Upcycled Sweater to Stylish Organizing Bin #2

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Upcycled Sweater to Stylish Organizing Bins with title text reading Upcycled Sweater Bins
Remember a couple of weeks ago when I decided I couldn’t part with on old, but favorite sweater? {here}  Well, I couldn’t part with the sleeves of the sweater either (if you’ve been following my projects, I know you’re not surprised). 
pink sweaters and an old fashioned oats container
 
 I had a pretty pink striped sweater sleeve and an oatmeal container. It was just meant to be.
 
a hand putting a sweater over an oatmeal container
  
I slipped the oatmeal container into the sleeve and adjusted the position until I liked the stripe pattern that was showing.  
 
 
scissors being used to cut a sweater
 
I cut the sleeve so there would be just enough to cover the bottom of the container.
 
showing where to put the tape on the bottom of the upcycled sweater container
 
I used clear packing tape to attach the sweater to the bottom of the container.  The packing tape will hold the sleeve in place and keep the cut edges from fraying.  I used glue dot strips to attach the finished (bottom) edge of the sweater inside the top of the container.
 
Upcycled sweater and box organizing containers
 
Now I just need to create a craft table for myself so these fun containers can be put to use.
  

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  1. I love this so much!!! Everyone has old sweaters and this is such a fast craft – that’s the kind my sister and i LOVE. Please link up with What to do Weekends Party on our blog. This is so awesome. Following you now on Pinterest, Bloglovin, and Facebook. Linda

  2. Very cute idea to organize items….Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week; I hope you’ll join us again! Cheers,Kathy Shea MorminoThe Chicken Chick

  3. Such a great idea! I’m pinning this on my Fabulously Frugal board and my Green Living board. These would make for great gift boxes, too!

  4. Oh my! Now that’s just crafty! I have about 100 sweaters I could use for this.. I better get a cutting 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing with us at Weekend Wonders. Hope you’re having a great week!

  5. This is too cute!!

    I’d love it if you shared it at Living Well Spending Less this week for our Thrifty Thursday party! I think my readers will love it!

  6. Hi Susan, Thank you for linking up to the Pinktastic Party and more importantly, thank you for all of your support, not just for the BC campaign, but for everything. I truly value and appreciate your friendship. Hugs, Holly

  7. I am totally in love with many of my sweaters. But I am not crafty so i usually just give them away when the time comes. But this craft I am pretty sure I can do!!

    Thx
    ~Allie

  8. This is a fabulous idea! My mind is just racing now with all of the fun things we could do with clothing we just can’t seem to part with. Thank you!

  9. This is just awesome! I have a sweater just like that only difference is that is has purple, lavender and white. I also love the sweater. I will definitely be putting my old sweaters to good use now. Thanks for the idea!

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Upcycled Sweater to Stylish Organizing Bin

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 Upcycled Sweater Shoe Box Organizing Bin
 

As the weather warmed up I went through my winter clothes to see what items needed to be purged.  This has been one of my favorite sweaters.  My husband gave it to me 7 or 8 years ago and I loved the bright cheerful colors in the winter.  But it has seen better days. I just couldn’t part with it so I had to think up a great upcycling project.  Since I love to organize (go figure, right), I thought I’d cover an old shoe box and make an organizing bin.

sweater & a box
 
I slipped the box into the body of the sweater and repositioned the sweater until I liked the stripes that were showing.
 
showing how to cover a box with a sweater
 
I cut the rest of the sweater away.  It was easy to cut along a stripe.
 
showing how to cover a box with a sweater and where to cut the sweater
 
 
 
I used glue dots to adhere the sweater to the inside of the shoe box.  Be sure to put the finished edge (the bottom) of the sweater inside the box so that it won’t fray.
 
 
showing how to cover a box with a sweater
 
 
 
Once you have the finished edge of the sweater adhered to the inside of the box, flip it over .
 
 
showing how to cover a box with a sweater
 
 
 I just folded the edges of the sweater and used packing tape to cover all the cut edges of the sweater.  The packing tape keeps the cut edge from fraying and keeps the sweater from slipping around.
 
 
showing how to cover a box with a sweater and where to tape the sweater on the bottom of the box
 
 
Upcycled Sweater Organizing Box
 Ta Da!  How pretty and how easy.
 
 
 
 
 I’m loving this quick, easy upcycle project.  Be watching for more soon.
 
 
pencil, stamps, notepad, envelope, and file folder in an Upcycled Sweater Organizing Box
 
 
 

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  1. Yayyy I just love this kind of crafty projects! so much fun and totally transforms the look! Nice tip! It would be awesome if you shared this in my Link Party, it is up now!Pinned!Hope you have a lovely weekHugsCami

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