Fabric Lego Bucket Tutorial

It’s time for a tutorial from Paola over at Sweet Julia Boutique and I think you’re going to love this one! If you’re like me, there are Legos ALL over your house. With 4 little boys, you know they’re popular here. And it’s that time of year when you just want to get things cleaned up and organized right? Here’s a perfect tutorial for you to do just that. It’s a Lego Cinch Bucket and it holds up to 500 Lego bricks!

Who wants to make one? Here’s Paola:

Well, the holidays are behind us and it’s about time to start tidying up! My son got lots and lots of legos added to his already extensive collection, so what a better project than a Lego Carrier, a cinch basket perfect to collect and carry them without dropping a piece, thanks to the cinch closure. This bucket is lined and all seams are hidden using french seams.

Lego Cinch Bucket Tutorial:

Supplies Needed:

1 yard of fabric (Plus scraps for contrasting band and cinch casing)
22 ” of cotton webbing
1 45″ shoe lace
1 cord stop
Fusible Fleece
Circle Pattern found HERE

Cutting Guide: Width x Length

Circle piece pattern:

cut 1 main
cut 1 lining
cut 1 fusible fleece

Main body:

cut 1 piece 27″ x 15.5″ (main)
cut 1 piece 27″ x 15.5″ (lining)

Casing:

cut 1 piece 27″x 6″

Contrasting Band:

cut 1 piece 27″ x 6″

Step 1:
Iron the fusible side of fusible fleece to the wrong side of your main circle piece. Place lining circle piece on top of fleece, right side up. Pin around the circle and baste together if desired.

Step 2:

Grab your main body piece, casing piece and main lining piece. Place casing piece on top of lining body piece, right side up. Place Main piece on top of casing, right side down. It should look like this:

Pin all three layers together and sew with a 1/2″ seam allowance.

Step 3:

Open the piece you just sewed up, so the main and lining pieces are aligned together. Iron and topstitch along the main body side.

Step 4:

Since we are already at the ironing board, why not start a memory press for the casing. Measure 1/2″ from the top of the casing piece and iron it to the wrong side. From there, measure 1″ and iron to the wrong side of casing piece again. This will make finishing the casing easier when it’s time.

Step 5:

Grab the contrasting band piece and iron each one of the long sides 1/4″ to the wrong side. Bring together and stitch along the right side with 1/8″ seam allowance (I used my edge stitch foot, it’s a life saver!)

Step 6:

Place band piece 1″ down from the casing and main piece seam, pin and sew along the bottom, attaching the band piece to both the main and lining pieces.

Step 7:
Bring fabric lining sides together and pin along the side. Don’t forget to unfold the memory case you made for the casing for this step. Sew with a 1/4″ seam allowance on the right side of the finished main piece. Press seam open and turn wrong side out. Sew along the side seam with a 1/2″ seam allowance, encasing the first seam. This also known as a french seam. You now have a clean seam, no serger needed!

Step 8:

Use the side seam as a reference for the sides, unfold memory press and from there find the center of the casing piece. Mark with a disappearing ink pen or chalk. From the center of the casing piece measure 1″ to each side and mark 3/8″ down from the second memory press line. Use your buttonhole foot to create a 1/2″ buttonhole on each side from the center.Remember to keep the casing unfolded for now. You may also use an eyelet tool and place eyelets instead. You may now fold down your casing, close your casing piece with a 1/8″ seam allowance or use an edge stitch foot if you have one.

Step 9:
Now it’s time to add our circle piece. Pin the main piece, wrong sides together with the circle piece and sew with a 1/4″ seam allowance. Turn wrong side out and sew with a 1/2″ seam allowance, creating a french seam and fully enclosing the seam. I usually pin to make sure everything stays in place. You are almost there!

Step 10:

Turn your bucket inside out. Grab your cotton webbing. Turn each end 1/4″ to the inside and sew, to prevent fraying after attaching the handle. Measure 1″ from the bottom of the band on each side (you may use the side seam as a reference) and sew around creating a square that goes from the bottom of the webbing strap, up one inch, and down right under the bottom of the band piece and down again to meet the starting point. You may also reinforce the strap by sewing an X from corner to corner of the square yo just sewed.

Step 11:
Run the shoelace through one buttonhole until it comes out the other. My mom always used a bobby pin to do this so I do it myself too, it makes it so much easier! Add the Cord stop and tie the ends of the shoe laces.

Enjoy! and have your little ones pick up those Legos! Now they can be stored and carried in nice little buckets! Did I mention each bucket holds about 500 lego bricks?

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