Maybe They'll Fit Better Now!

Wow! You gals were amazing with your ideas and links about my pants. Not to mention your support and encouraging words! It seems my posts about clothes gets the highest comment count! LOL! I wonder why???

I know you're waiting on the edge of your seat to see what I came up with right? RIGHT?
So here's what I did.
I first checked ebay to see what pants like that are going for. The highest bid I saw was for $2.75. I'm just not going to waste my time for that little amount of money. Soooo I started checking out the links some of you left and one thing led to another and I found some really cute ideas on what to make with the pants.
First of all I can't believe I cut a pair of my jeans. But it was actually easier than the thought of just giving them away. At least I am being useful with them. And like I said in my blog post. Maybe they'll fit better now. More room in the butt! Hee! Hee!
Did you get a visual? You're welcome.

Here's the finished project of what I made. (For those of you who are in a hurry and don't want to see how I made it!)
It's a note and pen holder for the fridge!
Isn't it the cutest?
It doesn't show up real well against our black fridge so I put a white piece of paper behind it.

A couple other ideas were placemats (with the pocket on there to hold the silverware) and or Christmas stockings. I'll keep you posted on those.

And before I show you how I made this. Someone named Kassia posted a comment on the post last night and told me about a jacket her friend's Mom made. If you are reading this I would really like to see a picture of that if there is any way.

Okay moving on. If you're busy you can leave now. Thank you for your time and make sure you tell me how fabulous my little crafty project was! Hee! Hee!

If you have a minute and want to see how easy this was. Stick around!

First of all I love it because it involved no sewing whatsoever!

The first thing you gotta do is cut out the pocket. Make sure you cut around the pocket and include the part that it's already sewed to.
See, you automatically have a pocket all ready to go! That'll save you a couple sewing needles right there.
Next you turn it over and measure your magnetic stripping. Use whatever you have in the terms of magnets. I just happen to have this and it worked for this project. Rip one off an old magnet if you have to but remember you need to put enough on there to hold the weight of the notepad.

Next hot glue your strips around the back of the pocket. I made 4 strips and it worked great.
I then embellished it a little bit by taking my paint pen and writing the word "notes" on there. But here's where you can get super creative. You can write "coupons" and hold your coupons in there or whatever you want.
Easy smeasy huh? Let me know if you try it.

HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

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