Good 1/2 Hour DIY Project: Eye Makeup Remover Pads

I am going to make as many of these as I can in the next 30 mins before I have to go get hubby. The toddler is napping and I have a bunch of flannel that needs to be used up, so what the heck.

I have been using eye makeup remover for the past few months (never have before that, actually) and was using cotton balls to take the makeup off. They seem wasteful and expensive when you go through about 4-5 a day. I ran out and now I am ready to make something that I can throw in the wash and keep reusing.

I would like to try the homemade remover recipe as well, but don't have any unrefined coconut oil on hand (the stuff I have is better for cooking). I also don't have distilled water. Maybe once I run out of the store bought remover I will have to make up a batch.

I think I will need to make about 20 of these pads...I wear a lot of mascara sometimes!

I think that keeping a mesh laundry bag in the bathroom near the sink would be a good way of making sure they don't get lost in the jumble of dirty clothes. Otherwise, I can see these easily becoming lost like dirty toddler socks do...

Door Latch Cover & Silencer (My First Tutorial)

My son just turned two and one of his favorite things is going in a bedroom and shutting the door behind him...aaaaand sometimes locking it. This brings him great joy. Not for Mommy. Mommy FREAKS OUT! So I decided to halt all previous sewing projects to take a quick 15 minutes and make this door silencer/latch cover that I saw on Pinterest. I did not find a tutorial so I made my own up. If you are interested in making one, I wrote the best instructions I could at the end of this post. It was a really easy and quick project that only takes 2 scraps of fabric, 1 piece of batting, and 2 hairties. Great naptime sewing project! Most crafters will have those things on hand, so I encourage you to make one if you have a newborn and want to keep the door quiet or if you have a sneaky toddler like mine. :)

(Please excuse the messy carpet and moving box. We are in transition...again.)

The door can still shut like normal without any latching going on! Great, huh!?

Instructions to Make Your Own:

1.) Cut two squares of fabric measuring 2 1/4" wide by 2 3/4" tall. I used quilting fabric.

2.) Cut one piece of fusible or sew-in batting using the same measurements. (I use sew-in)

3.) Place the batting on the wrong-side of one square of fabric and pin or fuse.

4.) Take a hairtie (the thin kind) and pinch it and place it along the edge and in the middle of one of the short ends of the square. Make sure the long end of the hairtie is in the middle of the square, not directed outward. Hold it in place until you get to your sewing machine.

5.) Do a tight zig-zag stitch to secure the hairtie in place in pinched position.

6.) Repeat for the other hairtie on the opposite side of the fabric square.

7.) Place the two squares together with right-sides facing.

8.) Sew a 1/4" seam around the square leaving about 1" to 1 1/4" open for turning inside out.

9.) Clip corners and any hairtie bulk sticking out.

10.) Turn rightside out, using chopsticks or something pointy to push out corners. Press opening.

11.) Stitch a 1/8" seam around the edge, enclosing the opening as you go. 

12.) You're done!

I hope that made sense and please comment if it didn't! Have fun!