Hanging fabric shelf by hand. DIY fabric shelves. How to make a beautiful wardrobe with your own hands DIY hinged fabric shelf

No matter how many cabinets you buy, there is always an acute shortage of storage space for all things. The little things you need remain scattered throughout the apartment. And no matter how hard you put in to put everything in place, order in the house is almost impossible to achieve. And here do-it-yourself hinged shelves made of fabric can come to the rescue.

Hanging fabric shelves will not only help you use every meter of room space, but will also become a highlight in your interior.

These shelves are a great place to store combs, cosmetics, books and magazines, and children's toys. If your family has a small child, this hanging structure will serve as a storage for pacifiers, bottles, powders and diapers. Everything you may need at any time will always be at hand. And if you show a little imagination, then such a shelf will easily fit into any interior and will become not only useful, but also a very stylish accessory. And you can create these little masterpieces with your children. After all, doing handicrafts with mom is a useful and fun pastime.

Suspended structures

Hanging shelves are also called pockets. They really most of all resemble pockets of different shapes and sizes, assembled into one design. Ideas for these pocket shelves can be found in design magazines or in the catalogs of major home improvement stores. They have a fairly wide range of hanging structures for storing clothes, shoes, jewelry or washing utensils.

These pockets came to us from Europe, where they became popular 30 years ago and have not ceased to be fashionable since then. Naturally, because they have a lot of undeniable advantages:

There are many options for the execution of shelves made of fabric; an original shelf with bright pockets will be an ideal solution for a nursery.

1. They can be placed anywhere in the apartment (bathroom, children's room, hallway).
2. Despite their small size, they are able to accommodate many things.
3. Hinged soft shelves do not take up much space. They can be placed along a wall, door, inside a wardrobe, etc.
4. They are very easy to care for. These pockets are usually machine washable.

But the factory-made shelves have 1 significant drawback. They cost about the same as complete furniture made of plastic.

Therefore, it is more profitable to sew hanging shelves with your own hands. This requires a minimum of sewing skills and very little time. You can make this piece of furniture from almost anything. You will need colorful rags (even worn-out clothes will do), decorative braid, buttons, small soft toys and the like.

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Materials and tools

Whichever shelf model you choose, you will definitely need the following tools:

The design of the pockets depends only on your imagination, the main thing is to choose the right fabric.

• sewing machine;
• iron;
• large tailor's scissors;
• a ripper (can be replaced with nail scissors with sharp tips);
• pins;
• sewing needles;
• iron pad (can be replaced with a piece of gauze);
• tailor's chalk or a piece of dry colored soap.

As a rule, soft shelves are sewn without preliminary making patterns. All markings are applied directly to the fabric. That is, you do not need paper.

Some models require sufficiently dense walls that hold their shape. In this case, the side parts are cut out in the form of a pocket, inside which a piece of cardboard is inserted, cut to size. But cardboard can be replaced with a non-sticky dense doubler or a “edging” fabric. Then the part from the duplicating fabric is cut out in the same way as the main part, they are folded together and swept away. And further they are processed as a single element. Dublerin can be replaced with a bando gasket, which is used when sewing rigid lambrequins.

Hanging bathroom shelves should be made of water-repellent material, otherwise damp fabric will cause fungus.

The choice of material for sewing the shelf depends not only on your tastes and preferences, but also on the purpose of this decorative element. If you want to place a shelf in the bathroom, then choose fabrics with a water-repellent impregnation. Raincoat or jacket materials will suit you. You can use fabric that is used for sewing swimwear or synthetic lycra. Typically, these materials come in bright, saturated, neon colors.

For a shelf that will hang in the room, choose reliable fabrics with a dense weave of threads: poplin, satin, calico. If you are making a shelf designed to store baby's things, then it is also wiser to cut the seamy side of the pocket out of impregnated fabric. Then even the liquid accidentally spilled from the bottle will not do much harm.

