Today I made these a-dor-a-ble trash cans for my perpetually messy van. Here's hoping they help! :) You can find the tutorial here. Thanks Tara!
The oil cloth (or is it laminated fabric? i'm not sure) came from Treadle in St. Paul. The sweet yellow print is one of my very favorite fabrics ever. It's made by Connecting Threads and you can find it here. The little red polka dot fabric is vintage fabric from my grandma. I'm only using it in small quantities for that reason! I absolutely love this fabric combo. I think they all work together so beautifully.
This one is identical to the first, except I used this gray print from my stash (that I found while I was treasure hunting at Mill End Textiles). I love them as a pair. Now I want to make a yellow and red and gray quilt. Wouldn't that be perfectly lovely? Maybe after I cross a few other things off the list.
I tested these and they look perfectly lovely over my craft room door as well.
Not that I need a trash can there, but a bit of cuteness doesn't hurt!
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Adorable! Thanks for sharing - those are exactly what my car needs!
OK, I'm now making one to hang on my ironing board where I ALWAYS need a trash can lol. Love them!
You're right, a little cuteness never hurt. ;-) I've been meaning to make something similar for our vehicles since LAST summer!
Maybe I need to start paying more attention to that to-do list...
so cute, I love your fabric choices
They are so cute and very practical & eco-friendly! The new-look of your blog is so fresh and beautiful too :)
Great idea, love them!
My backseat soooo needs this!! I don't have any oilcloth on hand but I'll make them anyway. thanks for posting!
These are so cute! I have been wanted to make a trash receptacle for my car but these are too cute for trash ;)
That's so awesome!
My Father needs some of those in his car. the current plastic bags he has are a pain =D
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Oh yes - that yellow red and grey together would make a delicious quilt. Love your design - will be adding that to my list for sure!! Yay - a linky party!! I've managed to cross off 7 out of 13 things on my small projects list - yay!
That's super cute! I could use one of those! And I bet you didn't know that Calla Lily QS is about 5 miles from my house! I'm going to have to check out the details :)
Those are adorable, something that can't typically be said of trash cans/bags ;). I can't believe it is the end of May and I haven't even started my small projects list. Best get on that!
that's something for my husband's car. As he drives almost all day this would be helpful to reduce the mess, wouldn't it? Your tras cans look beautiful.
if you manage to handle the mess in a family van PLASE let me know how!!! I LOVE 30's prints and JUST looked at the yellow one from (my fave) Connecting Threads just this morning!!
Cute! My car could use some cuteness...and less trashiness. :)
So cute! I think if I put that in our car, trash would go everywhere BUT the bag! :)
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Your bags are too cute! I love oilcloth! My mother-in-law picks up really nice oilcloth when she goes to London--it's even sturdier than what they sell stateside. I wonder why? She made me a sewing bag with it once. Its a splendid bag. At any rate, your bags are top shelf! Sorry, in a British mood right now, I guess. :)
Cute! I've got some laminated cotton that would be perfect for this. It would be nice to have a few tiny thread catchers around the house ;-)
these are just cuter than cute! Of course we never have any trash in the car, so I'd have to find another location!! Actually, the hubby calls my car the SS Garbagescow... !! This might be the ticket!
what pretty car accessories!
Very cute, and I think I'm going to try and come see you in Blaine. My sister Emily (Creative Chicks) will be super jealous.
Now you have a much prettier car interior. I need a couple of those myself because my kidlets are real mess makers but I'm guessing that I wouldn't be able to get them to actually use the trash cans.
that yellow fabric is a perfect example for why connecting threads has to get more photos of their stuff out there. i love that print in your picture but i can't tell from their digital sample if i liked it. anyway, a yard just jumped in my cart.
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