DIY | CURLING IRON COVERS

Years ago I saw this article on LuckyMag.com and decided that curling iron covers were the best idea ever. But they were sold out. Everywhere. Fast forward two years and I'm at a craft fair where they are selling something similar, but not as cute. Traci and I decide that we're going to make our own. But we often add many things to our "we could make that" list...and guess what? we never do. 

Luckily, we found ourselves at Joann's looking for some faux leather for another project when the lights go out (unlucky) in the middle of the store which is where we were standing. Traci doesn't really do well in the dark, even the semi-dark. So we made our way to the outer walls of the store where their emergency lights were on - and we found ironing board covering! 

We bought it and whipped up four curling iron covers in one night. Fastest DIY sewing project ever. Of course we also made one for Joyce! We must be secretly obsessed with polka dots because we found all these cute prints in our fabric scrap box.  

Supplies

• Ironing Board Covering (18.5 inch cut will make four covers)
• Fabric of your choice for the outside of the cover
• Canvas for the flap (but you could use other fabric as well)
• Hot glue gun or E6000 glue
• Velcro
• Scissors
• Quilting mat and shears (optional)
• Sewing machine

First cut your piece of ironing board covering into 4 pieces. They each should measure about 18.5'' x . Then cut out a piece of patterned fabric (about 1/2 inch taller and wider than the ironing board covering piece. 

Sew a line down the top side of the fabric to make it easier to sew the two pieces together later on.

Then fold the fabric in half with the shiny silver on the inside and sew the bottom and side with a 1/2 inch seam. 

Flip it inside out and then sew your patterned piece the same way. 

To make the flap we used canvas because we wanted it a little more sturdy. Cut out 2 00x00'' pieces. Sketch rounded corners and sew them together with a 1/2 inch seam. Cut out little triangles around the curved edges.

Flip the cover inside out and sew a 1/4 inch seam across the open edge.

Place the ironing board covering inside your patterned fabric, making sure the right side of the fabric and the shiny silver side of the ironing board covering are facing each other/touching.

Stick the flap between the outside & inside pieces.

Sew around the top starting on the side with the flap. make sure to leave a gap to flip it inside out. about 3 inches

Sew around the top to close the hole. I sewed all the way because I liked the way it looked.

Handstitch or use a sewing machine to stitch on the velcro pieces. (We tried a hot glue gun and E6000 glue which held for a while but eventually fell off.)

Aren't they so cute! We only paid $1.20 for the entire piece of ironing board and found the rest of fabric scraps at home! 

xoxo, allison & traci

p.s. we made a penguin one for Traci's mom since she's obsessed with them.

DIY | MICKEY & MINNIE SWEATSHIRTS

Last year I made Mickey Ear beanies for Traci and myself to wear to Disneyland. I handmade giant pom-poms with thick black yarn and sewed them onto black beanies I bought at the dollar store. This year I decided to complete the look with Mickey and Minnie sweatshirts! They turned out super cute and super easy! Can't wait to wear them to Disneyland soon...

Gather your supplies:

• 1 red sweatshirt & 1 black sweat shirt in the SAME SIZE
• Quilting shears
• Quilting mat and ruler
• White fabric paint
• Foam pouncer
• Chalk

Turn the sweatshirt inside out and line up the bottom of the sweatshirt with the bottom of the cutting board.

Cut the sweatshirt in half trying to be as straight as possible (this was about 11 and 3/4 inches from the bottom).

Do the same with the black sweatshirt.

Pin the bottom half of the black with the top half of the red and vice versa, right sides together. Sew them together. (This is why it's important to get the same sized sweatshirts.)

 Stamp polka dots on the top half of the Minnie sweatshirt using the same method I used here. You may want to use a smaller or larger pouncer and vary the spacing between the dots depending on the sizes of your sweatshirt.

For the Mickey sweatshirt I cut out ovals out of paper and traced them onto my fabric using chalk. I used a paint brush to paint them in. I also painted the same two ovals on the back side of the sweatshirt. 

I gave all the dots a second coat of paint. 

Here we are wearing them at Christmas! I'm so glad this DIY turned out as great as I imagined.

xoxo, allison