My oldest
daughter spotted this on Pinterest & the link led to an Etsy shop - just
knew I could make them. If you can sew a straight line, you can make them
too. Trust me. I picked up
faceclothes for each grandchild, labeled them with their names and found ribbon
to kinda match each one.
I used tear away stabilizer as I wanted to put the year on
them.
A standard size
wash cloth is approximately 12" x 12", so lay out your washcloth
right side down and fold the bottom up about 4”. Just check that the toothbrush will be
completely covered with this measurement.
This will give you a travel wrap that is 8" tall with a 4"
tall pocket. Pin the sides.
Place your tape
measure across the front and place pins to mark the 3", 6", and 9"
points.
Draw your
stitching lines with a Disappearing ink marker and pin in place.
Cut a piece of ribbon
about 24" long. Fold in half and mark the center with a Disappearing
ink marker. Set aside.
Flip your
facecloth over and find the center point - this will give you the most
stability when wrapping. Mark with the
Disappearing ink marker.
Pin the center of
the ribbon to this mark. Secure with a
pin on each side of the center.
Bring the tails
of your ribbon around to the front so that you don’t accidently catch them in
your stitching and sew down the center line.
Remove the pins from
the back of your ribbon. Bring them to
the front and pin. Again, this is just a
precaution so that you don’t accidently catch them in any of your remaining
stitching.
Before I
continue, I like to reduce as much bulk as possible for my sewing machine so I
cover the thick corners of the facecloth with wax paper and take a hammer to
them. Even at that, I still walk my
machine through the thickness just to save a broken needle!
Now finish sewing
each little pocket.
Burn the ends of
the ribbon to prevent fraying.
Now we are ready
to fill each pocket.
When making these
for little toothbrushes, I found that the bottom fold should be about 4.5”
instead of 4”. Just makes a little more
cover for the little toothbrush. I sewed
an extra pocket in this one so there was room for mom or dads toothbrush as
well.
Roll it up and tie!! That's it! Any easy project to make for
easy organized travel.
Because they are made from a facecloth, any water left on
the toiletries will just get soaked up. So
much better than putting your toothbrush back into the plastic holder or a
plastic baggie where it doesn't breathe well!!
Could even make one for your makeup brushes!
