Toy Storage Cubes

For my next colorful trick, I made my daughter a couple toy storage cubes! I followed this Patchwork Storage Cube Tutorial (minus the patchwork), and added my own style of handle.

When I saw this cotton oxford in an apple and an egg print on Stonemountain & Daughter, I thought they were the perfect fit for a joyful toy bucket. I ended up accidentally getting too much fabric, which is not a problem because I can make extra things, like this pen tray (link requires filtering out lots of “distracting content”):

For the handles, I used 10" of cotton webbing. They’re centered in the middle 5" on two sides of the cube. I had to think real hard about how to attach them because it’s a bit tricky sometimes to think in 3D (sewing them to the outside was the right call).

On the first cube I made (apples), I accidentally cut 6 panels of the outer fabric, because I was thinking in terms of how many faces a full cube has. I ended up deciding to make this a design feature by using the patterned fabric for the bottom of the interior on both buckets:

That’s it! I’m thinking I’ll use the egg bin for my daughter’s soft toys, and the apples for anything firm. That is, until she’s a toddler and chaos reigns, presumably.