Giveaway: - July 2011 - Part 1 Tea Bag Wallet and $10

This giveaway has ended.  Thanks to all that has entered!

Alright, so I think I mentioned back in March that I'd have another giveaway during the month of July.  Well, surprisingly so, July has come in a flash!  I've been thinking about what I want to give you guys for awhile now... finally decided on doing two small giveaways this month.  The first will go from July 2nd, (today) until July 31st.  The second will go from July 15th until August 15th.  I'll also be implementing the new rules for Rad Linc Craft giveaways. So, the way it's going to work is, anyone that entered in on the last giveaway (last March), will be automatically entered into this giveaway. If you enter this giveaway again, you'll have two entries.  Then if you enter the second July giveaway, you'll have two entries on that one as well.  Okie dokie? Email me if you have questions: (ftcanon AT gmail DOT com)

Alright, so the prize for today's giveaway...

A tea bag wallet.  :-)  You'll get the one pictured below.  See the tutorial here.  This wallet is slightly different, in that I use an elastic band that stretches around the entire wallet instead of a ribbon and button.  I find it easier to use this way.

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And lastly... I'm including a $10 giftcard to Joann's.  :)

The giveaway ends July 31, 2011 at 11:59am and the winner will be notified soon after.

To enter, just make a comment on this page.  Please also leave some way for me to contact you (i.e. email address, twitter name).  If not, make sure you come back to the site to see if you've won.  Winners will have a month to claim the prize before a new winner is chosen.

Good Luck!!!

P.S. I haven't decided on what the next giveaway will be so stay tuned.

Tea Bag Wallet

FYI: Rad Linc Crafts is currently having a giveaway and the prize is a Tea Bag Wallet and a $10 giftcard to Joann's.  See here!!! Giveaway ends July 31, 2011.  Comment the Giveaway Post to Enter.

I have a friend that takes tea bags with her everywhere. When we go out to eat, she just orders hot water. I thought of her immediately when I saw a different version of this tea bag wallet come up in my RSS reader. After some searching I found this pattern.

Anyway, here's the one I made, and how I did it.

Materials:
5.5" x 6.5" fabric (2)
4.75" x 6.5" fabric (2)
3" - 4" piece of ribbon
1 button

How to:

1. Fold the 2 smaller fabrics lengthwise. Ironing these down make it easier to work with. These will be the pockets.

2. Sew the folded edge of the 2 fabrics.

3. Sew the bottom edge of 1 of the pockets onto one of the bigger fabric rectangles. This will be the top pocket so what I did was sorta position the tea bag to where I wanted it. I eventually decided to line the bottom edge about 1.25" away from the bottom edge of the bigger fabric. Pinning this down would have probably been a good idea, but I didn't find it too necessary... so it's up to you.

4. Sew in the bottom pocket to the same fabric rectangle that you sewn the other pocket in. You'll want to line up the bottom of that rectangle to the bottom of your pocket.



5. Mark a center line of the rectangle (fabric pencils work well here). Sew a line straight down the middle like the picture.

6. Sew in the ribbon with the fold facing the pockets like shown.

7. Put the fabric with the pockets and the last piece of fabric together right sides facing each other. Sew almost all the way around. Leave a small hole in one of the sides so that the fabric can be invereted to the right side out.

8. Oops, I forgot to put the interfacing... well, I went ahead and put it on here... I guess it doesn't really matter much, so iron it on.



9. Cut the corners.

10. Invert the fabric thru the little hole you left.

11. Iron the edges down.

12. Sew around the whole thing. Remember to fold in the open hole.



13. Almost done. You just need to attach a button now. Fold it in half, and see where the button should be. I marked the spot with a pen. Sew in the button.



That's it. Not too hard, right? I'll be ordering hot water the next time I go to a restaurant. :-D