It's Tutorial Tuesday and today I have something I've used every single day for a full month.
If you’ve been on a cruise before you know you get lots of papers. Like bunches and bunches every single night. The daily paper that has the rundown of the next day’s activites, the invitations to the art auction and health seminar, the ads for the boutiques and spa specials.
On some ships there are mailboxes installed on the wall to collect all those papers. On some ships there aren’t so the steward is placing the papers in your door handle, sliding them under the door, or placing them on the bed. If you’re on one of the ship without mailboxes – like the Caribbean Princess that now has a just a screen instead of the mailbox, here is a project to help you – and your steward – find a place to put all those papers. Since the door (and the walls for that matter) are magnetic, today we are making this magnetic mailbox.
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On some ships there are mailboxes installed on the wall to collect all those papers. On some ships there aren’t so the steward is placing the papers in your door handle, sliding them under the door, or placing them on the bed. If you’re on one of the ship without mailboxes – like the Caribbean Princess that now has a just a screen instead of the mailbox, here is a project to help you – and your steward – find a place to put all those papers. Since the door (and the walls for that matter) are magnetic, today we are making this magnetic mailbox.
For this project you will need:
- 12” x 12” backing fabric
- 10” x 10” front fabric
- 7 ½” x 11 ½” fabric for pocket, cut 2
- 10” x 10” Fuse-N-Shape™
- 6 ½” x 10½” HeatnBond ®
- 9 ½” long strip magnet, cut 2
- 10 ½” length of ½” wide bias tape
- Hot glue
- Iron
- Rotary cutter
- Cutting ruler
- Cutting mat
- Sewing machine
- Matching thread
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You can find the step by step how to video for the magnetic cruise ship cabin mailbox sewing project here: