Six year old me took a couple of water bottles(That's all I had.) and started playing. I have a feeling I am going to be urging Walter to finish the Pepsi and Root beer that is in the fridge so that I can play with bigger bottles.I know it's silly, but it was fun. Maybe one or two people will want to try it. You just cut the bottles off at the height that you want them. I imagine that you could cut one off higher or lower if you wanted. I decided that, for the first one I would make it simple and cut them at the same place so that I knew that the diameter would be right.
The bottle that I used was just right for a 7" zipper. I punched holes at about 3/8" intervals around the bottle about 1/4" from the edge. I punched an uneven number so that when I went around the bottle with a running stitch I would be able to keep going around a second time in the opposite holes. That way I had a solid line of stitches on both the inside and the outside of the bottle. After I stitched around both sides, I whip stitched the green around the pink stitches to make it rope like. Where the zipper meets head to tail I stitched both sides together. That made a sort of hinge. Then I made a tassel for a zipper pull. It probably took 45 minutes to an hour to do.
They don't give specific directions on the site. I just guessed until I got it pretty much right.
I think that these have possibilities as storage containers in the workroom if I don't lose interest.
BTW, the six year old did finish putting the frames around the squares on the rug last evening. I am now working on the center of the squares. I apologise for not doing a lot with minis today. Even I have to do something else once in a while.
I will be back at it tomorrow.
See you then.
2 comments:
The rug looks good! I went and played around that website. It has some neat things.
The bottle bag looks realy great!
Your rug becomes lovely, it is my favorite color, Bleu! You did a lot off work on it!
* marlies
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