I'm gonna be taking the kids by myself to my families cabin in West Yellowstone; so lately all that has been on my mind is making the long drive enjoyable for me and the kids. I'm happy when things are clean, and unfortunately family vans (especially ours) have this nasty habit of rarely being clean. Today I created my own backseat organizer for behind the passengers seat of our van using scraps of fabric I've had laying around. I'll show you a basic step by step. First I have pant legs saved up from cutting the majority of my pants into shorts last year. I used one pant leg as a thicker material for the backing of my organizer. I went out to the van and measured where I would want the top curve to be so it would line up nicely with the head rest.
then I folded it in half and cut out the curve on the top corners for the head rest.
choose a fabric the you want for the outside
use the first piece as a stencil and cut out the patterned fabric
put them back to back with the insides facing out and sew together like you would a pillow, leaving a place for you to turn out the fabric. then stick the opening shut
you don't have to but i like to stitch a boarder around the edges, it makes it feel cleaner to me.
I then began adding pockets to the outside, I used coloring books to determine the sizes of the bigger pockets and then a cup and jean material to make a cup holder. I used a half circle for the cups base and the front side of one pant leg as the length for the round of the cup. You can measure the pocket with a cup to get the right size.
sewed it kinda like a pillow and then turned it out
I could only fit the 4 pockets on mine but each serve a purpose.
loaded up on my table.
I used elastic for the top and ribbon for the bottom straps. I figured it would be easier to tie the bottom then try to fit it over the arm rest.
I did end up adding one more elastic toward the top of the middle for more support.
I'm gonna be taking the kids by myself to my families cabin in West Yellowstone; so lately all that has been on my mind is making the long drive enjoyable for me and the kids. I'm happy when things are clean, and unfortunately family vans (especially ours) have this nasty habit of rarely being clean. Today I created my own backseat organizer for behind the passengers seat of our van using scraps of fabric I've had laying around. I'll show you a basic step by step. First I have pant legs saved up from cutting the majority of my pants into shorts last year. I used one pant leg as a thicker material for the backing of my organizer. I went out to the van and measured where I would want the top curve to be so it would line up nicely with the head rest.
then I folded it in half and cut out the curve on the top corners for the head rest.
choose a fabric the you want for the outside
use the first piece as a stencil and cut out the patterned fabric
put them back to back with the insides facing out and sew together like you would a pillow, leaving a place for you to turn out the fabric. then stick the opening shut
you don't have to but i like to stitch a boarder around the edges, it makes it feel cleaner to me.
I then began adding pockets to the outside, I used coloring books to determine the sizes of the bigger pockets and then a cup and jean material to make a cup holder. I used a half circle for the cups base and the front side of one pant leg as the length for the round of the cup. You can measure the pocket with a cup to get the right size.
sewed it kinda like a pillow and then turned it out
I could only fit the 4 pockets on mine but each serve a purpose.
loaded up on my table.
I used elastic for the top and ribbon for the bottom straps. I figured it would be easier to tie the bottom then try to fit it over the arm rest.
I did end up adding one more elastic toward the top of the middle for more support.