These sweet fabric trays make great containers for all of your sewing essentials

Finished sizes of the trays:

• Large tray: 16 x 16cm
• Medium tray: 13 x 13cm
• Small tray: 9 x 9c

For the large tray:

• 
Two pieces of 25cm-square cotton fabric  – we used two contrasting designs
• 
Two pieces of 25cm-square medium-weight iron-on interfacin

For the medium tray:

• 
Two pieces of 20cm-square cotton fabric
• Two pieces of 20cm-square medium-weight iron-on interfacing

For the small tray:

• Two pieces of 15cm-square cotton fabric
• Two pieces of 15cm-square medium-weight iron-on interfacing

For all trays:

• Damp cloth and iron
• Matching sewing thread
• Sewing machine
• Scissors
• 
Ruler
• Dressmaker’s 
marker pen

How to make the trays

1 Place the fabric squares 
right side down on your work surface. Position the interfacing on top with the adhesive side facing down. Lay a damp cloth on top and press with an iron.

2 Place the squares right sides together, pin and machine- stitch around the edges using 
a 1cm seam allowance. Leave an 8cm opening in the middle of one edge for turning through.

3 Trim the seam allowances and snip across the corners. Turn right side out, carefully poke out the corners, turn 
in the edges at the opening 
and press. Slip-stitch the opening closed.

4 Machine topstitch all the way around, 0.5cm in from the outside edges.

5 For the large tray: Pinch 
a corner so the right sides 
of the lining fabric are facing, 
then measure and mark 3.5cm in from the point.

6 Pin, then draw a straight 
line down to the folded edge, using a dressmaker’s 
marker pen. Machine-stitch along this 
line and repeat with the remaining 
three corners.

For the medium tray: Repeat as above, measuring 2.5cm in from the points.

For the small tray: Repeat 
as above, measuring 2cm 
in from the points.