Christine Sews

We have a lot of cooking magazines.  They tend to make their way into the kitchen and get misplaced.  Since the curtains and table linens are French Country… a custom magazine holder was in order.  There is actually no sewing involved.  Get out the glue gun.

How to Make a Magazine Holder:

• Turn on a glue gun to pre-heat.
• Cut up a box.  Lay your magazine(s) on top of what will become the back and side pieces of the box to be sure that they will fit.  Leave an extra inch.
• Lay the box pieces on top of a folded piece of fabric.  Cut around in a square, leaving about three inches.
  
• Tape up your box sides.  (Masking tape is better than painters tape.  I just couldn’t find it.)
• Remove one square of fabric and set it aside.
• Cut wedges out of the remaining square, so that your box is framed by a cross.
• Place a generous amount of glue in the bottom and up the inner sides of the box.  Place the cross shaped fabric inside, right side up and arrange it into place. Glue the ends over the top of the sides.  (Staples can be helpful wherever they won’t show too.)
• Turn the square shaped fabric wrong side up, with the box on top of it.  Use a generous amount of glue to secure it over the sides and into the top few inches of the box on the wider sides first.
• Repeat on the narrower sides, wrapping like a package.
• Allow to dry.

My fabric got a bit wrinkled during construction.  I’ll press it lightly when the hot glue is completely cool and I get the iron out.

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