In this instructable I show how to make a fabric organizer box with a name tag.

If you are like me who needs order to be able to function, but organization is not your thing (like me), this box will serve to put things that can give a disorganized look to a space, but the point is not to have to see the pile of things through the box; you can put all the things in a messy way there without having to see the mess, and with the problem of forgetting what is there, the name tag tells you what you kept there.

You can make different sizes starting from the main point, which is to identify the size of the place where the box will be placed.

I hope it is as useful as it was for me; I have been making different sizes and it improves your organization a little bit.

Supplies

For the fabric bag:

Rigid fabric for exterior: upholstery fabric
Rigid fabric for inside (I would recommend canvas): denim fabric
Velcro
Tape measure or ruler
Chalk or markers
Fabric scissors
Sewing clips or pins
Sewing machine (optional; you can sew by hand if you prefer)
Needles resistant to hard fabrics
Sewing threads

For plastic and leather letterhead and name tag:

Faux-leather (not much quantity is needed)
Clear plastic
Contact glue or any glue for fibers or textile
Small object or spatula for gluing
Thick nylon thread
Marker or chalk
Scissors
Rectangular paper cardboard

Step 1: Take Measurements of the Place Where You Want to Store

Measure the height, width and depth of the place where you want to store and organize things. I chose the place shown at the beginning; in the image I indicate how to take these measurements.

Once I have these base measurements, I will subtract 1 to 2 cm from them to make the pattern. The point is to try to make a hexahedron.

Step 2: Pattern Making

Think of a hexahedron when making the pattern of this box, but adding a flap or lid, the length of the flap is to preferential taste, I took a reference between 8 to 10 cm.

Remember in the previous step of the measurement of the furniture, to make the pattern I reduced these faces of the furniture, between 1 to 2 cm, leaving the pattern to cut a series of rectangles (base * height) in this way:

2 rectangular pieces BD (B = 55 cm x D = 50 cm)
2 rectangular pieces BC (B = 55 cm x C = 39.5 cm)
2 rectangular pieces DC (D = 50 cm x C = 39.5 cm)
1 rectangular piece BE (B = 55 cm x E = 10 cm)
2 rectangular pieces FD (F = 10 cm x D = 50 cm)

Step 3: Cutting Fabrics

Cut all the fabric groups from the previous step. There are 9 rectangular pieces to be cut for each fabric face, both for the outer fabric and the inner fabric, making a total of 18 pieces to be cut.

Step 4: Sewing

Note 1: The names are formed in b*h = bh (b: base, h: height); this serves as a guide for how the pieces cut in the previous step will be joined.

Note 2: Do this process with the inner face fabric and the outer face fabric separately. At the end these will be joined on their fabric faces, leaving a space to turn the seam allowance.

Sew the cube or hexahedron: If you have a single large piece of fabric, you can cut the hexahedron as shown in the picture, but then sew each rectangle together to form the cube. Sew 1 cm from the edge of each rectangle.

The DC rectangles (the 2 rectangles): sew the two DC rectangles to each side of the BC rectangle, 1 cm from the edge.
Rectangles BD and BC (1 of each): sew along their front sides 1 cm from the edge, these two rectangles along side B of each; BD with BC, not the other way around.
The remaining rectangle BD (of the cover): sew the two pieces FD on each side of BD, 1 cm from the edge, on the front sides. The piece BE, join it in turn, 1 cm from the edge, on this rectangle BD.

Once you have 2 hexahedra: one with the external fabric, the other with the internal fabric; join the hexahedra separately to form a cube.

Join sides (BD + BC) to side (2 DC + BC), 1 cm from the edge by their front faces.
Join FD sides to each side of BE, 1 cm from the edge on their front faces.
Join sides (BD + 2 FD + BE) to the rest of the piece.

Join the main faces of the cubes made of both fabrics, sew 1 cm along the entire edge of both pieces, leaving a space without sewing, this will be used to turn the resulting cube. Sew around the edges to give it greater stability.

Iron the seam created to finish the seam.

Sew the velcro: If you want more security, you can sew a piece of velcro on the flap of the box, right in the center of each side of the surface.

Step 5: Make Leather Name Tag

In this step we will design an identifying rectangle, with pieces of semi leather and plastic.

The process is as follows:

Step 5.1. Take measurements (for both leather and plastic).

Mark measurements on semi leather and plastic fabrics.

Step 5.2. Cut 2 pieces of leather to the size of step 5.1.

An inner rectangle must be cut out of the leather rectangle to form a frame for the plastic rectangle.

Step 5.3. Cut plastic to the size of step 5.1.

Cut a plastic rectangle the same size as the leather rectangle.

Step 5.4. Gluing parts

Use contact glue for this or any other type of textile glue.

Step 5.5. Sew leather edge for better presentation

This step can be optional, as the glue is enough to hold the pieces together.

Step 5.6. Glue it to the front of the box

Identify the front center of the box and glue it down a few centimeters to leave space for gluing the handle above the identifier. Leave an unglued space at the top so that the identification paper can be placed there.

Step 5.7. Cut a piece of paper or cardboard for the identifier or tag.

Cut a rectangle of paper or cardboard to identify the contents of the box.