My 5 year old, Mr Happy, needed to have a face washer to hang at school this year to wipe his hands on. I know lots of kindergartens and childcare centres ask parents to provide these too. When all the kids in the class have one, it helps to make them a little individual and easy to find.
This is a super quick and easy project using pinking shears.
What you’ll need:
- face washer
- fabric scraps
- 10cm of ribbon or tape
- usual sewing supplies and machine
Simple Steps:
- Fold your strip of ribbon in half and stitch it onto one corner of the face washer. (Or skip this step by buying a washer with a tag already at Ikea like I did)
- Cut your scrap of fabric into a simple shape with your pinking shears.
- Pin and stitch it onto the corner opposite the ribbon. You could use a fancy stitch, or keep it simple. I went around my shapes twice, deliberately slightly wavy.
More ideas:
- Add a couple of rows of stitching all around the edge of the washer in a contrasting thread.
- Bind the edge of the washer like you would a quilt in a cute fabric or bias binding.
- Stitch a piece of pretty ribbon across one side for decoration.
- Crochet a simple edging like this one from You Go Girl blog
- No sewing machine? Simple hand stitching could be used for both the ribbon and the applique
Any more suggestions?
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What a great idea! I’m going to do this for my 5 kids at home to save on the “they’ve got my washer…” moments.
So simple and so effective. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. I’m actually in the middle of making bags and sheets for Poppy to start daycare next week so now I can make some of these as well :-)). X
Yay, thanks for another simple project for me to create. I’m just learning to sew and must admit the industrial machine i have been learning on has always scared me and made sewing seem more daunting than it really is.
This is something i can do with the scrap pieces of material that i have to practice my sewing on and if they don’t come out perfect it doesn’t matter they can be for home use.
Is also handy as i recently purchased identical face washers and towels for the family to go in our camping packs (for the kids this is part of their Christmas presents) this way i can personalise them a little using different fabrics and also make the bag tags in your latest tutorial so they will know their mess bags (mesh underwear washing bags so they don’t need to hand dry just wash and hang to drip dry) at a glance.
Sounds like you’re going to get plenty of practice – glad to give you some inspiration!