Recycled Sewing Box Tutorial
I like to have all my pins and needles separated by size and color so I created this organizer to do that perfectly – and everything used to make it can be found around your house right now – you can make something functional out of scraps and trash!
Materials:
One small egg carton (or a large egg carton cut in half) | Six 5.5 inch square pieces of fabric | A small amount of stuffing | sewing thread | glue
Start with your empty egg carton, make sure it’s clean!
Cut six 5.5 inch fabric squares – they can be from different fabrics or the same. This is where you can use that stash of fabric scraps you’ve been saving!
Place a small amount of stuffing in the center of each square and gather the ends so that you make a little ball. Tie it off with sewing thread at the bottom. If you don’t have any stuffing around the house, you can use loose wads of scrap fabric or recycle stuffing from an old pillow!
Spread a thin layer of glue onto the sides and bottom of each of the egg cups in the carton. Press one of your fabric balls into each cup. Let the glue dry.
Stick your sewing pins and needles into your new organizer! You can shut the lid when it’s not in use to keep out curious little paws and fingers.
About the Author: Rachel crafts a life in Tucson, Arizona where she spends her time sewing, blogging, and taking photographs. She also loves animals, biking, and visiting her local yarn store!
June 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Oh, that is too, too cute – and extremely clever!
Then I clicked and went over to Rachel’s blog and saw something about stuffing pincushions with lavendar… I’ve got some of that, too!
I’m off to find an egg carton and PLAY!!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am
[...] Egg cartons are now recyclable in some communities; Ruby saves her cartons for Marita, who raises chickens and gives her extra eggs to friends. Some clever crafters have found new uses for egg cartons, like a recycled sewing kit on Recycled Craft Gossip and a tutorial on how to make an egg carton sewing basket via Whip Up [...]
July 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
how adorable!!!
July 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
WOWWWW with *ggg*
Happy to have found someone else that likes to organize his needles and pins… ;-) AND to recycle.
Pleeease, let me put you to my linklist.
*hugs*
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
[...] little collection of how-tos and tutorials for most things crafty. At any rate, they helped me re-discover a nifty little idea for reusing fabric scraps and old egg cartons. *adds to [...]
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm
[...] Here’s a neat pin cushion. It’s a perfect way to separate all your pins and needles by size and color. The great thing is that everything used to make it can be found around your house right now. You can make something functional out of scraps and trash! You can shut the lid when you’re not using it to keep out little fingers. Check out the instructions on Whipup here. [...]