10 Minute Shaker

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My husband is a percussionist so we have all kinds of shakers and such instruments around our house.  As with most children I assume, my little Izz loves anything that makes a noise when you she shakes it.

Enter the 10 minute Shaker Project!

Gather your supplies:

~ Glue gun

~ Mod Podge (for fabric)

~ empty container (I used a recently emptied Baking Powder one)

~ rice or dried beans

~ fabric scrap

~ foam brush

First measure your container and cut your fabric slightly bigger than the hight and about 1/2" - 3/4" longer than the circumference of the container.  I cut my fabric 4" x 8 3/4"

Serge around all four sides of the fabric. 

(This is why you cut it slightly bigger - I like to make sure my serger cuts a little off the edge when I serge to make sure the stitches are even. I guess if you have a really steady hand and are more experiences with a serger you don't have to account for cutting some fabric off.)

Flip it over and with the foam brush start applying Mod Podge to the wrong side of the fabric.  A thin layer is better so it doesn't bleed through to the other side.

Leave about an inch at one end of the fabric free of Mod Podge for now.

Start laying the fabric on the container, pressing it smooth with your fingers as you go around.

 When you get to the un-Mod Podged section, put some Mod Podge on the last little bit of fabric...

 and right along the edge of the fabric that's already secured where it will over lap.

Press down the last edge.

Fill with rice or whatever you have on hand.  

I liked the sound of the rice and decided it was a sound I wouldn't be annoyed with if heard for an extended amount of time. 

Apply glue around the edge. 

Stick on the lid and you're done! 

* I would suggest letting the Mod Podge dry for 24 hours before giving it to your child.

I guess if you don't like the lid, you could Mod Podge that too but I don't mind the gold lid.

Shake away baby, shake away!                   Also makes a nice little drum!

Can you tell she likes to sit on the air vent on a hot summer day?
Why not!!

Linking here:

DIY Dress form

In case you missed it, I was a guest blogger for the first time this week 

AND 

I'm having my first giveaway!!  

Go check it out at RoCa and Company!

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My summer goal is to make clothes for myself.  

So far, most of my attempts have been wildly unsuccessful. 

So frustrating...

Anyway, I thought I dress form might help me in getting things to fit better without having to try things on repeatedly and try to measure myself in the process. 

Spending a few hundred dollars on a real one was out of the question.  

So I followed some instructions from Prudent Baby and gained a little inspiration from Law Student's Journey.

Here's what mine looks like along the way.

Of course I forgot to take pictures of me all taped up.

 

 I used an old pair of crutches turned upside down as the legs.  It's a little unsteady though.

Since I ran out of purple duct tape and had to use silver duct tape and then masking tape, I decided to use up some of my scraps.  I cut all the edges with my pinking shears, ironed them all (can you say tedious?) and grabbed my Mod Podge.

Mod Podging all those scraps on was definitely the fun part!

I used some yarn to mark where I would likely measure for the waist of a skirt. And I used the holes in the crutches to mark where the top of my knees are.

Unfortunately, the shoulders make it difficult to get things on and off of it and I'm pretty sure my hips are a little wider than my dress form indicated.

But I don't care!  It's pretty! So if I don't ever really use it, it's at least a nice reminder of some of the projects I've made.