Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

This post is about my secret, pre-QuiltCon sewing. I've been waiting, with great anticipation, to meet more than a dozen quilters I've come to know well through the Mid-Century Modern Bee (I was a member in 2013 and 2014), blogging, and Instagram. When I met these quilters at QuiltCon, face-to-face, I wanted them to know how happy I am about knowing them. So, I made a whole bunch of these! Sixteen to be precise. These are travel trays. With all the fabrics coming from my stash - both the outside prints and inside solids - and batting and thread in abundance, they were almost free to sew. The part that was a little challenging was coming up with four pair of snaps for each one. 17 X 4 = 68 pair of snaps! I prefer the sew-on type snaps and bought-up all the size 1 snaps that JoAnn Fabrics had in stock! Then, I settled for gripper snaps for the remainder. Happily, I found several packages of decorator gripper snaps on clearance. The decorative snaps look good, but are a little heavier. I still prefer the sew-in kind. The pattern writer suggests using Velcro to join the corners, but from experience I know Velcro would catch on clothes in a suitcase. If you aren't familiar with what a travel tray is, and does... it's simply a small (7" X 9") quilt that snaps at the corners to form a tray to hold your eyeglasses, rings, wristwatch or any other important items you need to keep track of when you're traveling. Isn't this chair print adorable? It's a new one from a collection called "Sanibel." How perfect! I use a travel tray all the time! The one on my nightstand holds the pills I need to take every morning. It was really fun to sew these, especially picking out print and solid combinations. And I even enjoyed hand sewing on the snaps. I sewed my quilt label into each travel tray because I do want my friends to think of me when they use their tray. I sure think of them often, and I'm grateful they're part of my life. If you'd like to make a travel tray as a "happy to meet you" gift for a friend, or for yourself, here's the link to the free pattern. Linda

Snap Trays are all the rage these days for storage, ort containers, and bead containers but did you know that you can make your own? The advantage here is that you can use fabrics in your stash and create it so it just the look and size you want. I found some wonderful internet resources […]

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

This tutorial shows how to make a simple fabric tray or basket with kam snaps holding the corners. These are quick, easy and decorative to make! No pattern.

When traveling and staying at a hotel I always try to place my key, phone and jewelry in a secure area where it won’t get knocked off and lost on the floor or behind the furniture. It is always a worry that something will fall behind the furniture so I am always double checking that I have everything from the night before.My sister Jeannine solved that problem by giving me this very practical and useful travel tray, plus it is pretty too. It is basically a quilted, rounded off square with Velcro in the corners to make it close up to make a shallow tray. When I am ready to head home I pull the Velcro apart on the corners to make it lie flat again and slip it into my suitcase. I decided to make these for my friends, daughters and granddaughters for Christmas. (when my grandson’s get older I will make them each one to pack but right now at ages 10 and 13 they are a bit young and wouldn’t know what to do with them.)I cut 2 squares at 9 1/2” and one piece of thinner batting about 10 1/2”square. I chose prints for the outside fabric and a lighter more solid fabric for the inside of the tray. Left over pieces of batting work great for this project.Round off the corners for ease of construction. You can use a template, old CD or DVD or any other round object to trace around on the wrong side of the lighter fabric to round it off. Mark all 4 corners.Layer the two pieces of fabric right sides together then place the fabric on the batting and pin to secure. As you can see the batting peeks out around the two fabrics. Easy to stitch so you don’t have to worry about it creeping away from the seam lines when stitching.Stitch 1/4” around the rounded square leaving an opening on one side. Back stitch at the beginning and the end. Trim the excess batting away from the seam line leaving just a bit caught in the stitching line. This will eliminate some of the bulk at the seams.Turn it right side out and use your finger or blunted object to push out the corners. Press flat keeping the seam line on the edge of the square. Turn under the fabric at the opening and press then pin the opening closed. Top stitch around the entire edge pretty close so it catches the area you left open for turning.Mark a line 2” across each side with something that can be removed or not show after stitching. Stitch on those markings and also a diagonal line in to the 2” lines from each corner like the example below.At this point you don’t really have to do any more stitching if you don’t want to but I like to machine quilt the entire piece to make it more dense and a little stiffer. Cut Velcro pieces about 3/4” long and stitch the small pairs of Velcro to each corner. (Tip – make sure you have one loopy side and one hooky side for each corner!) As you can see the outside (below) is a blue print and quite busy but the inside (above) is a light color so items placed in it will show up. A busy print for the inside would make it hard to see small items placed in the tray – keep inside light and more solid looking.This is what it looks like with the Velcro corners pinched together and with some jewelry inside.These are very quick to make and wonderful gifts to give to friends and family.Check the next post for more photos of all the finished travel trays I made for Christmas gifts. Until Later, Lynn

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Need a simple gift? Fabric trays are easy to make. This FREE pattern could also be used as a great little lesson for a youngster interested in learning to sew. Follow along as I show you how.

