I bought my friend and fellow-crafter One-Yard Wonders for Christmas, and she has been gracious enough to share it with me when we get together to sew! I think I might have picked the most complicated project in the book to start, the Origami Organizer, but 1) it just leaped out at me as a cool project and 2) it was written by Katherine of One Inch World, who was very helpful to me when I had no idea what I was doing setting up this blog!
I used some leftover fabric that I wasn’t crazy about for my first attempt, just in case I messed up. I found some of the diagrams a bit confusing, but once I figured it out, it was pretty amazing to see the boxes come together all at once.
I gave the organizer to my son, who is forever sorting little treasures he picks up and putting them in various boxes.
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I’m glad I was helpful! I’m sorry I’ve been moving and totally out of it. I agree the instructions are tricky, when I sent them in there were step by step photos, which they turned into beautiful but fewer illustrations. Seeing what I sent in and what came out was really fascinating! I’m looking forward to their next book that just finished taking submissions.
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