Monday Made It-Seat Sacks

Aloha friends!  How is your summer going?  I am all over the place with creating, reading, cooking, cleaning etc... But I am loving every minute of it.  Today I am linking up with Tara for one of my favorite linky parties during the summer to show you how I created my own seat sacks.

I have always wanted to get seat sacks for my classroom, but they are pretty pricey and I don't like the colors that are available commercially.  I borrowed a seat sack from a colleague to see how difficult it would be to make.

This is what it looked like and I wanted them to fit my 12" chairs that I have in my classroom.

Simple enough. Pocket in front and pocket in back to hang.

(These are available on Amazon, just click the picture)

So I headed out to the ONE fabric store we have on island hoping to find some Duck Cloth.

Score!!!  I found all of the colors I wanted and bought a yard of each. 

The pink, yellow and green were a poly/cotton blend and only cost $6 a yard.

The blue and purple were duck cloth and cost $9 a yard.

The cloth was 58" across so I was able to cut out 4 pieces from a yard - 14"x36".

 I sewed up the edges on opposite sides.

Then I measured 6" for the pocket that connects to the chair. 

(That was what the seat sack I borrowed measured)

 I pinned it and then I pinned the book pocket up to meet it on the opposite side,

but I did not overlap them.

Then I sewed right up both sides.

Turn it inside out and you are done!

I had a workshop at school so I took one with me to see how it would fit on my chairs.

They look awesome!!  

I was able to make 4 from one yard of material.  

That comes out to $2.25 a sack for the duck cloth!

The others were only $1.50 each.  I'm calling this a win :)

I can't wait to see how they all look when I head back to the classroom.

(Well I think I can wait, I'm not quite ready to go back yet!)

What crafty things have you been up to?  

Head over and link up with Tara or just check out the other awesome craftiness.