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01.06

DIY fabric tray tutorial with free patterns!

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Time for a quick project that will help you ORGANIZE your life! Since, you know, it’s January!

You can make this tray in ANY size and I’ll tell you how!

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

I also included pattern pieces for 4 sizes, if you’re not quite sure what you want to use it for yet.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

I made the first tray for a specific purpose: holding a soap/lotion combo in my bathroom.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

But I had so much fun making it that I knew I had to make more! This is such a FAST project, it’s fun to do and such a satisfying sew! I also enjoyed picking out fabric combinations for the linings and outsides.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Tray Tutorial //

Materials:
-1 Fat Quarter of fabric (1/2 yard for Large)
-1 Fat Quarter for contrast (1/2 yard for Large)
-Fabric Marker
-Fusible Interfacing
–Pattern Download, includes 4 sizes

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Make your own pattern:

Decide how big you want the base of your tray to be. This could mean measuring what you plan to put in it. To make a soap/lotion holder for my bathroom, I set both bottles on a piece of paper and traced around them. Then I added 2.5″ to each side to account for the sides and seam allowance. Choose your number based on how deep or shallow you want your tray. I like to use 1/4″ seam allowance for these trays, but you can use more if you want!

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Print a remade pattern:

Small Tray (2″ x 2″ inches with a 1″ side)

Medium Tray (4″ x 4″ with 1.5″ sides)

Large Tray (8″ by 8″ with 2″ sides)

Soap + Lotion Holder (2.5″ by 4″ with 2.5″ sides)

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Ready to sew!

Cut 2 pieces from fabric ON THE FOLD, one in main and one in contrast fabric. The arrow on the pattern piece will line up with a fold.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Also cut 2 from interfacing. Using interfacing on both sides will make the tray extra sturdy. I’m using lightweight fusible. If you use a heavier weight interfacing, you may only need to fuse it to one side of the tray.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Sew the pieces together with right sides together, leaving a 2-3″ opening on the side. Use 1/4″ seam allowance.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Clip corners and turn. Make the points sharp and press well.

Topstitch around at 1/8″. When you topstitch, you’ll also close the gap you left before.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Take out your pattern piece and a pen or pencil to mark. I like this disappearing ink pen. The marker is purple but the ink disappears in a few days in the air, or immediately if you use water.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Fold the tray fabric in half with the fabric you want on the OUTSIDE facing up. Pin the inner part of the pattern piece to the fold, centered.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Mark the corner points on both sides. If you want, connect the points with a square of stitching.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Now fold the corners of the fabric tray in half like so.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Sew from the marked point down to create each corner.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

Repeat on all 4 corners and you’re finished!

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

For a quick variation, fold in the corner points and sew them down.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

You can also flip it inside out at this point for a nice clean tray.

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

 

DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew
DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew
DIY Fabric Trays with FREE Pattern! | See Kate Sew

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2 Comments

  1. Anne

    01/07 at 10:14 AM

    Fabric trays make everything pretty! I’ve got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for later this morning that feature your tutorial: http://sewing.craftgossip.com/?p=86106 –Anne

  2. Cindy in Canada

    01/08 at 10:44 AM

    Adorable. Great way to use up scraps!

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