This will help you to keep all of your project ideas and periodicals in reach and labeled. You will be creating a custom sized box with five sides. It is open at the top and labeled on the side to make easy viewing from atop a shelf.
Materials Needed:
- Four sheets of plastic canvas 9" x 12"
- Yarn scraps in several colors
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Marker
The first thing you will need to do is see what you have. If you have 6 magazines for beading, 23 magazines for quilting and 15 magazines for scrap booking, this will give you an idea of what you need and what sizes you need to make your organizers.
To make a large organizer, cut one sheet of plastic canvas in half the long way. Using that as your measure, cut two pieces of plastic canvas from the next sheet the short way using the width of the two long strips as a measure for the width. You should now have two pieces 4 1/2" x 9" and two pieces 4 1/2" x 12".
Take one of the short pieces and standing it upright, draw on it with your marker the wordage you would like for your large organizer. You can also include a design that will go with the contents of that particular organizer.
Using your threaded yarn, sew the design onto the plastic canvas. You can do the background in a contrasting color and even make a border. Don't sew the outer side edges yet. Sew one 9" x 12" sheet onto one side by looping the yarn through the holes. When you reach the end, sew the top edge just to give it a finished look. Now sew the other 9" x 12 " sheet to the other side. Continue until you get to the bottom. Across the bottom sew the 4 1/2" x 12" strip of plastic canvas.
Repeat the process on the other side using the other 4 ½” x 9” piece of canvas. Now stitch the bottom the other three edges. It is not necessary to decorate the other edges and sides, as they will not be seen.
Now you can fill your organizer and place it on the shelf with the wordage side showing. Now all you need to do is create one for each of your needs. You can create smaller ones by simply scaling down all of the 4 ½” measurements to 3” or 2” depending on your need. Have fun.
This idea can be used to organize memorabilia also and can be made to extend the long way if you desire. I have included a photo that gives an example of the project for memorabilia the long way. I stitched a piece of cross stitch fabric onto the plastic canvas to be able to give more detail.
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