My father is notoriously hard to buy for. He always says he doesn't need anything. This makes Christmas challenging. Even more so, his birthday is the 8th of December. ( My sister's is the 6th. Mother's - the 10th of January. Nephew - the 5th of January. Crazy family and their winter birthdays....) I have a hard time coming up with ideas for things he'd actually like and use. I have to admit, though, the potato pellet gun was a hoot. The victims rest of the family still haven't forgiven me for that one. Father travels a lot. So I made him these trays. They hold your change, your keycard, your wallet, your phone, etc., on the hotel dresser so you don't lose anything. And since they have snaps, they collapse to pack flat in your suitcase. I bookmarked a tutorial on similar trays, planning to read it later when I had time, and then couldn't find it when I went to make them. So I made it up as I went along. I added some batting so that they were softer in the bottom so if he dumped his phone in there, it would be somewhat protected. I also chose flannel to line them so they wouldn't scratch anything. To position the batting so it wouldn't shift, I cut it to finished size of the bottom and drew lines in the centre of some fusible interfacing cut to the size of my finished tray plus 1/4" seam allowance. I centred the batting in the squares I drew on the interfacing and fused it to the flannel. Then I cut around the interfacing to get my inside pieces and cut same size pieces from my quilting cotton for the outsides. Forgive the bad lighting. I can only sew late at night right now... He loves them. He has one in Toronto right now. He may also have gone to Leafs game last night. I'm terribly jealous. :-) I also have some incredible thank-yous to give out for something cool that happened at Soaps last Friday night but I'm hoping to get a copy of a picture first... Stay tuned.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PHYSICAL OR FINISHED ITEM. These are DIGITAL design files to be used with an embroidery machine. NO REFUNDS will be offered to anyone who purchases this listing by mistake. Create a snapping tray for use when traveling to keep your valuables together. These trays are also useful for containing jewelry or keeping important items close at hand in your sewing room. Keep one in your office space for a USB or glasses or a stylus pen. The trays can be personalized with a monogram or embroidery in your editing software. These make great gifts! (Make some for yourself too.) This set includes EIGHT sizes of snapping trays (including one that fits business cards). For each size you have two options: CROSSHATCH embroidery in the center; or a blank center with border so you can personalize with your own embroidery. Snap placement is programmed into the design so you know exactly where to place snaps. This design is digitized to hide start/stop knots under the snaps for a professional looking finished project. ~ DESIGN INFO ~ - DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, VIP, VP3, XXX formats included - Eight tray sizes included in this set (See specifics below) - PDF instructions (with photos) included - Download files after Etsy purchase is complete Design sizes: 3.82” x 3.82” (4" x 4") 4.96” x 4.96” (5" x 5") 4.69” x 6.22” (5" x 7") 5.98 ”x 5.98” (6" x 6") 6.97” x 6.97” (7" x 7") 6.69” x 9.72” (7" x 10") 7.72” x 7.72” (8" x 8") 8.98” x 8.98” (9" x 9") There are no refunds, returns, or exchanges on these digital files. You have permission to make and sell items made with our embroidery machine designs. You may NOT sell our designs as your own or alter parts of our designs to create designs to sell. ©MollyMade - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This tutorial shows how to make a simple fabric tray or basket with kam snaps holding the corners. These are quick, easy and decorative to make! No pattern.

This tutorial shows how to make a simple fabric tray or basket with kam snaps holding the corners. These are quick, easy and decorative to make! No pattern.

This tutorial shows how to make a simple fabric tray or basket with kam snaps holding the corners. These are quick, easy and decorative to make! No pattern.

There are several versions of the snap trays: two corner styles, and many different sizes for everything from a 4×4 to a 5×7 to an 8×8 machine.

This tutorial shows how to make a simple fabric tray or basket with kam snaps holding the corners. These are quick, easy and decorative to make! No pattern.

Fabric basket snap trays not only serve as a catch-all for your coins, keys, jewelry, etc, they are also extremely eye-catching with their endless possibilities in fabric design and shape. Make them square or rectangle, big or small, floral or checker patterned. After you've made one, you'll wonder how you did without.

