Transparent wallet

In university I had a meal plan, and the holder it was in was transparent on the inside and would hold both the meal plan slip and my student id card.  I liked the convenience of being able to see what was in it like that.  Later I made myself a wallet out of a milk bag.

It is all transparent and sewn together.

The previous one lasted about two years, and this one was made a few days ago.

Other previous attempts were walets made from overhead sheets and packing tape; just packing tape; sandwich bags and tape; and tape with cardboard. None of those lasted nearly as long as a milk bag with thread.

When I had a bus pass I could just put it on one of the outside surfaces and not even open my wallet to show it.

I like it.

My toothbrush holder

I keep my toothbrush in one of those plastic toothbrush tubes, since it is traveling with me all over the place.  I found the tube to be boring, so I tried painting right on the plastic, and later using sharpies on the plastic, but both rubbed fairly quickly.  Eventually I just wrapped it in hockey tape and painted that.

I also glossed it when it was done.  The split where the toothbrush tube opens is part way into the yellow stripe.

I expect the tube will actually last longer because of the reenforcement on the surface.

Travel Sewing Kit

I fix stuff, and sew stuff, however carrying the basic sewing essentials can be a challenge sometimes.  After a few years of storing my sewing needles in folds in 1/8ths of sheets of paper I decided to make a box that would slide shut to hold some of these needles.  It also turns out that I could hold thread wrapped around the same size papers, making the kit complete.

I have some big needles and small needles, potato sack string, elastic string, and a few colors of thread in there.

Also it all closes up into a neat small package.  I am quite happy with the result.  This kit has been traveling with me for a few years now with no trouble.

SD card holder card

I personally find SD cards too hard to manage because they are so small, especially when they do not end up living inside of devices.

So my solution was to make a holder for the few that I had out of some plastic canvas sewn with strips of shopping bags, making the cards larger and easier to manage.  The holder is nice and simple, and the cards just slide in and out, but do not fall out.  If I had any more cards I would make a holder twice the size, this one is the size of 1/16th of a sheet of letter sized paper.

Custom Hula Hoops

A little over two years ago I learned how to make really nice hula hoops for learning to do tricks with.

These are the first two hoops I made.  Both are made from 25mm IPEX pipe and a straight pipe joiner.  I have also made a few hoops for other people over the last two years.

The larger one was the first one I created, and was originally wrapped in white hockey tape with writing all over it.  Recently it accidentally ended up getting soaked in insecticide, so I stripped the tape off and re-wrapped it.  Both hoops are wrapped in white hockey tape and painted.

I plan to make an even larger one that moves even slower to help with learning motions, moving up to smaller ones as I get the motions learned and ingrained in muscle memory.

my first fun fur hammock

In the winter after I learned how to make hammocks I decided to try and make a warm one.

This hammock is fun fur lined with a thick fleece shell.  It is 1.5m wide and 2.5m long.  I actually built it to fit under the 3m long double wide nylon hammock that I started using as a tarp. 

This hammock is very comfortable, but does not actually block the wind very well, so it is not quite as warm as I hoped for winter sleep. However, it does make an extremely warm blanket on a double bed.

It has been well used for about a year, but has now fallen into disuse since I made the double wide fun fur windproof hammock.

large hand bag

When I was making my winter outfit I had a strip of leftover fleece, which when folded in half looked like a good sized hand bag.

It holds everything I need for a day of temping with fairly consistent weather and temperatures, or everything I need while in transit on a bus going anywhere.  The straps are scrap webbing that I diverted from the garbage at a furniture building gig a few years ago. There are loops in all four ends of the straps where I can hook small things, like my keys, phone, and water bottle, for easy retrieval.

The bag measures 43cm x 30cm with a 27cm opening.