How to make a box-box of cards with their own hands - instructions
Our grandmothers and mothers found in the making of caskets out of improvised materials the pleasure of homemade. Moreover, the materials for such crafts are plain, and they are in every home. And finished products can be used as a gift, made with your own hands, or just keep in them the various necessary little things.
Therefore, they can be made not only on a solemn occasion, but also as an interior detail, selecting materials and decor accordingly. How to make a box of cards with your own hands with step by step instructions will be interesting to many.
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How to make boxes of postcards with your own hands
Open the closet, and you will definitely find materials for the casket from the cards. These beautiful, bright, multicolored cardboard masterpieces of printing, which accumulate in the economy, are no longer needed, but even a hand does not rise to throw them away.
With a reasonable approach, they can still serve. And will be the basis for the boxes of hand-made cards. Particularly appreciate the possibility of home art lovers homemade crafts. Needlewomen can make, using ready-made schemes, exquisite jewelry boxes or beautiful gift boxes.
Postcards should be selected approximately the same size and subject images of them should be similar to each other. You will need scissors, ordinary sewing needles and threads of different types, depending on the options for the future product.
A simple version of the box with their own hands
The eye of the selected needle should be wide. Select motifs at your discretion. We choose threads in the tonality of the pictures on the cards, or vice versa in contrasting colors.
Note! Instead of the usual yarn, use cotton yarn for floss that is produced manually or by machine specially for needlework.
We proceed to action step by step.
- For a start we will decide on the sizes.
- Making a box with your own hands will require a scheme. She will clearly see the order of the work. All panels, a bottom, lateral inserts in the form of rhombuses, the top component of a cover with lateral segments are schematically reflected.
- After the pattern of two bottoms should be combined back sides.
- Along the perimeter of the postcard inside the casket lines are drawn, departing from the edges of the centimeter. These actions denote the line.
- With the help of decorative stitches sew the resulting two-layer part along the edges. We use for this purpose folded threads of floss several times. To avoid nodules sticking out from the outside, we start the sewing process from the side that will be inside the finished product.
- The same technique is used to connect a double layer of the remaining parts.
- At the end of the process, stitch the blanks by hand and sew them.
Here's how to make a box with your own hands quickly and simply.
How to make an oblong box
In this case, with the size and theme, you can decide for yourself. Threads use quite thick. For the box from the cards with their own hands we are developing a scheme with dimensions - 80x165x55 (standardly in millimeters).
Cut three blanks 80x165, two of which are needed for the bottom. We use the rest together with another rectangle 165x100 for the lid. Next, prepare 2 parts for the inner box (50x80 and 50x165) and 2 for the outer box (80x70 and 165x70).
Go to the markup with a pencil and a ruler and then cut out Circuits. Under the base and for the cover, we will cut out 8 and 2 side valves, respectively. We will duplicate all the postcard details with cardboard ones to give future product durability.
Now it's up to the technique. With a sewing machine without thread, we pass along the edges of all the cut out parts, folding together the post-card and cardboard for getting holes. Now we sew everything manually using a tipping seam. You can experiment with the shape of the seam.
The sheathed parts we connect. A simple seam is used for two parts of the bottom. Sew short and long sides, bend them into the arch and sew, fixing the valve. Alternately, we process the straight and semicircular sides.
After looming the frame, sew the bottom and tighten the corners. The cover is sewn to one of the selected sides. If desired, you can add legs.
How to make a box with a surprise
Despite the simplicity of the manufacturing process, this product will contain cute surprises. We will need sheets of colored cardboard, made by ourselves or purchased paper moths. You must have paper for scrapbooking, double-sided tape, transparent colorless plastic.
The pattern is simple. We take a square-shaped cardboard sheet according to the box size. Stepping back from each edge, we draw parallel lines. Cut out the squares in the corners and get a cross. Bend the design on the sides of the central square, getting the box. We cover the lid, according to the size of the bottom (plus a few millimeters) by adding two centimeters on each side. Bend along the lines and glue.
You can decorate the outside with anything you like (drawings, clippings, glitter, etc.).On strips of colorless plastic we fasten butterflies to the ends with scotch tape, and glue the other end to the bottom of the box.
Note! Other insects, plants or mythical creatures can be a surprise.
When you open the lid, the box falls into four pieces, releasing the creatures hidden inside.
Conclusion
Multicolored postcards that can be found in any home can be used to create beautiful handicrafts, which can be used as gift wrapping, as a gift or as a wonderful thing for storing necessary trifles.
VIDEO: A casket-book of cardboard cards.