It's a sad thing, when you feel that you have to hand over the ethernet cord to your husband, as he leaves the house. Yes. I've spent waaaay too much time on Pinterest, and have over 11,000 pins during the past year to show for it. (It's some kind of OCD thing with me. I get on a theme, and end up scouring for things to go on the board.)
With that said, I did manage to get some things done around the house. Although I procrastinated a little bit, and worked on this little project instead.
I had some leftover fabric from the pillowcase dress that I made a couple months ago, and thought it would have a nice contrast with the little hairbands laying around.
This project takes about 20 minutes.
You'll need:
- Quilt batting. I keep seeing other sites using just fabric or paper just glued to the oatmeal container, but I think the batting gives something for the bands to grab onto, so they won't slide off.
- The oatmeal container, of course. (The large-sized container.)
- Fabric and other decorations. (I started with the satin ribbon, but it kind of looked warped with the glue, so I ended up using a thicker grosgrain (I believe it's called) ribbon.)
- Cardboard-- as in the kind that comes from a box.
- Glue gun
So first off, what you need to do, is cut the batting and glue it to the container. Keep in mind, that the lid will need to close, so you shouldn't go rogue and tack it over the edge and whatnot, because then the lid won't close.
Next, cut your fabric, making sure you allow between 1/2"-1" extra, to fold under at the bottom.
After that, start gluing the fabric around the container, keeping it taut around the top edge of the container. (Taut, because you don't want it peeling off whenever the you put the lid on and off.)
Unfortunately, the leftover fabric that I had, barely wrapped around the box, so I had to improvise. (See below.) But you have to realize, it's an oatmeal container, so it doesn't have to be perfect. (Says the perfectionist in me, that's still having a little problem with this, lol.)
And as you can see, I've had to do a little tack-sewing with this. At first, I tried gluing the ends of the fabric together, where they met. But I had to take it off, because the glue gun was leaving too many bumps of glue behind.
Afterward, I took a strip of leftover fabric, and made a band, to cover that mess. (Hopefully, you'll have more than enough fabric to not have to do this. But in the event that you too, either didn't have enough, or mismeasured...) And if you notice, I am actually using a hair straightener to iron down the edges of this strip. (So convenient, when you don't want to drag out the iron for something as little as this.)
So you after you do that, you need to glue the bottom edge on the inside~
To give the bottom a nicer 'tailored' look, cut out a circle from a piece of cardboard. Cover it with fabric, gluing it to the underside. Afterward, apply some glue to the bottom of the container, and push the circle in to fit~
Now, to the lid. Like the pins I've been seeing for this project, I was hoping to just deal with a clear plastic lid. Nope! I don't know if it was just cheaper to do that way, or if it was something they decided, based on ecological data. But the container lid is just a ring with paper in it! (You might have better luck with a different brand's container.) But with that said, cut out a circle, and glue it right on top of the Quaker Man's face~
And when you're done, you can add extras-- like the ribbon that I did below. (Mind you, I could have done more, but I have to realize that it's just an oatmeal container!)
And when you're all done, it looks like this!