Otherwise, the choice of materials and finishes depends entirely on your taste. You can use almost any fabric, artificial leather, fur. The main thing is to give scope to your imagination.

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Soft fabric shelving

A shelf sewn in the form of a rack is most convenient for storing clothes or bed linen, diapers. It fits comfortably in a wardrobe or closet. It can be hung on the crossbar on which the "coat hangers" with outerwear are placed.

If desired, the compartments of the "rack" can be made multi-colored. And add patch pockets to the outer sidewalls. Then you will have additional storage space.

In order to assemble the shelf, you will need the following parts:

Hanging shelving can be made in black and white colors, complementing the appropriate accessories.

• 1 main part, measuring 1160 * 1350 mm;
• 1 detail of the upper and lower bottom - 1040 * 330 cm;
• 6 shelf parts - 520 * 310 mm;
• fastening loop - 280 * 320 mm.

To make a hanging shelf, you need 3 m of fabric (this parameter can change if you make your own changes to the pattern). For the main part, it is wiser to take a very dense material. For example, denim. If you want the lid and bottom not to be too stiff, replace the cardboard with thin plywood.

There are allowances in the patterns. Above and below the central part of the product, they are 2 cm, on the other sections - 1 cm each.

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Sewing a soft shelf

Lay fabric right side down. Use chalk to mark the details on it, starting with the main one. The required dimensions are shown in the diagram. The rectangles designated ABBA and CDDC represent the sidewalls of the rack. Accordingly, the BB and CC lines are the fold of the fabric (the corners of the future shelf). Mark the location of the future shelves (lines from Z 1 Z 1 to Z 6 Z 6). Cut out the main element, and then outline and cut to size the rest of the parts.

Housewives who love handicraft will appreciate such a device for storing small things.

Fold the front vertical cuts of the part to the wrong side to a width of 10 mm and stitch, passing the line close to the edge. Work one side of the horizontal side of each shelf piece in the same way.

Go back to the main detail. Fold in the horizontal cuts (hem width 15 mm, inner hem 5 mm) and stitch. Along the marked sewing lines for the shelves, alternately fold the main part right side out and iron it. This will make it easier to sew in the details. Insert the horizontal cut of each shelf inside the fold and stitch from the front side of the main part, grabbing the shelves. Be sure to line 5mm from the fold of the fabric. It is necessary to start and finish the stitching before reaching the corner (of the shelving walls) 1 cm. In the same way, stitch the details of the shelves to the sides of the main element, finishing the line exactly at the horizontal seam.

Fold the belt loop in half, right side in. Stitch all cuts, leaving a small area to turn inside out. Turn the piece right out, press and sew on the open seam (best done by hand). Stitch the belt loop to the edge, and sew buttonholes at one end.

Turn short sections of the top and bottom parts to the wrong side (by 10 mm), iron and stitch to the edge. Fold the elements in half, right side in, so that you have a fold on one short side. Sew the sides by placing a line at a distance of 10 mm from the cut. Cut the seam allowances to a width of 5 mm. Turn the part out, straightening the corners, and iron the edges.

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Assembling the structure

Position the top and bottom parts so that their fold faces the front of the rack.

Scheme of assembling a fabric rack: a - cloth link; b - brackets (upper and lower); c - hard plywood insert.

Fold the long top edge of the lid and bottom with the back of the main part right-side up. Lay down the stitching by ironing the allowance on the bottom and lid. Tuck the bottom of the bottom and the lid and stitch it up.

Take together the long side of the parts and the corresponding side of the main element. Sweep them together. Fold over the free sections of the bottom and lid, stitch them, grabbing the allowance of the main part and the top layer of fabric. In this way, pockets for duplicate elements are formed.

Sew the stitch to the cover by sewing to the stitched end of the buttons so that they match the loops. Finish and topstitch the side pockets if desired.

