I have made a wooden keepsake box as 21st present and was thinking of lining it with crushed velvet. Just wondering if i can glue the velvet to the wood or will the glue go right through and just make the material hard? Has anyone tried doing this, any advice appreciated.

farmer47 - 2020-11-19 07:31:00

Make cardboard panels to fit each section, wrap the crushed velvet around to the back of each piece and glue on the back, then glue each panel in separately, with the bottom one going in last.

articferrit - 2020-11-19 13:31:00

Thanks Articferrit sounds good will give it a try. Have used felt as a lining for a couple of others but thought velvet might look better for this one.

farmer47 - 2020-11-19 19:42:00

I was given one for my 21st, a carved camphorwood box with the padded lining done just that way. It was satin quilted, with a tiny pearl in each of the quilt stitched corners. I still have it all those decades later...

Lovely thing.

oh_hunnihunni - 2020-11-19 22:03:00

articferrit wrote:

Make cardboard panels to fit each section, wrap the crushed velvet around to the back of each piece and glue on the back, then glue each panel in separately, with the bottom one going in last.

What an excellent idea; wish I'd thought of doing that when I lined one! Thank you for sharing

starseeker - 2020-11-20 14:41:00

Just be aware that sometimes colours in velvet run if they get damp.

voyager4 - 2020-11-24 10:32:00

voyager4 wrote:

Just be aware that sometimes colours in velvet run if they get damp.

So if I was to wash velvet before using is this likely to remove any dye that is likely to run. I would hate to give this as a gift and ruin something that may be kept in it. Don"t know much about this sort of thing, more of the chainsaw and angle grinder type.

farmer47 - 2020-12-12 18:40:00

articferrit wrote:

Make cardboard panels to fit each section, wrap the crushed velvet around to the back of each piece and glue on the back, then glue each panel in separately, with the bottom one going in last.

that’s what I would do too if I wasn’t using felt. You could cover any joins with braid of some kind? Or velvet ribbon?

lakeview3 - 2020-12-12 19:50:00

If you use cotton velvet it would be better as it’s not stretchy.

lakeview3 - 2020-12-12 19:51:00

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kittycatkin - 2020-12-24 18:14:00

I had some stiff sheets of felt so used that to glue the velvet to. The panel idea has come up really well, it looks great. Thanks people for your tips and comments.

farmer47 - 2020-12-27 09:03:00