3 options for creating a casket of postcards: schemes and ways of making their own hands

Each needlewoman, for sure, has a lot of little things that have nowhere to store, and there are greeting cards, each of which has happy memories, so they can not be discarded, but you canmake a beautiful casket from the postcards. Such things are needed in the house always, because they can store all sorts of small things, and you can also present caskets as a gift. Depending on the chosen scheme, it is possible to execute different forms of such products, differently to arrange them, and each thing will turn out to be unique.

In the selection of video lessons presented in this article, needlewomen share ideas and tell their advice. There will be shown several ways to perform caskets and boxes from gift cards.

The first version of

In order to make a casket of old postcards, you will need postcards, scissors, glue, threads with a needle, as well as other decor elements. First, depending on which drawings are selected, you need to extract the necessary parts from the cards. To make a solid bottom of the box, you have to put two cards on top of each other and connect with the edge seam. It is better to choose the thread in the tone of the postcard, and hide the nodules between the two layers of postcards. Then all the prepared parts should be sewn in turn to the base of the box. The scheme for the work is shown in the photo.

The second version of the

For work you will need postcards preferably with a similar plot, so that the product will be unbroken, as well as scissors, thread with a needle.

First of all, you need to find out from two cards such details: the lid of the casket, the bottom and side panels. Then on the rectangle, which will be the bottom, you must retreat one centimeter from each side. After that, all the details cut from the postcards must be folded outward with the sides and tie the details along the edges with a loop stitch. In order to connect the elements, the thread should be taken in five additions, it is better to hide all nodules between the layers of paper. Then it is necessary to connect all the adjacent parts, passing a needle into the crossbar between the columns.

Such crafts in the form of a casket can complement the interior of the house or become an excellent gift.

The third variant of

It is not difficult to understand how to make a casket from postcards, the main thing is to think through the idea, choose the appropriate themes, design and layout of the postcard and correctly add all the component parts to a single product. In addition to postcards for work, you will also need sheets of cardboard, thread with a needle, paper clips, as well as scissors and glue.

Our master class will help you understand the essence of all stages of work. First, on the sheets of cardboard you should draw the component parts, namely the cover, the bottom, the side panels and the legs, then you need to cut out the details and paste them on both sides with the help of postcards. It is advisable to draw smooth lines on all the details on all sides in order to make it more convenient to sew. The sides of each part must be processed using seams. The process of assembling the casket is better to start with connecting the legs, the bottom and side panels, then you need to sew two other side panels, then you need to make insets and sew the lid.