How To: Sew a Felt Hot Air Balloon Tape Measure Cover

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Just because tape measures are practical, functional things it doesn't mean they have to be boring. Cheer up your tape measure by turning it into a colourful hot air balloon:

This project originally appeared in Crafty magazine a couple of years ago. It's a really fun way to customise a plain tape measure... or you could stuff the balloon shapes instead and use them to make other hot-air-balloon-themed things like mobiles! 

    

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Hot Air Balloons in Love Sewing Australia Magazine

Regular readers might remember this project I worked on for Crafty Magazine just over a year ago - a tutorial for decorating plain tape measures to look like cute little hot air balloons.

Well, I got a lovely email out of the blue last week from Trixi (who shares lots of fun tutorials on her blog Coloured Buttons and was one of my guest posters a few years ago) mentioning she'd seen my hot air balloons in the current issue of Love Sewing Australia.
 
This was a very nice surprise - especially as they'd made the cover!

Here are a couple of peeks at the project pages from inside the magazine:

Me and my work featured in a magazine on the other side of the world? A very nice surprise, indeed!