The Travel Scarf With A Secret Pocket

Hello Readers. My crafty daughter has been busy recently and she made this scarf for her upcoming trip to Italy. She had been warned by many people to watch out for pick-pockets. She found many scarves online that could hide a Passport, but they were over-priced the color selection was limited. 

She got some pretty knit material from the fabric store. She folded it in half and cut out two small square-ish pieces to make a pocket. She made sure it was big enough for her Passport and credit cards.

She arranged the long piece of fabric face down. She put the pocket pieces on it with the right sides facing each other. She lined up the edges of the pieces with a zipper.

She attached the pocket and zipper to one side of the fabric. Then she attached the other side edge to the other side of the zipper.

This picture is the best at showing the placement of all the fabric pieces and the zipper. Here is the zipper attached. It made this into a long tube. She connected the edges of both pocket pieces. She attached the middle and then flipped it right-side out.

She connected the two ends of the fabric to each other to make an infinity scarf. The secret pocket is well hidden. 

Thanks for reading, now go make something fun for yourself.

***BONUS TRACK***

I have been cleaning out my closet (I know, just reading that put you to sleep, right?) and one thing I did was buy cheap pool noodles at the dollar store. I cut them down and put them in my boots to keep their shape until next winter. It's like they are standing at attention.

That's all for now.

Use A Travel Pillow For Extra Packing Space

 Hello Readers. When I went on vacation I had enough room in my suitcase and my carry on for all my stuff. I packed carefully and I had everything organized. When I came back... it was different story. I bought souvenirs, I went to thrift stores, I checked out vintage shops and I had to figure out a way to get all my stuff home.

 Use that travel pillow as extra packing space on the airplane.

Travel pillows are common on airplanes and they can be brought on board the airplane without counting as a carry-on bag.

 

Most travel pillows are actually 2 pieces. There is a pillow case that can be unzipped, opened and removed.

 

Inside the travel pillow is a squishy foam pillow. You can remove the foam pillow. This is what I did when I was trying to fit all my belongings into my suitcase and carry-on bag. I took the foam pillow out of the cover. 

 

Once my pillow was empty, I started stuffing it. 

 

I stuffed my pillow case with as many items as I could. I was desperate to get home without paying an extra bag fee.

 

You can see a reenactment of how I fit so many clothes into my pillow. 

 

I zipped up my pillow and it looked... just like a travel pillow. It still works as a pillow as well. The clothes were a bit firmer but still gave me a usable cushion.

 

I hope this idea can help you if you are in a travel situation like mine. Your pillow might help you in more ways than one on your trip.

 

  Did I learn a lesson about traveling light? Yes! Will I remember to travel lighter next time? To be determined. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.

 

***Year End Update- This pillow idea came to mind in a panic at the airport in Iceland. It got me home with no bag fees but I have heard that it is more difficult to get extra items n the plane now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making a Money Belt

Hello Readers. This may be a weird project. My daughter is headed to Europe soon. She needs some kind of money belt so she doesn't loose her money or ID. She is also concerned about pick pockets. She looked online at lots of different kinds of money belts and discovered we could probably make one for her. She wanted a stretchy belt that could hold different sized items.

I started with this very stretchy tank top. I cut off the bust portion and used the lower half.

I folded the band in thirds. (It is hard to see with this black fabric.) And stitched vertically at different points around the belt. This first/lower fold made the pockets and the fold over the top made the pockets enclosed on the top, all around the belt.

Here is another picture. You can see the top flap goes over the pocket so nothing will fall out. And hopefully it will be pick-pocket proof too. 

Thanks for reading, now go make something fun for yourself. Or your daughter.

***Note- This photo was added later.

The belt is worn low on the hips, under clothing.