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Monster Mashup Make this trio of handy monsters to help keep your home organized. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-261

Allison Whitlock and her guests, John Minardi, Eunice Cho and Travis Meinolf, of the craft group Follow Through Design, create a monster toilet-paper cozy, a magazine holder and a desktop fiend who can hold anything from your iPod to your "iGlasses."

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TP Monster

It's easy to make little creatures that also have a function. Eunice Cho shows how to make a simple toilet-paper cozy that gives your tissue some personality; then John Minardi adds a simple face with embroidery thread and buttons.

TP Monster

Materials:

brown combed cotton twill (heavyweight)
2 standard shirt buttons (eyes)
stick (from a tree)
felt for detail work
DMC embroidery floss
sewing machine
hand sewing needle ("sharps" are suggested)
scissors

1. Cut out a rectangle and a circle based on the pattern (figure A) or on your favorite brand of toilet paper (they vary in size).

2. Sew the two far ends of the rectangle together, making a tube. Check and see that it fits on the toilet paper.

3. Hem one of the ends of the tube (like a pants leg). If you'd rather not hem, then just roll the end over a couple of times and stitch it (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

4. With the tube still inside out, pin the circle to the "unhemmed" side of the tube (figure C); then stitch it on using the sewing machine (figure D) (be sure to sew slowly).

5. Sew on the face; you can use virtually any decorating materials you want (shirt buttons and embroidery floss are easily accessible). Flip it inside out and topstitch the face on the side (figure E).

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E

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