Craft Room Organization: Fabric Lid Jar Tutorial

This past weekend my hubby decided to help me turn our office in to my official sewing/craft space - yippee!   It's a very small space, but I think we've got it functioning pretty well.  And I can't complain, I feel pretty lucky to have a sewing room that I can call my own. I can't wait to show you all the pictures, but we aren't quite finished yet.

So in the meantime, I thought I would share a few tutorials with you on some of the ways I've decided to organize my space.  I have A LOT of metal shank buttons that I cover with fabric and use on the children's clothing that I sell in my shop, The Cottage Mama.  My Grandma and Grandpa used to do a lot of canning, but have recently slowed down in that arena, so they gave me a bunch of mason jars.  Some are your standard jars and others are the really neat older blue jars.

Anyway, I decided I wanted to find a quick and easy way to make the tops of my jars pretty.  So, here's what I did........

Fabric Mason Jar Lid Tutorial

Supplies:

Mason jar with lid

Spray paint

Scraps of fabric

Strong glue - I like Fabri-Tac

Scissors

Pen

Directions:

You will need to use the inner and the outer portions of the lid for this project.

This project is great for using up your scraps of fabric, so pull out your scrap bin to find some fun fabrics you would like to use.

Spread out a plastic bag outside and lay all of the outer parts of the lids on the ground.  I sprayed one other additional lid that was a little different - you can see it to the bottom right corner.

Spray paint the outer portions of the lids.  I used a brown spray paint that I had on hand from another project, but you could totally jazz these up even more and use a fun, bright color.  Let these dry overnight.

Lay the inner part of the lid onto your fabric.

Trace around the lid with your pen.  Don't worry about the pen on the fabric because the very edge will not even show.

Now you have a circle drawn onto your fabric.  I doubled up my fabric and cut two circles at one time.

Use your scissors to cut the circle out of your fabric.

Turn the inner portion of the lid, side up, and apply glue all over the top.

Press your fabric on top of the inner portion of the lid.  Securing the fabric to the lid.

Now take the spray-painted outer lid and place some glue around the inner edge.

Turn the inner portion of the lid upside down and press it into the glue in the outer portion of the lid.  Allow to dry for about an hour.

And there you have it, pretty fabric topped mason jars!

I'm in love with these blue mason jars - they just shout vintage to me.

For these two jars, I used some fabric from Amy Butler "Love" and Heather Bailey's "Nicey Jane".

I love getting organized, but I love it even more when I'm organized AND things look pretty!

Cottage Mama's Note:  Want to do something else fun with your mason jar lids?  Check out my Mason Jar Pin Cushion Tutorial.

Linking to:  Today's Creative Blog and A Soft Place to Land