Covered Stitchers Box with Pinkeep in the lid

Supplies:

1. Stitched piece


2. Tacky glue


3. Box to cover w/ lid


4. Complementing fabric


5. Quilt batting


6. Cardboard (thick and thin)


7. Cutting supplies


8. Embellishments

Step One:

Cut out a piece of cardboard with the exact dimensions of the box lid. Cut out a piece of batting the same size. Glue Batting on the cardboard and set aside.

Next cut out 2 squares of thin cardboard (i.e. cereal/cracker box) the exact size of the inside bottom of the project box, set aside. This is what you should have after you've completed step one:

Step Two:

Cover the lid of the box. Lay the top of the box on the fabric...make sure there is 1 inch on each side extra to over the outside and rim of the box. Smear tacky glue all over the top and rim of the box. Lay the lid in the center of the fabric:

Cut squares out at each corner, so that when the fabric is folded over the rim of the lid it lines up and there is no over lap at each corner. Then trim all excess fabric around the lid so that it is flush with the edge of the rim of the lid (hint: DON'T BE SHY WITH THE GLUE!!)
Here is the completed covered box lid!:
Step Three:

Take the two pieces of thin cardboard and split one of them in half:
Take the fabric and wrap the cardboard squares completely in fabric, attach between the fabric and cardboard a piece of ribbon. Repeat this with both cardboard pieces. (be generous with the glue, the raw edges will be sealed with it, so no fraying will occur!):

Take the large cardboard and smear glue on one side, fold over the top edge of fabric but leave "wings" on either side as shown:

Glue the small ribbon embellished rectangles to the wings as shown:

Glue this "contraption into the lid of the box. Then glue a complementing piece of felt on the inside for pins and needles. The final look should be like this: (the ribbons are tied to keep the pinkeep closed.):

Step Four:

Covering the box. Lay the box on the fabric, cut two lengths of fabric that is about 1 inch wider than the width of the box. Make sure the length of the fabric with completely circle the box with about 0.5 inches of over lap:

Cover the outside of the box with glue and lay the fabric down the perimeter of the box (as seen in the picture below.) Cut out squares at each corner so the fabric will lie flat on the bottom and inside rim. Do the outside of the box first and do the inside of the box last as this will "hide" any overlap you have from the outside covering folded inside the box. Cover the inside of the box cutting the fabric at each corner and laying flat on the bottom of the box. At the edge of the box cut the extra fabric flush with the box rim. Glue will bind the raw edges and will not let them fray.

On the bottom of the box cut a heavy piece of card board and glue a peice of quilt batting on it and cover it and glue in the bottom of the box for a padded bottom. OR you can cut a piece of fabric to the exact dimensions of the bottom and glue the fabric to the bottom of the box. OR you can take a piece of cardboard with out the batting cover it and glue it into the bottom of the box...either way...the bottom inside of the box will be covered seamlessly and look professionally done and neat :)
Finally cut a bottom piece of fabric for the outside of the box and glue on the bottom so that the entire outside is covered in fabric and your excess fabric folded under the box is hidden. Again glue will bind the raw edge so that it will not unravel. At the end of this step you should have a completely covered box outside/inside.

Step Five:

Take the thick cardboard with quilt batting glued to it and center and mount the stitched piece to it, gluing the linen to the back of the board. When dry mount on the top of the lined box lid and embellish with twisted cording if desired:

Here is the completed embellished stitchers box complete with lid pinkeep: