Turn Old Christmas Cards into Gift Boxes Part 1

Turn Old Christmas Cards into Gift Boxes Part 1 

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those old Christmas cards after the silly season?
Well, today I am going to share with you what we like to do if we can't recycle our 
cards locally...See below for all the details...but we also have a great YouTube Video
for you to check out too...To help with some of those tricky parts.

Supplies that you are going to need 

Old Christmas Cards (Rectangle Cards)
6.5" Quilting Ruler or larger 
School Ruler (30cm or 12" in Length)
18mm Rotary Cutter
Pencil
Eraser
Scissors
Glue Stick
Wonder Clips
Paper Creaser

grab all your supplies and 
Let's get Started 

Step 1. Take your card and cut in half. 

Then take the top front of your card and mark a

X in the middle of the card with your lead pencil.

                                           Step 2. Take the short side of the card and fold to

the centre of the marked cross and repeat to the opposite, 
Pressing to create a Crease. 
Now take your long edge of your rectangle 

and do the same thing, creasing into the centre cross,
making sure that you are making a good crease in your card.
you can check out the Video for a clearer image 

Step 3. Once you have made all your creases
Erase out your marked cross.

Step 4. Now get your scissors and on the shorter end of the right-hand side
cut into the first horizontal Crease, now repeat on the left-hand side.
These will form the ends of your boxes. 
Now repeat to the opposite end on of the card.




Step 5. Next, we get our Glue Pen and the right-hand side little tab as shown in Video, 

and we put a dab of glue on this tab and stick to the end the end of our box, 

as you can see the box is starting to take shape.

 Repeat at the opposite end. 

Step 6. As you can see we have some excess card left at each end. 

We are now going to fold these over our ends, 

this will give us a nice even finish to the top of our gift box. 

                                                       As you can see in the Video, 

                    you need to add a little bit of glue and a couple wonder clips to secure.

Step 7. Now that we have made our top of the gift box, we move

onto forming the bottom of our gift box. 

We are going to do the same thing as the top but first, 

we need to trim some of the cards from one long side and one short side of the card, we only have to remove a quarter inch from each of these sides...

IMPORTANT: If you haven't seen the Video now is the time to view it as you will be able to see the following in more detail...

Only remove a quarter inch from one short and one long side of your card bottom...if you remove any more than this then your gift box bottom will be too loose. If you are still not sure, then watch this video to show exactly what we have done. 

Step 8. Repeat steps one to step six. making sure that all your sides 

are secure and glued into place.

Tada, you have now made your own little gift box to use for anything

you like...I have used them for all sorts of things

in the past from wonder clip holders to making Little Sewing Kits as gifts for my sewing friends and even Jewellery for my girls...

I hope you like what we have shared with you today.

We always love seeing what you are making,

 so why not head over to our Facebook group and Join in the fun

of sharing what your gift boxes with the community. 

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                                   Join me next week for part 2 of our gift box series where

I will be making a little ring box. 

Until then 

Happy Quilting & Crafting ") N 

              

Block of the Month (BOM) January 2018

       

Block 1
Goose in the Pond 
                                                                                  

So let us get started!

What you Need:

1 fat Quarter White Fabric - Background (either plain or tone on tone)

1 Fat Quarter Blue Fabric ( Either plain or print) 
Sewing Machine with ¼” foot
Rotary Cutter
Cutting Mat
Quilting Ruler 
Matching Threads
Thread Snips 
Best Press 
Iron & Ironing Pad 

Cutting Instructions:

You can Find your printable cutting instruction HERE

From the White Background Fabric 

Cut 6 ✂ 3¼” Squares then cut diagonal to yield 12 triangles  

Cut 5✂ 2⅞” Squares

Cut 20 ✂ 1¼” Squares

Cut 4  ✂ 2⅞” x 1¼” strip  

Blue Fabric

Cut 6 ✂ 3¼” Squares then cut diagonal to yield 12 triangles  

Cut 16 ✂ 1¼” Squares

Cut 8  ✂ 2⅞” x 1¼” strip  

Now onto the Assembly of your Block

and Don't forget we have a Video Tutorial for you

to follow along with you can find the Video
HERE

*****Note****
We are using Quarter inch seam allowance throughout the pattern and pressing Seams Open. Please Reduce your stitch length
2.0 or 1.8 depending on your machine.

First, we are going to create our Half Square Triangles (HST)

you will be creating 12 of these. Reduce your stitch length to 2.0,

then Take your white and Blue triangles

with right sides together sew an

¼"inch seam allowance from one corner

diagonal to the opposite corner.

Now Press open.

Your HST should now look like the picture below

Repeat with the remainder of the triangles.

This should measure

2 ⅞ inch square

HST

Next, we are creating our 9 patches

you will be creating 4 of these sets

as pictured here. Remembering to use a

¼” seam allowance and press your seams open

square up to 2 ⅞ inch square

9 patch 

Now we are making our Strip sets and we have 4 of these 

Strip Set 

Now let's Assemble your Block 

You can use the assembly video 

or you can follow along with images below 
the choice is yours ") 

it will be 2 ⅞ inch square

Step 1.
take 4 of your HST and 1 Plain 2⅞” white Square and assemble as pictured below 

Step 2. 

Take 2 HST, 2 9 patches, and 1 strip set and assemble 

as shown below.

Step 3.

Now take 3 of your  2⅞” white squares and 2 strip sets

and assemble as shown.

Step 4.

Take 2 HST, 2 9 patches, and 1 strip set and assemble 

as shown below. 

Step 5.

Take 4 of your HST and 1 Plain 2⅞” white Square and assemble as pictured below.

Step 6. now assemble all your rows and pictured below in 

the order following the arrow Directions 

Sew top strip to 2nd strip 

↓

then sew the 2 you have just sewn together to the next strip 

↓

then the next one to the 3 that you have just sewn.

nesting your seams 

↓

and finally, take your last strip of your block and sew it 

to the 4 you have just sewn together

make sure that you are nesting your seams 

↑

Your block is now assembled and ready to be set aside 

do not trim your block until we have all 12 finished 

your Block will measure APPROX 12.5" it may come in at a little less (DO NOT TRIM)

If your block is slightly smaller do not stress as long as we have a

¼” around the block we will not lose any points when it comes to final

Assembly of your quilt. Set this block aside.  

Finished Block 

I hope you enjoyed your first Block of the Month.

Join us again next Month for another Block 

Happy Quilting ") N