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How to Make a Girl’s Emergency Clutch

Make a girl’s emergency clutch! Grab a cute potholder and turn it into a survival kit every girl needs at cetcu.com!

How to Make a Girl’s Emergency Clutch
How to Make a Girl’s Emergency Clutch
Boy do I have a treat for you today!  The craftalicious girls over at eighteen25 are here show us how to make a Survial Kit.  I can only imagine all fun I could have making these for my self and for all my girl friends!!  Just think, bridesmaid gifts, Mother’s Day, birthday, Christmas!  So cute! Take it away ladies……………………

Hi there Cetcu friends!!

we are Jennifer, Jamie and Jodie, the sisters from eighteen25 . We are big fans of Cheryl’s and the Cetcu blog so we are very excited to be here today!! We don’t know about you but there are lots of days when we feel like we live in the car. from morning till dinner time….it’s go, go, go.

If you can relate, go grab yourself a potholder.

you need one of these babies!   it’s a girl’s emergency clutch! (cute potholder turned emergency wallet)

Survival Kit

Make a girl's survival kit from a potholder at cetcu.com

you know…a catch all! for the things you always need….but never have. Make a girl's survival kit from a potholder at cetcu.com It’s perfect for your car or purse or boat or camper….. so, let’s get started! here’s what you’re going to need: (just a few things really) 1.  a square potholder (ours are from Target…the Dwell line) 2.  a large button 3.  about. 6″ grosgrain coordinating ribbon 4.  10 snack size zip lock baggies 5.  tape 6.  coordinating embroidery floss 7. sewing machine diy survival kit step 1: lay your potholder inside up (make sure your pocket is at the top, either on the inside of the wallet or the outside).  place one zip lock on the right side (zipper toward the  right edge) and place a piece of tape on the top and bottom (to keep the baggies from moving).  place another zip lock on the left side overlapping the first (with the zipper toward the left edge) and tape the top and bottom.  continue alternating sides and overlapping the bottoms of all ten baggies (5 on each side). how to make survival kit step 2:  now that the baggies are securely taped in place, sew a zig zag stitch all the way down the middle of the potholder (which should also be down the middle of the overlapped baggies). diy emergency kit step 3: fold your potholder in half to make your wallet and find your middle to sew on your button.  we used yellow embroidery floss…just to make a statement. homemade survival kit step 4: using your 6″ piece of grosgrain ribbon, fold in half lengthwise and sew all the way down.  (you can use a thinner ribbon or even a hair elastic…this is just what we had on hand).  then, on the backside of your wallet, make a loop with your ribbon large enough to fit over your button and sew down. and…there you have it!

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Make a girl's survival kit from a potholder at cetcu.com

(front) a few ideas of things to put in your emergency clutch:   advil or tylenol tums band aids/first aid cream gum/mints tooth picks/floss hair elastics eye drops cough drops emergency medication matches feminine products an emergency mimi (pacifier) cash spare house key nail file tweezers pen and pencil (for that cute front pocket, of course!) Potholder survival kit Thanks so much for having us Cheryl!!

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born + raised  in vegas. These three sisters grew up in a little brick house on the east side of town. The number hammered onto their mailbox was 1825.

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