And this first one, shared by Anna of Noodlehead, looked fun. Plus there's someone in my family who really gets a kick out of Chinese takeout boxes, so I figured I might as well try my hand at one.
Linking up with the Ruby Star Wrap-Along.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Ruby Star Wrapping :: Ruby Star's Chinese Takeout Box
After receiving a copy of Melody Miller and Allison Tannery's new book, Ruby Star Wrapping, at Sewing Summit, you can imagine how pleased I was to see Amy start up her Ruby Star Wrap-Along! There are lots of clever and useful project ideas in the book, and while I don't plan on doing every one like I did with the Zakka Sew Along, I do hope to do the ones that especially capture my fancy.
And this first one, shared by Anna of Noodlehead, looked fun. Plus there's someone in my family who really gets a kick out of Chinese takeout boxes, so I figured I might as well try my hand at one.
If you have the book, there's a link mentioned in the techniques section that let's you print the template at 100%. That really helped.
I had just enough Pellon #808 Craft Fuse on hand to use as the directions suggested, but still found my box a tad unwieldy as I tried to glue the bottom, so I put my handy-dandy Wonder Clips into play, and they helped stabilize things just enough to get the job done.
Even though I'm not one to rush the holidays, I did enjoy digging into my stash for some of Robert Kaufman's O Tinsel Tree. And the project, start to end, took under an hour. So there's one little gift box ready for Christmas wrapping.
Linking up with the Ruby Star Wrap-Along.
And this first one, shared by Anna of Noodlehead, looked fun. Plus there's someone in my family who really gets a kick out of Chinese takeout boxes, so I figured I might as well try my hand at one.
Linking up with the Ruby Star Wrap-Along.
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Good morning Debbie. The box is darling. Perfect fabric choice for it ; )
ReplyDeleteYou'll like #1 in my book woman! Thanks for linking up
ReplyDeleteLove your little box, Debbie. Still waiting for my book...
ReplyDeleteThis is beyond cute. The fabric you chose is just perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove how this looks for a Christmassy wrapping - I still haven't managed to crack my copy of the book open yet, I'm really hoping to get to it this weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove the box - love the fabric - I need to look up the website and print that pattern off! I'm not sure what craft fuse is but if I don't have any my sewy friend may, and if neither of us do, a trip to the fabric store might be in order! I have some Christmas FQ's downstairs that might work for this! (HAHA I just thought of something - she even has the Wonder Clips so I could borrow them if necessary, lol)
ReplyDeleteSo cute, Debbie! I was just looking at this book on Amazon last night -- great ideas. I especially love those elephant softies!
ReplyDeleteI love that! I'm not quite ready for Christmas yet, but I think I'll make a couple of these so I won't have to rush in December.
ReplyDeleteit is so cute! love it!
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