Mine are for jewelry, so I don't label them, but you could use glued on pieces of muslin.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2019 2:09 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Storage of trims and so forth Sounds like a plan. I can't see buying pre-fabric-covered boxes when I already have tons of great fabric. What do you do for labels? Fran l On 5/4/2019 9:57 AM, Sharon Collier wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