Yay! great news.. You can now download the pattern from my blog. Come on over

The Batten Leather Tray pattern is a pdf downloadable leather crafting template to create two stitch-less leather valet trays. The big one will welcome your wallet, coins, keys and any other pocket contents that you may want to throw in when you get home. It can also be a good work bench companion to keep small leather tools or materials in. The mini tray is good for jewellery or small leather crafting materials such as snaps, rivets and such. This leather valet tray template uses a stitch less technique with hooks and knots and does not require any stitching, glue or snap buttons! The pattern also gives the opportunity to combine two leathers when making the trays. Welcome Leather Crafters, Crafting DS Leather Goods patterns is an exciting way to challenge yourself, grow your skill set and attract new customers with modern and innovative designs. Have fun making The Batten Leather Trays! Happy crafting, Deyan ===== IMPORTANT ===== This product is a digital PDF pattern of The Batten Leather Trays designed by DS Leather Goods and not a physical item. Since this is a digital download product, returns, refunds and exchanges are not accepted. Your download link will become available as soon as Etsy confirms your payment on www.etsy.com/your/purchases Important: PDF files are intended for printing and cannot be opened in PDF editing software. ===== THE BATTEN TRAYS ===== The Batten Dimensions: ~12/12/4cm (~4.7/4.7/1.6 inches) Capacity: throw in your wallet, keys, coins or whatever is in your pockets when you get home. Or it can even be a good companion for your work bench to hold some small tools or materials. The Mini Batten Dimensions: ~6/6/2cm (~2.4/42.4/0.8 inches) Capacity: can be used as jewelry or coins tray as well as to keep in leather craft materials such as snap buttons, key rings, rivets etc. Skill level: Beginner Recommended leather: > 1.6-1.8mm thickness (4-4.5 oz), medium to stiff temper No stitching, glue or snap buttons required. :) Pattern specific tools/materials: 2mm and 4mm hole punches ===== USES ===== > If you are a 1-person small leather crafting business you can sell as many products as you want that you made using this pattern, otherwise please consider the pattern for personal use only. > Selling or distributing this pattern via any means for commercial or non-commercial purposes and creating cut dies (clicker dies) using the pattern is forbidden. > Non-handmade production of The Batten Leather Trays via any means is not allowed. > If you have any questions regarding the pattern or the build, feel free to reach out to me via www.instagram.com/dsleathergoods > If you post The Batten Leather Tray you have created on social media, please always credit my Instagram account and/or my Etsy shop ===== YOU WILL RECEIVE ===== Archived .zip folder containing: 1. The Batten Leather Trays digital pattern in PDF format: A4 size 2. The Batten Leather Trays digital pattern in PDF format: Letter size 3. Basic crafting instructions written within the PDF pattern files 4. A surprise gift: two random leather craft related phone wallpaper images 5. Whenever possible and on best effort basis, I will re-share via IG stories your Instagram posts featuring The Batten Leather Tray you made and that you tagged me on to a 60K+ global audience. Important: PDF files are intended for printing and cannot be opened in PDF editing software. Happy crafting, Deyan at DS Leather Goods

Sew your own fabric baskets with snap corners so you can store them flat! Step-by-step instructions - a great sewing project for beginners

When traveling and staying at a hotel I always try to place my key, phone and jewelry in a secure area where it won’t get knocked off and lost on the floor or behind the furniture. It is always a worry that something will fall behind the furniture so I am always double checking that I have everything from the night before.My sister Jeannine solved that problem by giving me this very practical and useful travel tray, plus it is pretty too. It is basically a quilted, rounded off square with Velcro in the corners to make it close up to make a shallow tray. When I am ready to head home I pull the Velcro apart on the corners to make it lie flat again and slip it into my suitcase. I decided to make these for my friends, daughters and granddaughters for Christmas. (when my grandson’s get older I will make them each one to pack but right now at ages 10 and 13 they are a bit young and wouldn’t know what to do with them.)I cut 2 squares at 9 1/2” and one piece of thinner batting about 10 1/2”square. I chose prints for the outside fabric and a lighter more solid fabric for the inside of the tray. Left over pieces of batting work great for this project.Round off the corners for ease of construction. You can use a template, old CD or DVD or any other round object to trace around on the wrong side of the lighter fabric to round it off. Mark all 4 corners.Layer the two pieces of fabric right sides together then place the fabric on the batting and pin to secure. As you can see the batting peeks out around the two fabrics. Easy to stitch so you don’t have to worry about it creeping away from the seam lines when stitching.Stitch 1/4” around the rounded square leaving an opening on one side. Back stitch at the beginning and the end. Trim the excess batting away from the seam line leaving just a bit caught in the stitching line. This will eliminate some of the bulk at the seams.Turn it right side out and use your finger or blunted object to push out the corners. Press flat keeping the seam line on the edge of the square. Turn under the fabric at the opening and press then pin the opening closed. Top stitch around the entire edge pretty close so it catches the area you left open for turning.Mark a line 2” across each side with something that can be removed or not show after stitching. Stitch on those markings and also a diagonal line in to the 2” lines from each corner like the example below.At this point you don’t really have to do any more stitching if you don’t want to but I like to machine quilt the entire piece to make it more dense and a little stiffer. Cut Velcro pieces about 3/4” long and stitch the small pairs of Velcro to each corner. (Tip – make sure you have one loopy side and one hooky side for each corner!) As you can see the outside (below) is a blue print and quite busy but the inside (above) is a light color so items placed in it will show up. A busy print for the inside would make it hard to see small items placed in the tray – keep inside light and more solid looking.This is what it looks like with the Velcro corners pinched together and with some jewelry inside.These are very quick to make and wonderful gifts to give to friends and family.Check the next post for more photos of all the finished travel trays I made for Christmas gifts. Until Later, Lynn

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