Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Sippy Cup Leash


So I am sure everyone has seen these in the stores selling for the astronomical price of $5.99!!!  Really there is no way it's worth 6 bucks but apparently people buy them.  Well it is so easy to make one and takes less that an hour of time and 4 inches of fabric.

Now I have seen a couple tutorials on these however I wanted to make one that was adjustable for different cups.  I devised a very easy way to accomplish this.


Materials:
scrap of material/s  (one the entire width of fabric, two if shorter or if you want a different look)
velcro
scissors
plastic ring (small 1/2 inch)
sewing machine and thread


Directions:
Cut 3 strips of fabric.
  • First: 4 inches by 22.5 inches     (4" x 22.5")
  • Second:  3.5 inches by 12.5 inches     (3.5" x 12.5")
  • Third:  3 inches by 4 inches     (3" x 4")


Iron the short ends down about 1/4 of an inch.


Iron the pieces in half length wise.  Open up the fold and then iron each side to meet at the center line.  Sorry if I am not describing this very well, I'm not sure exactly how to explain it.  You are essentially making a binding.  When finished these 2 steps fold back in half and run your iron over it again to make sure it lines up nice.  Your strap will now be 1/4 of it's original width; your 4 inch piece will now be 1 inch wide.


Take your longest strap and sew up one long end, across the top and down the other side very close to the edge.  Leave the bottom edge unsewn so that you can tuck your other pieces inside.

Now take your medium length strap and do the same thing as the first, the two sides and top.

For the short strap you can either just sew the long sides or you can sew all the way around.  The 2 short ends will be tucked in anyway making a loop for your plastic ring.

Now it's time to sew on the velcro to your two longest pieces.  Take the longest piece (your strap) and sew a 1 inch piece of  velcro at the top end and the other piece(about 2 inches long) ~ 5.75 inches down from the top of your strap.  These 2 pieces will be on the same side. **Due to the differences in strollers you should measure how big you need your loop to be, this will probably fit most but may not fit all.  You could also put this loop around the buckles on the seat too.**


Your medium piece (the cup strap) you will sew a piece of velcro at the top and another longer piece ~ 5.5 inches down from the top.  **Again this should be fine for most cups but you want to check and make sure it fits yours.  These will also be on the same side of the strap.  I originally did them on opposite sides but found the strap comes undone more easily.

**A little tip on sewing on velcro.  When sewing velcro sew one stitch past the velcro then come back to one stitch before the edge (2 stitches basically coming back in line to sew the next side) before turning to do the next edge.  This will help tack down the corners of the velcro so they don't catch on something and pull up.**

Time for assembly.  Take the short piece, place a plastic ring on it and fold in half to make a loop.  Baste in place.  Take the cup strap and place your loop on top of it.  Now take both of these and tuck into the bottom of the main strap.


You will be making a little sandwich and it should look like this (or close).  All thats left is to sew the bottom closed, sewing the other pieces in place.  I would sew over this 2 or 3 times just to be sure it's secure!

The final step is to sew a line just below the ring to sew the loop to the sippy cup strap.  You can cut out this step if you readjust where you put your velcro, they will have to be closer together.

ENJOY!!  You never have to worry about losing cups again.  If you have a child like me who lives to throw things out of the stroller this will be a blessing!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

No joke, I was trying to fall asleep last night and was working on how to do this in my head. Our ridiculously expensive stroller has no cup holders and this will be way cheaper than ordering two belly bars and two snack consoles to the tune of a couple hundred bucks.

Digging up some fittings and sewing this afternoon!

Alicen said...

That's the fun of expensive strollers! They don't have all the bells and whistles. Mine didn't have any cup holders either, no biggie but when Miss E likes to throw EVERYTHING out of the stroller these have come in handy. I also made one for the snack cup using a similar method. Basically just make a strap about 20.5 inches long. Sew velcro on each end and then down about 5 inches down. This works great with the Munchkin snack cups or the snack trap (anything with a handle). Sorry I didn't post it sooner, I could have saved you some sleep!

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