Friday 9 May 2014

small projects

i'm working on a few 'big' projects at the minute, which means no finishes, so yesterday when the postman loudly rang the bell outside and woke me up from my lovely sleep to deliver my bundle of dreamin' vintage by jeni baker, i knew exactly what i wanted to make! a nice, small project.


is this not just the most best-est fabric you've ever seen? i think this may be my favourite fabric line, and you will be seeing it in a lot of projects! there is not one print which i don't love! 

anyhoo onto the project. i have this shelf in the toyroom sewing room just above my cutting table and basically everything gets put up there, scraps of fabric, receipts, pins, letters, envelopes, really anything that is sitting around, it goes on the shelf. 


see! isn't it just so messy and icky looking? i obviously had to fix that and make it all pretty and quilty, enter my bundle of fabric and some linen and ta-dah!


pretty boxes to hold all the messy 'things' that were on the shelf, they're still messy inside but on the outside its pretty and tidy, yay! they measure just under 8inches and are really roomy to hold all my crap stuff.


i choose 4 different designs so as not to make them all the same, but still be co-ordinating. first up just big squares and some stippling, a combo that can never go wrong in my opinion


a star block, which i think i may have to make a quilt from. i think the background fabric is a really good basic to have and goes with so many fabrics.


this one is my favourite! and would not have been made without the maths whizz that is judith after many, many hours trying to figure out to make a 8inch log cabin, i put a request out on IG for help, and judith came to the rescue, thank-you!!!


and lastly small patchwork and 1/4inch quilting on each side of the seam, another combo that you just cannot go wrong with.


i think that one of the best parts of being able to sew/quilt is to be able to create something useful that fulfils a purpose, while also being pretty at the same time. small projects are so great because they're quick and you get the satisfaction of a finish, win win!

would anybody like a tutorial to make your own pretty, fabric boxes?

rachael x

linking up with crazy mom quilts

20 comments:

  1. I would love, love, love a tutorial on how to make these! They are beautiful!

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  2. now those are super cute, I love all the different patterns you chose, great job

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  3. Fabulous! They look great.

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  4. Beautiful! Practical and stylish is always a winning combo! Jxo

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  5. Aren't these darling! Those fabrics are lovely

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  6. They are all so pretty, and I would LOVE to have a tutorial. May be that could change my sewing table from a mess to a beauty.

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  7. These are so pretty! I just love this fabric line. I have been trying really hard not to buy fabric but I might just have to cave... I really need to make some organizer boxes!

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  8. would love to make these. they are so cute

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  9. What a great idea! I love your boxes. Sewing rooms produce beauty and mess, simultaneously.

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  10. This is such a great, little project! I would love to see a tutorial for these. I think it's official: I need to take on a few small projects so that I can a) finish something one of these days, b) pretty up my sewing space, and c) get more organized! I was paper piecing today and decided I absolutely need to make a thread-catch!

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  11. That's the best reason to be woken up - fabric! Those little boxes are so cute, and functional which means I should really get started on some of my own, instead of just admiring yours. :D

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  12. I need to make at least one of these for all the puppy stuff littering our dining table for the dog sitter.... It does have a bag but it has a strap which gets annoying.

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  13. Such a cute fabric line! I would definitely love to see a tutorial on how to make those boxes. I just got a new bookshelf and the piles on it look a lot like your "before" picture :) ps. I love the wall color in this room! Do you happen to remember what it is? I'm always on the lookout for the perfect blue :)

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  14. These are so CUTE. I would love to see how you did it!

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  15. I love the boxes and am sure lots of people would be keep to learn how you made them.

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  16. Ooh yes, a tutorial! These make me love that fabric even more. I really need to get some.

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  17. A tutorial would be fantastic. Love your blog too

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