Tutorial: Vapor rub neck wrap

Winter sniffles or a spring cold, chest congestion is never any fun! If you use vapor rub to help ease the congestion, here’s a project you’re gonna want to see. Jane Makuch shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make a soft neck wrap to wear when you’ve put vapor rub on your chest. The soft knit wrap will help keep the vapor rub from getting on your clothes and help it work more effectively. It’s super easy to make with a no-sew method.

Click below for her tutorial:

Vapor Rub Chest Wrap with HeatNBond Soft Stretch Ultra, by Jane Makuch

[photo from Jane Makuch on Therm O Web]

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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SHELLEY S says
February 25, 2018 at 9:00 am
I loved your website but have so much difficulty seeing the project due to the ads you have on your site. It is annoying not to be able to read the whole article. I do not have this problem with other sites, just yours. The page continual moves to the top. Fix this please so I can enjoy your site.

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