Name Card Hanger

After I made this wall hanger, my Mum requested something similar for her classroom to hold the children's name cards.

We worked on the hanger together. My Mum did most of the measuring and I did most of the sewing.

The oilcloth for the backing, the plastic for the pockets and binding for the edges all came from the Scrap Store.

To hang it we folded over the fabric at the top, sewed that straight across, then threaded a plastic pole through. This stopped the whole thing from folding forward.

Hopefully it will stand up to children taking their name cards in and out every day.

Hanging Organiser

In an attempt to start using up some of my Scrap Store stash I came up with this hanging organiser.

I've got so much of this oil cloth fabric in different patterns, which I usually use for little pouches. I decided this Cath Kidson-esque blue and white polka dot fabric would be perfect for this project.

I sewed some white biased tape over the edges of two strips of clear plastic to make the front of the pockets. I sewed vertical lines to attach the plastic to the oil cloth, creating 6 pockets.

The back of the organiser is plain white fabric which I sewed to the oil cloth, right sides facing in, and then turned right side out for a neat finish. To hang the organiser I punched two eyelets in each corner and thread some cord through. But I found that when I hung it the whole thing folded forward.

To fix this I sewed a strip of ribbon to the back to hold a stick which I'd painted white. If I was going to make another one, I would include this in the initial design.

It works a treat! Perfect for storing girly things like hair accessories and make up brushes, and the clear plastic means I can also put a few photos in there.

Geometric jewellery

What do I do with plastic shapes that came out of a cracker?

Make them into a necklace of course.

I drilled a hole in the corner of each triangle and attached them to a chain with jump rings. Simples.

It's a bit like this one from US Trendy Store, but muuuch cheaper.