Boxing Match

I cannot remember where I saw this, online somewhere. Apologies if it was your blog! I am the sort of person who has always kept ongoing craft projects in a multitude of carrier bags. Wool, needles, pattern - or fabric, threads, scissors, pins and needles - paper, pens and crayons, ruler, scissors, pritt stick and sellotape. And I carry them into the lounge, then later shove everything back in, and the carrier joins all the others on the spare bed. But there are disadvantages...

• They fall over and things roll out
• I have to sort through lots as I cannot remember what is in which bag
• I have to scrabble in the bag to find the thing I want

What I need is a neat basket or box with a open top so I can see the contents and locate things easily. And here it is, the carrier bag box. Made from things I had already, in a few minutes..

I used bags from Morrisons, their woven reusable bags, around £1 each. I cut up old grocery boxes, to make stiffening panels. You simply open up the bag, and fold the sides down inside, till the top edge touches the bottom.
Then slide those card panels up to hold everything stiff. Now I have two useful boxes, which I can turn back to bags whenever I want. TaDa!