This project is just a variation on this post about making a travel tissue case.
For all you Doctor Who fans, this is for you. It's a Tardis themed travel tissue case that's bigger on the inside!* The instructions I used came from this interesting blog, but as stated in my previous post on the subject, you can easily find others online by doing a simple search.
I obviously made a few changes. For starters, I used blue felt instead of cotton fabric and interweaving. I small sheet of felt costs between twenty-five cents and a dollar at craft stores. I used simple linen for the interior and "lantern" tag (instead of buying white ribbon). Next time, I think I'll adjust the size so that the case isn't as wide. It's a bit roomier than you really need, plus you won't have to see the extra space on either side of the Police Box.
For the Tardis, I found an image online, re-sized it to meet my needs, and printed it on fabric transfer paper. If you chose to do this project, print the image on regular paper first to make sure the sizing is correct. Many Photoshop-type programs only re-size images based on pixels, not by inches or centimeters. It took me four or fives times to get it right.
Because I'm not an expert seamstress, my case opening wasn't as straight as I'd like, despite my best efforts. So, my Tardis door and the case opening didn't line up perfectly.
I lined up the Tardis on my case and cut it in half accordingly. Then, just followed the directions on the transfer paper package.
Now, you're set! Just fill with travel tissues and smile when you tell people it's bigger on the inside.*
*Not actually bigger on the inside. It's a reference joke.
Links:
http://verypurpleperson.com/2010/02/tissue-case-tutorial.html
http://thisthatandawesome.blogspot.com/2012/03/travel-tissue-case.html
For those of you who have purchased a Nook in the last few years, you have probably seen those elastic straps you can buy to keep your cover closed. They come in several colors, are pretty handy, but are pretty expensive for a simple piece of elastic.
A couple of yards of colored elastic only costs a couple of dollars. I got 1inch wide because they didn't have a colored variety in a smaller size. I recommend going to a fabric store, like Joanne's, rather than a craft store, as they'll have a better selection.
I've done a couple of crafts in the past few weeks and like an idiot forgot about taking pics until I was finished. That's okay, because it's pretty easy to get tutorials and all the info you need to do them online. The first is basically a little pouch to carry a pack of travel tissues in. For those of you who carry them around, you know how beat up the plastic packaging and tissues themselves can get.
This is a pretty simple project, whether you're an avid sewer or not. I was feeling lazy and didn't feel like setting up my sewing machine for something so quick and small, so I did it by hand. Each line I sewed, I double backed on, eliminating gaps, to give the stitching a more even, professional look. Even doing, essentially, twice the amount of stitching, and ironing (very important step!), sewing up a strip of fabric instead of using ribbon, and including an interfacing layer, it took me less than an hour. With a machine, it'll probably take 5-10 minutes.
You can simply Google something similar to "tissue case pattern" and get half a dozen patterns or tutorials on cases like this or other variations. The one I based mine on came from here.
Links:
http://verypurpleperson.com/2010/02/tissue-case-tutorial.html
