Decorative Fabric Box

I've been looking around to see if I could find a nice basket for my glass table I talked about in my previous blog here. 

This is a table I had painted some time back and occasionally whenever I was out shopping I tried to remember to look for the perfect basket.  I wanted something like this.

Source:  CoffeeTablesGalore.com

Unfortunately, everything I saw was either too short, too long, too wide or too expensive!

Then one day a very dear friend bought me a set of stoneware, something I needed desperately, but most importantly it came in a box!

I know you're wondering why I'm excited about a box, but I figured if I couldn't find the perfect basket, perhaps I could substitute it for a box.  Will I be wrong for saying I appreciated the box more than the gift???

Here's what I did.

First, I tucked the flaps inside and wrapped paper around the box - this was to make sure the black didn't show through.

I then took some fabric and used it for the lining  

If you think you saw this fabric before you did.  I used it for my planter here and my dining room chairs here, and I still have tons left!

I then cut two long strips of burlap to cover the box.  Oops, I forgot to mention I used spray adhesive to adhere the paper, lining & burlap to the box.

Oh, I also realized the spray adhesive stiffens the fabric and prevents raveling so you don't have to worry about raw edges raveling or raveling too much!  Gotta luv that stuff, it makes everything super simple!

I made sure all four of the sides were sprayed to prevent unnecessary raveling, but I left the top unglued for now.

Sometime ago I came across these dried vines at Home Fabric

I'm sure I can find this stuff in my yard, but the bunch was for $9 so I decided to purchase.

I took some of the dried vines twisted a few together and sewed them around the upper portion of the box. When that was done, I hot glued the fabric down; the twigs can add a lot of weight and I wanted to make sure they didn't pull the fabric down.

Once that was done, I  pulled some threads on top to give it that ragged ravel-y look. and then sprayed it with adhesive to stiffen it and to prevent unnecessary raveling.

 I wanted to apply a stencil, but I didn't have any fabric glue, so after some thought I decided to make my own.

Here's the end product

BEFORE

AFTER

I am so happy with the end product - a lovely decorative fabric covered box, super simple, super quick...LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW!