Making a Craft Box with an Arazzo Beaded Image Pattern Download

Create a Stunning Fabric-Covered Box for Your Arazzo Beadwork!

Download this detailed guide to make a Bead Spider Fabric Covered Box for Arazzo. This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to craft a beautiful, custom fabric-covered box to perfectly showcase and protect your finished Arazzo project.

What You’ll Learn Inside:

• Precision Cutting: Get exact measurements for cutting your thick cardboard , thin lining card , wadding , and fabric strips.

• Fabric Covering Techniques: Learn the best methods for folding and gluing lightweight fabric over cardboard to neatly cover the base, sides, and lining. You will also see how to trim the fabric corners to reduce bulk.

• Mounting the Beadwork: Follow detailed instructions on using a sewing machine and a zipper foot to stitch your fabric strips right up close to the Arazzo beading.

• Professional Finishing: Master the art of creating elegant straight or mitred corners using a 45° ruler. Finally, discover how to hand blind-stitch the box sides directly to the base for a seamless, handcrafted finish.

   

Materials Required to Make One Box:

• 1.5mm thick cardboard, such as photo mounting board, for the box outsides

• 0.3mm thin cardboard, such as a cereal box, for the lining

• Thin wadding for padded box sides and lid

• 1/4m lightweight fabric, like cotton, for the outside box

• 1/4m fabric for the lining

• Sewing thread to match your outside fabric

• Sewing machine equipped with a zipper foot

• Sewing needle

• Scissors

• Craft glue, like a Pritt stick

• Pencil

• Optional: A ruler with 45° angle markings for mitred corners