Wednesday, June 25, 2014

DIY Sleep Mask

Pampering Stripes


Invitations come in and go out for birthday parties.  At the stages my children are at these parties are starting to have themes.  My oldest daughter got invited to a birthday party that was a spa theme. 

The benefit to the theme is it made planning a present fairly easy.  My oldest came up with an idea of making a sleep mask. I thought it was a great fit for her friend’s personality.  However, I was unsure what her mom would think.  I ran the idea by her mom who told me her daughter had been asking for one of those.  So we set to work.

Step #1
We seam ripped apart a dress my youngest daughter had been given for a birthday present that was too small for her when it was given to her.

Step #2
We made a paper pattern the shape of a sleep mask. Which we checked to see if it would fit on my oldest since she is about the same size as her friend.

Step #3
We pinned the pattern to the fabric and cut.  One side from the striped zebra print and one from the velvet fabric for against the face.

Step #4
My oldest picked some pink ribbon to add to the mask.

Step #5
We took some elastic and measured my oldest head since she is about the same size as her friend.

Step #6
We took some black ribbon and stitched the stretched elastic to fit the ribbon length.

Step #7
We gathered the ribbon then sewed the pink ribbon to one side of the mask, wrong sides together.

Step #8
We pinned the three pieces together.

Step #9


We hand sewed the three pieces together with a hidden seam.

 Materials
Dress that didn’t work to start                                0.00
Pink Ribbon left over from someone project     0.00
Elastic      from a crib sheet no longer in use           0.00
Black ribbon from a bow on a gift bag            0.00
Thread left over from another project                  0.00
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Total Cost                           0.00


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