Tuesday, January 21, 2025

A Packing Cube...

I found this tutorial for making a packing cube.  My niece started a new job a couple of weeks before Christmas and it will include a significant amount of traveling.  I thought this would be a perfect additional to her gear.  This was suppose to be a Christmas gift but life got in the way and now it is a late Christmas gift.  I did not use the fabric stated in the tutorial but chose to use a cute cotton print from my stash.  This makes this a stash buster project.  Now, to be honest, it could also be a scrap buster depending on the size of the scraps you keep hanging around.  Here is the fabric that I chose for this project:


My niece loves cats (as did I) and I thought this would be the perfect fabric for a packing cube. 

The tutorial uses a nylon fabric that does not ravel and I choice a cotton fabric.  I really had to look carefully at the information and make changes as needed.  Here is the finished project:


I put about 4 yards of fabric in the packing cube so that it would not collapse.  


Another view of the fabulous fabric on the back.


A side view.  This gives you an idea of how much more the packing cube could hold.


I did take the time to finish all the seams.  It was time consuming but really a necessary step.

Overall, this was not a bad project.  I am keeping the instructions so I can make additional packing cubes in the future.

Happy Stitching!

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