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23rd January 2014
Vintages Style Diy Jars Covers…
Having lots and lots of glass storage jars in the kitchen I wanted to jazz then up a little and make the kitchen a bit more shabby chic style. I love this material I picked up last May with my birthday money but as the material cost me £25.00 I never dare to cut it up, just in case it turned out wrong.
Months and month later…
And a brand new pair of pinking shears, I decided to put some of the ideas floating around in my head in to practice!
What you need~
- Some glass storage jars ~ (I found the screw tops are the best to cover, ones with the metal catches don’t turn out as nice it make a bit of a bulky front bit).
- Enough material for all your jars, mix and match or all the same.
- Piece of paper to practice a pattern for the top of the jars, best to get it perfect before you cut it out.
- Paper scissors and pinking shears to cut the material.
- Elastic bands (1 for ever jar).
- Tags (1 for every jar).
What to do ~
- Place the paper and mould it over the jar, makes a little mark roughly where you want the covers to finish.
- Cut a square roughly around where you would like the cover size to be.
- Fold the square in half, then half again, then half again, so looks like an ice cream cone.
- Cut a round the top (like picture 2 above but paper first) or like the top of a heart shape for more flowery tops, and it should be circle or flowery when opened. Best to practice a few times and pick with paper then to pick your favourite pattern.
- See if it fits right or you need to make a larger one or trim this one down.
- Practice a few styles and experiment with shapes on the paper, I made some like flowers and some like love hearts by cutting the tops different ways.
- Place the pattern on the material and cut with pinking shears, this will create a nice zig zag edge that won’t need sewing.
- Place on top of the jar.
- Get a tag and knot and elastic band around the tag.
- Place the band around the top of the jar to hold the material on and makes it look like a hat.
See I have lots and lots of jars…I made all shapes and size tops for all different size jars…
And fancy jars in the kitchen now 🙂
They look lovely and are great for homemade gifts also:)~Anne
Thanks Anne, whoo gave me an idea for Valentines day 🙂
Very cute! So glad to finally see what you were up to!!
Haha, I tried not to be to long in posting,,,thanks Amy 🙂
Brilliant,and it looks so good.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx
Aww thank you 🙂
These are very beautiful and very romantic!I just love romantic things 🙂
Thanks Winnie x
Very cute and a good idea! They make your kitchen look really special!x
aww thanks Kezzie, I lam very pleased with them 🙂
So pretty! (Honest Mum)
Thanks 🙂
I used to buy already made ones, but I can now Do-It-Myself. Thanks Claire.
Thanks Nekky, I have looked everywhere for some but never seen any…
They look great ..what a good way to smarten the kitchen up …
Aww thanks, glad you got to see them earlier 🙂
They look great. Hopping by via #Weekendbloghop
Thanks for linking up 🙂
So adorable! Thanks for sharing tutorial!Have a wonderful week!Hugs from Portugal,Ana Love Craftwww.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com
Thanks for the lovely comment 🙂
Oh, it's a nice idea, thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Oh I so need new pinking shears – I have my mum's old ones from about 1973 and they just chew the fabric up – Alice @ Mums Make Lists