Pocket Garage

A very special little boy recently had a birthday and I wanted to give him something that I thought he would love.  This little boy loves cars and trucks!  I remembered that I had seen a tutorial on Pinterest for a cloth car caddy and so I decided I would make that for this special guy.  The car caddy from the tutorial used velcro but I wanted this one to be able to go to places that he needed to be quiet too so I scrounged around in my bits and pieces drawer of my craft dresser to see what I could come up with.  I found some red elastic cord (probably from a gift box or pair of shoes that don't come in a box) and a button from some old fatigues that my husband used to wear to work when we were first married.  Do I keep too much stuff?  Um, yes, probably!  But sometimes it comes in handy.
I used an old pair of my husband's work jeans that were in the scraps pile and cut out the pieces I needed from it.  I found a piece of canvas drop cloth I had used for outdoor curtains and cut out the pieces I needed from it.  Following the tutorial I sewed the pieces together and sewed the elastic to it all.  It didn't look very neat so I cut out a small piece of striped material from the scraps pile and appliqued it over the stitching for the cord.  I need to work on my applique stitching.  But it did look better than just the plain stitching.  The tutorial called for felt but I just used more denim and yellow thread to make the road.  And then, of course, I couldn't give it to him empty!  I filled it with 6 cool cars and trucks!  With the heavy duty material used for this it should last quite a while.  And I've been told that he loves it which was my goal!