The process was really easy (per the original link). You slice off the very bottom of the pattern, and cut the back in half. I used some of the instruction sheets inside and folded it over for a backing to mount the pockets on. I used the tabs for labeling. I went to a store near me (Mardel's) that has laminated for .25 cents a square foot. You can buy laminating sheets from stores as well, but I like the heated version.
Fold the back into the shape below.
Tape down the patterns (the tape can be removed later). The original tutorial has these horizontal pockets, but these fit better in my close vertically. I taped the tabs above each pocket.
A close up of the taped pockets.
Sew them down with one straight line.
Sew a strip across the bottom.
Two lines across the label at the top, and then I attached a tab to write on, though you could write directly on these with a visa vis or permanent marker and use nail polish remover to rewrite it.
Example label. Again, the original tutorial used some vintage labels, but I just used clipart and put one of these blue shapes onto box and printed.
I heart these so much I'm thinking about actually getting that closet moving so they can hang. Emphasis on thinking. Hey, it's still an action word.
Linking To:Pink Hippo CraftOManiac Keeping it Simple The DIY Home Sweet Home The Tattered Tag Sunday Showcase CRAFT Boogieboard Cottage Tuesday Timeout Anything Related Sugar Bee Blackberry Vine Cherished Bliss
10 comments
What a great idea. I love the pictures on vintage patterns and this is a great functional way to display them.
megan
craftycpa.blogspot.com
I have never seen these before! Cute idea.
-MichellePaige
Darling, darling, darling!!!
M.L.
I'm saving this idea for my new sewing room I am planning.
Love this! What a great idea to reuse those vintage packages that are too adorable to discard! Hope you will share with my Pink Hippo Party @ http://pinkapotamus.blogspot.com/2011/07/pink-hippo-party-37.html
This is absolutely adorable. I hope you'll stop by Jacque's Soda Parlor and share it on "Sundae Shake Up" link party. I'm sure the ladies over there would love to see it.
Jacque @ Jacque's Soda Parlor
thesodaparlor.blogspot.com
Wow... REALLY love this! Great pattern choices, too. Those drawings are adorable :)
You are so talented! I featured your post this week on my top ten at Boogieboard Cottage.
Have a great weekend, Mary :O)
You are so talented! I featured your post this week on my top ten at Boogieboard Cottage.
Have a great weekend, Mary :O)
Hey Christy!
Thanks for linking up your super cute pattern pockets at the Tuesday To Do Party last week! Adorable! I saw somewhere in blogland where someone used the actual patterns as wrapping paper...just in case you needed yet another idea! (How embarrassing if I saw it here! Oh, well, that would be about par for the course with me!)
I'm trying to get caught up after finally getting my commenting issues resolved!
Have a great week!
Smiles!
Jami
www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
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