How to Build a CD Holder

It isn't necessary to spend money on a CD holder when you can make one on your own with materials you most likely have at home. This homemade design is simple and offers a way to display compact discs in a small amount of space while also recycling cardboard and leftover fabric from your last craft projects. Choose fabrics that match your personality and enjoy having an organized way to store your compact discs.

Scraps of fabric (8x 5 inch strips)
Iron
2 pieces of coordinating pattern (8 x14 inch fabric)
Push pins
Sewing machine
Thread
2 thin rectangular pieces of cardboard (12 X 16 inch)
Tape
Scissors
Hot glue gun
CD's

Instructions

- 1
  Plug in your iron and put on cotton setting. Take a long edge and roll it under evenly, approximately 2 inches. Press it with your hot iron to prevent fraying.
- 2
  Layer your strips in desired order/pattern onto your 8 x 14 inch base fabric. Each piece should be 1/2 inch lower than the one above it.
- 3
  Push pin the fabric together. Use your sewing machine to sew the fabric down at least an inch and a half from the edge. Keep the layers open at the top so you can create the pocket for each compact disc.
- 4
  Turn your sewn piece over. Place your cardboard in the center and then pull the edges of the fabric over the cardboard.
- 5
  Tape the fabric to the cardboard on the back where the cardboard and fabric meet to keep them together.
- 6
  Wrap your coordinating 8 x 14 inch fabric piece around the second piece of cardboard. Tape the fabric to the cardboard on the back where the cardboard and fabric meet.
- 7
  Sew the fabric to the cardboard just beyond where the tape attaches to your fabric (approximately 2 inches from the cardboard edge). Move slowly so you do not break or bend a needle.
- 8
  Remove the tape from the cardboard and use scissors to cut away any access fabric.
- 9
  Plug in your hot glue gun. Hot glue the cardboard piece with the compact disc pockets to the other piece of fabric covered cardboard along the edges.
- 10
  Let the glue dry 5 to 10 minutes before placing CD's in your new holder.

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