I've been a slacking blogger...or is it a blogging slacker? It's not that I haven't been sewing, I've just been working on this same project and hadn't really completed anything in days and days, so I haven't posted.
My cousins and I got our crew of little boys (four of them! ages 2-4) together over the weekend and I wanted to whip something up for the gang to help keep them busy.
I decided on this car cozy from Homemade by Jill. I've seen many versions by other bloggers too, like Cottage Mama so I incorporated what I liked best from everyone. I thought the rick rack was a cute idea from the Crafting Chicks and it helped me a lot because even though I tried to cut and sew the dashes so straight, they still looked crooked, so I abandoned them for rick rack and all was well!
I worked on them a little each night, first cutting, then applique, then constructing, so all of them came together pretty easily over the course of about a week and I didn't feel overwhelmed like I did with my placemat project. Everything I used came from Jo-Ann. I used dark denim, soft red flannel with cars on it, black felt, and yellow rick rack.
They were fun to make and my hubby and I had a blast rediscovering Matchbox cars and choosing what we though were the coolest ones! Can you believe my 2 1/2 year old didn't have any yet? He's a big fan now, for sure!
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