Sand the plywood blanks, round the corners. Place the duplicate pieces in the top and bottom shelf unit. The shelf can now be hung on the bracket. Slip the stitch over it and button it up. Additionally, the shelf can be decorated with braid, lace, beads and tassels. If you want the shelves to be stiff enough too, treat them in the same way as the top and bottom of the rack. Then insert the hard spacer inside.

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Shelf for newspapers and magazines

To make an original shelf for storing newspapers and magazines, you will need 2 wooden beams.

You can take curtain rods as crossbars. And the holders for the cornices will serve as fasteners for this structure. In addition, you will need a base fabric and a lining fabric. Its consumption depends on the dimensions of the shelf. In the example shown, the shelf length is 1.5 m, and the depth is 0.5 m. When calculating the required amount of material, you must also take into account the allowance for the drawstring for threading the crossbars. It should be equal to the diameter of the beam plus 2 cm for a free fit. The allowances for all cuts are equal to 1 cm. And another 1.5 cm for attaching the drawstring. We get the following calculation:

To make a fabric shelf for books, magazines and newspapers, you will need wooden beams, brackets or holders for fastening and fabric.

Shelf depth + beam girth + 2 cm + allowance for attaching the drawstring + allowance for hem \u003d 50 + 15 + 2 + 2 + 1 \u003d 70 cm.

Thus, the height of the top and bottom part will be 70 cm, and the width - 152 cm (main width + hem allowances).

Cut out the details from the base and lining fabric. On the front side, mark the allowances for the drawstring and its stitching. Fold the main and duplicate pieces right-side up. Stitch them around the perimeter 1 cm wide from the cut. Leave a small opening gap in the seam.

Turn the part right out, carefully straightening the corners. Sew the remaining open area by hand. Iron the fabrics and stitch around the entire perimeter at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge (you can use a contrasting color for this). Bend the fabric along the markings for the belt loop and sew to form a pocket. The hinged shelf is ready. It remains to thread the beams into the belt loops and fix them on the wall.

To do this, mark the places for the fasteners and drill out the wall by installing dowels into the holes. Make sure that the sockets are 1 mm smaller than the dowel. Fix the brackets with self-tapping screws. Install the beams with the shelf on them. You can build a similar shelf, but instead of a drawstring, make loops as described in the instructions for the shelving. If you are creating a decor for a children's room, then the cover can be decorated with bright and funny applications.

I already talked about the last project, but at the time of shooting, something was still not ready. You can read about the project in full here http://zhenya-zhdanova.livejournal.com/25112.html, and now I would like to tell you about how we made cabinets in children's rooms. The complex configuration of space and the sky-high budgets of the carpentry shops made the brain work frantically. The search for a solution led to such an approach - we will build cabinets from Ikea, but we will change them beyond recognition. Then, with a reasonable budget and invested effort, they will look like a million. They decided to make the finishing from soft and functional eco-leather, and decorate the facades with imitation panels with the help of furniture nails.

So, first we bought ready-made Pax frames with a height of 230 cm and 200 cm and adapted their dimensions to the configuration of the attic bevel.

Then we bought the most inexpensive facades http://www.ikea.com/ru/ru/catalog/products/S09848433/ and also adapted them to the dimensions of the frames built.

Bought several samples of furniture studs to choose the most suitable

And we experimented with masking tape with tape layout options

We got some vintage pens from an Italian flea and thought about using them. True, there were only three pens, and in the end we were forced to abandon this venture.

And the fun began. 5mm foam rubber was glued to the horizontally laid out facades. Foam rubber was not glued to the ends. After drying, they began to glue the eco-leather.

We used this glue for work.

They were glued in such a way that the edge of the leather coincides with the inner line of the facade. The corners were fixed with a stapler and left to dry. When the skin had set, you could remove the staples from the stapler. And we got this edge.
In these photos, you can still see some traces of "cutting" the facades, which we will later putty and touch up.

We draw a line of upholstery with a pencil and clearly begin to attach the nail tape along it. Move from the center to the edges to keep the fabric tension.

