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February 03, 2008
That Funky Monkey
Yesterday was a rainy Saturday, just the kind of day for a rainy day craft project!
I started with this Howling Monkey poster. You've probably seen one of these at your local convenience store. The fine folks at the local market had some extra, and let me have this one for free.
But what to do with it?
This project was inspired by a coworker. He saw someone at work wearing a store bought oilcloth apron and asked me if I had made it out of some sort of banner. I had to say no, but a seed was planted! Then I remembered the Howling Monkey poster I picked up last week.
It's made out of some sort of vinyl or plastic. Feels a lot like a thick oilcloth. A few snips here and there, some double fold bias tape I had on hand, a couple of snaps, and less than an hour later I had this:
I didn't use any pins to hold the bias tape in place. I used little pieces of double sided tape here and there and machine stitched right over the tape.
