I never seem to have enough storage pots for all my workshop resources so I thought I’d make some. I used a variety of containers and fabrics to make them, upcycling things that might otherwise have been thrown away.

Equipment & Materials

variety of containers – such as crisp tubes, drinking chocolate containers, coffee tins

fabric scraps and remnants – old jeans, cotton poplin, lace trimmings

scissors

glue – an all purpose adhesive and fabric glue

 

Technique

Measure your pots and cut out a piece of the backing fabric to size (I used denim).

Glue around the edges and middle of the fabric, on the ‘wrong’ side, then stick it to the container. I used an all purpose glue for this stage.

Now cut some contrasting fabrics into strips to add ‘stripes’ to the container.

Glue around the edges and middle of the the strips. I used fabric glue for this.

Stick the strips to the container to make a stripy pattern.

You could also add lace or ribbon stripes.