When I covered some boxes, I tried the lids on to see how much wiggle room they had. If not enough, paint the top edge of the box and the inside lid edge. Then cover the rest with the fabric. Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 7:10 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Storage of trims and so forth So, I can use up some of the William Morris fabric I bought online that turned out to have motifs the correct size for drapes, not a human. That sounds great, but it does put more thickness at the top for the lid to fit over. So you just only cover below the lid area or what? Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com On 5/3/2019 6:36 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: > Ross and Home Goods sells cardboard storage boxes, covered in interesting > paper. Or, if those are too large, you could cover any cardboard box with > fabric or paper. I prefer fabric for the strength it gives the cardboard. > I also save small wooden boxes that cheese comes in and cover them, too. > My sewing box is heavy cardboard covered with fabric. It has drawers, so gets > opened and closed a lot. It was my mom's when she was a teenager (she's 96 > now) and it's still going strong. > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
