How to Make a Protective Cellphone Cosy

You would have seen one of these in my Autumn Crafty Goodness post.

I've since had orders from family to make a few more, apparently my toddler isn't the only drooling baby who likes to pinch phones!

The good thing about these cosies is that because they have absorbency and waterproofing they help to protect your phone from those occasional wet accidents.  Like a water-bottle leaking through your bag, or getting caught in a down-pour with your phone in your pocket.

So, here's a quick tutorial on how to make your very own protective cellphone cosy.

You will need:

• 1x fabric piece for the outer (such as cotton)
• 1x absorbent piece for the inner (such as an old cloth nappy, towelling or microfibre)
• 1x PUL piece for the waterproof inner
• 1x snap set

First up, to find out how big your fabric pieces need to be, measure your cellphone - mine is 5cm by 11cm and 1cm thick.

Add 4cm to the width and 18cm to the length.  If your phone is thicker than 2cm, you will need to add another 1cm to the width.

My fabric pieces will need to be 9cm x 29cm.

Cut out your fabric pieces to the dimensions you worked out above.

Lay your outer piece down right side up.

Lay the PUL on top of the outer piece right side down.

Lay the absorbent piece on top of the two.  Make sure the edges of all 3 line up nicely. You can pin into place if you wish.

Sew around the edge of the pieces using a 1/4" seam.  Start sewing on a long side and leave a gap at the end to turn.

Clip the corners.

Turn inside out so the the right sides are showing - the absorbent piece should be in the middle.

Iron flat - make sure you only iron the cotton side and don't have it too hot or the PUL will melt!

Fold up the length to just over halfway, pin into place. This will create the pocket your phone will sit in.

Top-stitch around the three edges (don't top-stitch across the bottom), start at the bottom of the pocket and ensure the gap is closed at the top.

Pop your phone into the cosy and find where you'd like to attach the snap pieces, mark with a pin or fabric marker.

Attach the snap pieces and your done.

Things I'm Loving Today

It's just one thing really....

My girls...

Our little family...

Miss Dreamy, now 1 week old...

Linky love over at Paisley Jade

Things I'm Loving...

More linky love from Paisley Jade.

Just a couple of things I'm loving at the moment...

3-minute chocolate cake....mmmmm.  A quick and easy sweet fix (perfect for those preggi cravings), this one below has a few extras in it...

My 40-week baby bump!  Which means baby isn't far off making her way into this world, can't wait to meet her.

Watching Miss Poppet play.  It's so neat that she can now entertain herself for short periods of time.  She also amazes me at how much she chatters away to herself - perhaps it's just a girl thing?

Birth Stories

I love reading birth stories - it's so amazing what we each take away from our children's births and the process our body goes through in getting them here....

My birth story for Miss Poppet was published a couple of days ago on The Mummy Diaries blog so pop on over and have a read.

I've got my fingers crossed we don't have to wait too long to add another!

Autumn Crafty Goodness

We've been waking up to cooler, sometimes chilly mornings...autumn sure is here and winter isn't far off following.  The crochet inspiration has hit me again so while I wait *patiently* for this baby to arrive I've been keeping busy making up some new woolly hats for my girls.

There have been more hats but I haven't gotten around to photographing them yet.

A newborn beanie for my new baby girl

A girly ear-flap hat for my big baby girl....

....if you look closely you'll see her newly chipped two front teeth :0(

Oh, and the Huhu#2 blankie is finally finished!  As you can see, it is rather large.

I recently had to buy a new cellphone as Miss Poppet kept sneakily pinching my old one and used it as a teether.  Eventually, after all the drool and numerous hotwater cupboard visits it packed it in and wouldn't stayed turned on.  For my new phone, I've made a snazzy little cellphone cosy which has a waterproof lining and some absorbency sewn into it. It's come in handy already and saved my new phone from getting mysteriously wet, this time just the cosy paid a visit to the hotwater cupboard!

Random Photos

You'll notice a few random photo posts of Miss Poppet today.  They were ones I had taken on my mobile and couldn't get them off any other way. She had drooled all over it and most of the buttons have stopped working (not to mention the other random things it does) and it is almost impossible to use anymore.  On a brighter note, it was a good excuse to buy a new cellphone!  I'm loving it too.  Note to self:  Keep it up high, waaay higher than what you think she can reach because it WILL get pinched and drooled on.

Four Months