car trash

life with kids is messy!  especially 4 kids.  (well 5 if you count my hubby)  i keep hoping that they are like me & like stuff organized & clean..... but maybe that happens later in life, when they dont live with me anymore:(  so in trying to help with the clean part in our vehicles, i made these quick & easy trash cans.  i changed my initial thought of putting boning in the top binding for some support in keeping it open.  i used a stiffer duck cotton (left over from my grocery bags) and didnt think it was needed.  but if i change my mind all i have to do is rip a small hole in a seam & slide some in.  kids seemed to think they were pretty cool, maybe they will get used.

car kick covers

with all the beautiful nice weather we have had the past few day (and in the forecast for the next few) thought this post would be fitting.  a friend saw this on facebook, saying i should make them.  i said, "you get me the fabric, i'll make them" i am glad that we have similar vehicles, so that i didnt have to bug her for measurements. 

 the site i looked at for ideas used elastic around the top and bottom.  i know that eventually elastic will loose its stretchyness and when i make i make to last.  so i used d rings and velcro.  i also remembered having an issue with a prior vehicle where the seat belt was attached in a funny spot and elastic didnt work.  

glad i got them to her before it got real muddy out!