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The Sewcial Media: BACKPACK ORGANIZER INSERT with 15 Compartments Poc...: Have you ever thought that it is so irritating when everything falls to the bottom of your backpack and it takes ages to find something beca...

BACKPACK ORGANIZER INSERT with 15 Compartments Pockets DIY homemade project

Have you ever thought that it is so irritating when everything falls to the bottom of your backpack and it takes ages to find something because you have to rummage around due to everything being all mixed up and messed up? This organizer with 15 pockets or compartments is quite easy to make and requires no other template than the template of your backpack outline and the things you have to lug around!

This is the template, traced from the outline of the back of the backpack.

This is a sheet of buckram stiffener, to be cut a few mm smaller than the outline of the template.

View of organizer in use and in action.

I am a total backpack devotee. I am not a handbag kind of girl. It is so awkward with a heavy one-sided bag and the same thing always happens - everything inside is messed up and jumbled up. For evenings out to cinemas or restaurants, I have little crossbody bags and so I can be hands free on the tube or when travelling abroad. But for daily use, it has to be the backpack. Once you're a mum and you have to carry more than a lipstick and a mirror, you will understand what I am talking about. You may remember a previous post when I had to replace the zip on my my favourite backpack the mini Converse All Star leopard print backpack which is not even available to purchase now.

Thanks to my neighbour Krissy, I have all these scraps which are quite large and they are from curtain or upholstery offcuts so I did not want to waste them and they are a bit too rough and tough to use for dress making. The scrap I have chosen is just a simple checkered pattern canvas like cotton.

I should have made this organizer long ago, like since my student days when I first had a backpack. Why didn't I think of it then?

IKEA Hack: Painting and customizing found cabinet

I have had to complete a few #DIY tasks so I had to restrict social media access to once or twice a day. Found another piece of discarded #furniture in someone’s rubbish. It was in pieces, many parts. Took it home, woodglued it and got #ladyboss to help paint. I marbled the top. Black gloss is a pretty amazing paint imho. It really smartens the entire look (frame, legs etc).
And. Wa-lah! #1950s #Parisian #glamour#makeover for this incredible piece of #IKEA furniture. BTW it is the Hemnes bedside cabinet if you are interested to do the same.
Feeling quite proud. Total cost £2. This is for the pink paint which unbelievably I did not have since it is my favourite colour.
The other paints I already had. When I repurpose old or found furniture, I don't have a design execution plan or a sample schedule. I think it's fun to make things up as you go along, and if you stick to only three colours, you won't go wrong - as long as the three go together well. I know what colours go well together because I have a good eye and I don't plan or premeditate the task beforehand. I tend to use whatever I have, otherwise it defeats the whole purpose of repurposing and thrifting.
I tend to go for high contrast colours. I prefer strong colours to grey on grey or beige on beige. Those would be a dull choice for me. 

This is the ladyboss helping to put the jigsaw together and woodgluing the joints.

After gluing, we painted the drawer gold.

View of finished cabinet

View of marbled top