Last week I got a little production line going to make some key fobs from fabric scraps and woven cotton webbing tape. Originally, I had intended to make these for my son to share with his friends at the end of his final school exams but since A-level examinations didn't happen in the expected way this year, we're now making them in advance of highly anticipated 'off to university' celebrations next month.
I managed to use up lots of scrappy offcuts from DS's university quilt - all those maths, music, chemistry and physics fabrics for keyfobs for his subject classmates. I added a few more general fabrics and some for his female friends too. But then I must confess, they became quite addictive and I made some for future school gifts too. (Miss CT is due to start Primary School in September, so my round of teachers' presents begins all over again.)
I must admit there was highly satisfying therapeutic element to hammering on that hardware 35 times!!
I also whipped up a few pencil cases from the remains of these grey and black science prints which will hopefully be acceptable for DS at university in the physics course he aspires to. He can hide them in a drawer, if not. Then, because I was in pouch making mode, I pulled some Sweetwater Reunion and created a first aid zippy for him too. It's a little bigger than I expected it to be but at least he'll have plenty of paracetamol, plasters and savlon to hand should he cut himself making pot noodle for diner ;-)
What a lovely idea to make gifts for all of his friends. When you hit it with the hammer how do you stop it from denting?
ReplyDeleteI folded a piece of leftover flex foam from bag making over the metalwork before bashing it. I was dubious first time that it would work, but it did.
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