We first try on all intersections, corners and joints in order to more accurately calculate the step

Whatever the size of an apartment or house, there is always not enough free space. Little things have to be laid out in drawers and shelves. All this leads to a constant feeling of confusion. Today we have collected 18 extraordinary storage systems that you can make with your own hands for a penny.

1. Hanging shelves

2. Kitchen organizer

3. Mini hangers

4. Open shelving

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5. Shelves

6. Shoe shelf

7. Organizer for the office

8. Three-level organizer

9. Shelf-hanger

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10. Shelves

11. Charging station

12. Hanging organizer

13. Creative hanger

14. Table

15. Organizer for jewelry

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16. Hallway hanger

Tool holder.

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The shelf is textile. In my case, for storing used shoes in the closet. A piece of fabric was used, the remains of old jeans. The shelves are sewn like pockets. For stiffness, two cartons are inserted into the shelves, cut from the boxes in which these shoes lay.

Pipe attachment system.

Horizontal stripes were sewn onto the top shelf and the shelf in the middle, it turned out something like a loop. You can put scarves in it and just cover all the "good". At the same time, keep scarves close at hand. Which also turned out to be very convenient.

And now a master class, which I downloaded somewhere. True, I did change a few things. For example, plywood has become cardboard, the size has also changed. I attached the shelf to the pipe with cotton wool. My shelf is smaller, but in this version it is also quite roomy.

What you need: 3 m strong
decorative or denim fabric 140 cm wide; 3 buttons with a diameter of 2.5 cm; 2
a sheet of plywood with a thickness of 4 mm, 49x30 cm; tailor's chalk. Description
work
Cutting (allowances in dimensions are taken into account: 2 cm in
top and bottom cuts of the main part, 1 cm for all other cuts):
a) main part 116 x 135 cm
b) bottom 104 x 33 cm
c) cover 104 x 33 cm
d) 6 shelves 52 x 31 cm
e) stitch for hanging 28 x 32 cm

According to the diagram on the seamy side of the main
mark the details with tailor's chalk levels for the shelves Z1 - Z6 and fold lines
B-B and C-C \u003d future angles. Iron front sections A-A and D-D twice on
wrong side 1 cm wide and topstitch. One short (\u003d front)
on the side of each shelf, make a similar hem. Top and bottom
to the sides of the main part A-D, fold the sections to a width of 0.5 cm, then unscrew
on the wrong side 1.5 cm wide and topstitch.
Along the marked lines (\u003d shelf levels) the main
fold the part with the wrong side inward and press the folds. Then longitudinal
cut each shelf along the inner fold and fold on the front side
stitch at a distance of 0.5 cm, grabbing the shelf. Finish the line without reaching
to a corner of 1 cm.Similarly stitch the shelf along the second longitudinal and rear
short sides. Fold the hanging stitch in half (\u003d 28 x 16 cm)
side inward, grind the cuts, leaving a small area for turning
open. Turn out the part, iron the edges, sew up the open area by hand.
Stitch along the edges, acc. sweep 3 loops and sew on buttons.
On short cuts of the bottom, perform a double
hem 1 cm wide.Fold the part in half right side inward (one by one
short side - fold), grind the side cuts at a distance of 1 cm.
cut the seams to a width of 4 mm, turn the part out, iron the edges. Bottom (fold \u003d
front edge) fold with the wrong side of the main part and stitch to the edge
hem along the AB line, aligning the side seam with it (seam allowances \u003d 0.5 cm). By
lines C-D to sew the bottom in the same way. On the back side to the main part along
lines В-С to attach only the top layer of the bottom. Perform the cover in the same way.
bottom. Sew a stitch on the top layer so that the fastener is on the side.
When grinding the lid on the back, only grip the bottom layer.
Sand the edges of the plywood parts well
paper and, rounding the corners, put in the double bottom and lid. Hang the shelf
on the stitch to the bracket.