This is my old bookshelf, I have painted the doors to match the off white and now it is time to fix those blasted red and blue bins. These bins are those Target $10, 13x13" fabric bins. I really like them, but I didn't want to go and spend $10 per bin, so I did some research on Pinterest. I found plenty of mod podge tutorials of decopaudging fabric to plastic bins, but no tutorials on fabric to fabric. So I went on a limb and just attempted it. Also, the fabric I am using is home decor fabric, not just a light weight cotton.
I worked about 1/2 side at a time, used plenty of mod podge then wrapped my fabric around and pressed with my hands to smooth out the fabric as I went.
I had two different ideas of how I wanted to do them and wasn't sure which one to choose so I did one method on each bin. For the red bin I folded the top edge down about 1/2" then sewed to create a finished look and also so I wouldn't have any raw edges.
As I was mod podging/wrapping the fabric around the bin, I matched up the top of the fabric to the top of the bin and then added more mod podge to seal the edge.
For the blue bin I didn't sew at all and just folded the top 1" of fabric down inside the box and mod podged. I used clothes pins to help keep the corners flat and folded.
I let them sit for about 30 minutes then went back and cut a slit in the hand holder space and glued back the edges, cutting slits on the rounded edges of the fabric to help it fold in nicely.
And the bottom I just glued down. I went over all my seams and raw edges again after another 30 minutes or so.
I liked the blue box method better. It was a little frustrating trying to get the edges to match up on the red box, even though it does have a nice finished edge.
