keeping teens tidy ha ha ha !

In an effort to try and get the teen girl

to keep her room tidy I've made her

some pretty boxes to store her things in.

I know I'm not the only one with messy teenagers

so I've done a little tutorial for the boxes in case

you need help too .

They really are so quick and easy to make

that I thought they'd be great Christmas presents

with a few nice things inside .

You can make these any size just adjust

the measurements to suit .

First I cut 4 x 20cm x 20cm squares in two colours.

I then ironed a firm interfacing to the wrong side

of the fabric that I chose to have on the outside .

Stitch around 3 sides of the two front pieces

with right sides facing.

Repeat with the inner fabric but in this case

leave a generous gap for turning .

On the wrong sides of each base corner

mark out a square 3cm x 3cm.

Fold the fabric to make a neat corner .

Pin and stitch across the line .

Trim excess .

Repeat with inner fabric .

Place inner box inside the outer box

with right sides facing and side seams even

and stitch all the way around .

Turn your box the right side out through the gap

you left in the inner fabric .

Stitch gap neatly closed .

Press along the top edge of the box and top stitch .

Now your pretty box is ready to be filled

with junk by your messy teenager

or is this just what happens in my house !