Cartonnage is an amazing technique. Making your own fabric box is a great idea! It is so fun and it makes a unique handmade gift! This is a perfect small box size gift - so unique with a magnet closure and even more.... it will fit inside your Singer Featherweight machine case - so you can personalize it and keep your notions inside for longer time than the original paper boxes.
This DIY cartonnage Kit comes with all pre cut paper (chipboard, poster board and kraft paper) you need to make your own mini notions box with magnet closure, as shown in the pictures. The finished box will be 5 5/8" x 2 1/4"x 1 3/4", great for sewing notions, but you can use for another purpose as well - beautiful gift, jewelry box and more. With this DIY kit there is no worries about cutting paper boards! Fabric and other contents showed in pictures are not included.
ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE! The instruction is a very clear PDF tutorial (eBook) with a lot of pictures showing in details step by step to guide you through the whole process, no steps missing, no guessing! Inside the kit you will find the password and easy directions to download the written instruction to your computer.
And a video tutorial is also available at .
To make the box you will need this kit, two coordinating fabrics (1 fat quarter each), Elmer's Glue All, rotary cutter, cutting mat, a small paint roller with tray, paint brush, masking tape, craft knife. Cartonnage tools (spatula, acrylic spacers and corner tool) are required to have better finishing of your project, and you can find them in the tools section of the shop.