Ashley used velcro, and I used snaps. I never have luck with velcro, it always seems to come off somehow, so I used snaps, and this was a first and I will use them again... Just use a pair of pliers and squeeze them where needed... She used shelf liner as her grippy, I used hot glue, an idea I saw here... Enough about how I came about this idea... here's what I did.
Using a piece of fabric about 2 1/2" wide and 140 inches long, I sewed it right sides together, turned and ironed it nice and flat. ( Ironing it flat helped me with positioning my elastic)
Next, I measured out 15" of elastic that would fit inside my tube.
Then using a safety pin I pulled my elastic towards the center of my tube.
Using the sippy cup that I use daily, I wrapped it around marking where I needed my snaps. For my cup it was about 8" apart. I added my snaps using needle nose pliers.
I then pulled my elastic next to the second snap and pinned in place.
Then I went to the other end of my tube and placed two more snaps about 5 inches apart so that I can snap it to my stroller. If you are using a stroller that has the car seat, you may need to place these farther apart, I am using this stroller and the frame is thinner than our bigger stroller.
Finally, I took my hot glue gun and added some drops to create a little bit of a grip.
That's it! All done!
I even used this in the grocery store. That way I did not have to worry about losing, yet another, cup...
You can easily adjust this for other strollers and cups, just by adjusted your measurements. I see one for every different style cup in our future... It is always the smallest things that help throughout your day!
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Love the variation.....turned out great! And thanks for the link!
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Oh Felicia bless you for the modification. I tried making this with the velcro and it was an epic fail! A full sippy was heavy enough to completely undo the velcro causing a sippy cup to go fly across a restaurant...with a tail! I need to know exactly how and where you are attaching the elastic? Are the snaps holding it in place? I would really love to know so I can make one of these ASAP!
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Kate
Kate-
ReplyDeleteThe elastic is inside the "tube" of fabric. Starting from one end, I had about an inch of fabric then one snap, then i space it 8 inches ( for my particular cup) then slid my elastic pretty close to this snap. Then I sewed it in place. Then I pulled the loose end to as far as I wanted it gathered ( which was pretty close to the other end to shorten the 140 inches). Then I sewed that end in place. Then put a snap next to that, and another on the end...
Hope that helps... If not let me know I could maybe make you a video and email it?