While strolling through Target one day clearance shopping (yes, I hit up all the clearance aisles too often!), I saw this cute little clock and knew I could do something with it..and for $2.75, I snatched it right up!
I had a bunch of fabric scraps left over from projects as well as some ready made pleated fabric from Hobby Lobby and so I whipped up a pretty pleated clock:
Fun, right?! Pleating is such a fun and easy way to add some visual interest to all kinds of things (even clocks!)
There are so many ways to make pleats. Here is just one way! I wanted to make 3 1/2″ pleats, so I cut a piece of my fabric 7″ wide and folded it in half. I ironed it and went on to step one!
Step 1-fold side over and iron 2-bring left side over and meet the two tops together, iron 3- gather again from the right side and iron 4- after doing this with your strip over and over you will have one big line of pleats 5- if you pull just a little you will see how fun it will look as a pleat! (I love this part!)
Next, I sewed the top of the pleat and gathered all of my materials:
clock
pleats (both those I made and some I bought)
hot glue
cardboard
I cut some cardboard to go on the outside of the clock to give me a place to glue down my largest pleated fabric. I cut the back out so I could still hang the clock, change batteries, etc. Then I glued down the clock and then started with the pleats! Once I got it arranged just how I wanted it, I simply glued them down and voila..a fun and personalized clock! I also designed up a quick clock face to match the fabric and put that on the clock.
Now the only question is…what will YOU add pleats to?
This post was originally created for See Kate Sew’s Ruffle Event.