Toothpaste / toothbrush travel Roll

travel toothbrush and toothpaste holders

As I get ready to travel and am packing up, I am reminded of when I first started sewing back in 2012. You see, I was looking for simple homemade gifts that I could easily put together. After checking pintrest, I came up with making a toothpaste roll and modified a pattern to look a bit snazzier than what I found.
Tutorial here. Once made, they are great to travel with!

Basically, what you do is you take a wash cloth or a hand towel and cut so that the top and bottom are able to fold over the height of a tooth brush. Then, you pin a piece of fabric to it and sew around the edges.

travel toothbrush and toothpaste holders

Once turned inside out, you fold up the end and add an elastic band and space stitches vertically to hold your toothpaste and tooth brushes.

travel toothbrush and toothpaste holders

The end product is pretty cool because it not only folds over from top to bottom on the toothbrushes (and keeps them clean) but it also rolls up for easy packing.

travel toothbrush and toothpaste holders

Oh – and one other idea – I made a bunch of these as Christmas gifts. Mom didn’t like the idea that it was for toothbrushes, so she made it work for her earrings and necklaces. Viola. Magic.

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Variety Stitch Green & Violet Crib blanket

Variety Stitch Crib baby blanket, completed 8/2014. #phoenixrosedesign #crochet #handmade #handwork #sold #etsy #craft #craftylady #yarn #wool #creative

Back in August of 2014, I completed a variety stitch baby blanket. We weren’t sure what the gender was going to be, so it was done in semi neutral colors of green violet and yellow. The key with this blanket is that it came off of someone seeing the one I had made in July for someone else and really liking what I did there. They wanted something similar – but in bright colors. The end result? I think it turned out great!

Variety Stitch Crib blanket

The blanket itself had lots of texture, having some shell stitches, some wave stitches, a few honeycomb stitches, and then a few V-type stitches. I think it turned out really nice for a little boy or girl.

Variety Stitch Crib blanket

Variety Stitch Crib blanket

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Variety Stitch Crib blanket

Variety stitch crochet crib blanket. My own design. Completed 7/2014. #phoenixrosedesign #crochet #blanket #afghan #crib #baby #genderneutral #babylove #babygift #gift #fortheboss #babyshower #newborn #pastels

Back in July of 2014, I started work on a pretty pastel baby blanket that would be suitable for a boy or a girl. I had the prettiest butter yellow, pale green, and light lavender. It reminds me a bit of an Easter egg in how it turned out.

Variety stitch crib blanket completed July 30, 2014

The stitches done for this are a selection of triple V stitches, standard doubles, shells, and Criss-Crosses.

Variety stitch crib blanket completed July 30, 2014

The edging for it was done with a simple 5 double crochet stitch & chain 1, then chain 5, single crochet in each chain one around. It made for a smooth flat laying edge.

Variety stitch crib blanket completed July 30, 2014

I enjoyed making this blanket as it whipped up quickly and the colors are some of the prettiest I’ve worked with so far. Plus, because it was double strand, it worked up to a lofty thick blanket.

Variety stitch crib blanket completed July 30, 2014

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