DIY eye patch for glasses

I recently found out I have Bell's Palsy. You can read about my story here. Since my eye isn't closing all the way, I needed an eye patch especially to protect it from the wind and dust. I bought a couple from the local drug store but it was very uncomfortable and bulky. This meant that I couldn't put my prescription glasses over the eye patch. 

I knew somewhere on Pinterest, I could find a tutorial and I did here. I made mine slightly bigger because the tutorial was made for a child. 

MATERIALS: 

• 3 small pieces of cloth - I used felt, canvas & pretty calico prints. 
• Matching thread
• Scissors
• Pins
• Binding

DIRECTIONS:

• Draw out an almost tear drop/oval shape (see picture). Make sure to cut the 1 inch triangle shapes. I just printed the photo from Amanda's blog and used that making sure it was 5 inches long and 4 inches wide (Ignore the measurements on my picture. Those were the original measurements from Amanda). I pinned the template to my fabric (all 3 pieces) and cut them out at once. 

• Trace the triangles on the piece that will be on your eye's side. 

Look at all the pretty prints. 

• I found hair ties that I didn't want and cut those to use as the elastic bands. This will help your glasses hold the patches. 

• Sew the 3 pieces of fabric together. 

• Cut the elastic to fit on sides of patch. Pin and sew edges (You can do this at the same time as sewing your 3 pieces together).

1. Pinch where the triangles were and sew. This makes a bump (cone shape?) so that it's not flat on your eyes. 

• You can stop here or add binding. I really didn't want to deal with binding but it just looked unfinished. 

Viola! It's not perfect but it will do!

Okay so at first, I thought I could get away with using only two pieces of fabric which was a little flimsy and see through so when I made the 2nd one, I added the 3rd fabric which was much better! 

Why am I not smiling? Well, given that half my face won't move, I will definitely look like a pirate. I love the blue and yellow with the stars! If I have to wear a patch, I might as well make it the way I like it. 

More Bunting!

I ♥ bunting. There is so much you can do with different paper, fabric, shapes, sizes... the possibilities are endless! I have been using a lot of triangle buntings so I decided to go with another shape for these.

 

SUPPLIES:

• 10 Paper of choice 6 x 4 1/2
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Ribbons
• Ruler 

INSTRUCTIONS:

•  Cut your paper to measure 6x4.5 (or whatever size you like. I used spring/Easter colors as I'm using these for spring photos. My cardstock was 12x12. I ended up with extra paper that I used to make pinwheels. See the tutorial here. 

•  Measure 4 inches down and 2 1/4 (half of 4.5) inches from sides and mark your paper.  

 

• Draw a line from the mark to each corner & cut along lines.  

 

•  Using the first piece as a template, place it over the remaining pieces and draw your line on the BACK of the paper (so you don't have to measure again!) 

 

• Punch holes on each of the corners on top (for ribbons to thread through)

 

•  Thread ribbons through holes from front to back. 

 If you're interested in the decorative DIY Pinwheels, please click here.

 

DIY pinwheels (decorative)

Pinwheels... It reminds me of my childhood. I wanted to make a few for a photo session with my boys. These are only decorative as they don't spin. I used left over card stock from another project. Click here to check it out!


SUPPLIES:

• Square paper (cardstock) I used 6x6
• Sticks/dowels (I used chopsticks)
• Pins
• Scissors
• Hot glue

DIRECTIONS:

• Cut your paper into square pieces 
• Cut from all four corners into center (do not cut through!)- you can measure and use a pencil to mark your paper but I didn't want marks on my pinwheels. 
• Punch holes in center and corners 

• Using a pin, hold all corners together in center. 

• Apply hot glue to stick and attached to back of pinwheel

And they match my bunting!