Phone Home….

Well, my main man recently got a funky but chubby cell phone.  He bought a handy-dandy carrying case and broke the connecting belt clip his first day of use!  With this being a new, non-standard sized phone there were no other carrying case options at the store.  So in pops Chicken Hill to the rescue!  I dashed on over to Goodwill and found an 100% wool navy blue sweater for a steal of a price.  I also grabbed this super bright orange kid’s corduroy shirt.  I ended up cutting a nice sized rectangular piece of wool and washing it in my washer for about 4 cycles to get a good density of felt.  Then, with the proper phone measurements, (I made sure the phone was going to have a snug fit, as I was trying to keep it quickly accessible with a simple, drop-in design) I threw some orange corduroy inside for a fun lining.For the belt handle, I think I double or triple folded the felt and stitched it up separately before attaching it to the main pod.  I made sure to triple machine stitch everything to give my phone pouch some longevity, knowing my husband will probably accidentally abuse it.  

Check out the final result!  Mind you the picture is current…it’s been in actual daily use for about 6 months, not to shabby looking (I love how strong felt is).  Like the energizer bunny, “Still going strong”!