Help your little ones stay hydrated with a bright and bold fabric water bottle holder that they can carry on their own. A great option for field trips and summer activities! This post contains an affiliate link.
As the school year is coming to a close, our lives are busier than ever! Field trips, track meets, the school jog-a-thon, swim parties, and let’s not forget our road trip this summer from California to Virginia. Since a water bottle is always on the packing list for school field trips, I decided to make the kids a water bottle holder to carry over their shoulder. This will make keeping those little bodies hydrated a breeze! As an added bonus: I won’t end up having to carry all of their water this summer when we’re hiking in Southern Utah!
Color Block Fabric Water Bottle Holder Tutorial
This water bottle holder comes together in less than an hour and is just the right size to hold a 12 oz. bottle of water.
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COLOR BLOCK FABRIC WATER BOTTLE HOLDER TUTORIAL
Equipment
- sewing machine
- iron
- ironing board
- scissors
- pins
Materials
- Cotton fabric 1/3 yard each in 2 coordinating colors
- Fusible fleece interfacing 1/3 yard
- Coordinating thread
Instructions
- Cut out the fabric and interfacing for your water bottle holder using the guide. Measurements are marked width-x-height.
- You'll need two pieces for the outer fabric. They will be sewn together to form the color block.
- You'll also need a lining piece and a piece of interfacing the same size.
- You'll need 3 circles. One from each fabric and also one from the fleece interfacing.
- You'll need 2 strap pieces that are 3" x the length suggested in the guide and a matching piece of interfacing
- This water bottle holder will fit any 12 oz. disposable water bottle.
- Sew the 3.25" band and 5.25" piece together using a 1/4" seam allowance.
- Press seam open.
- Fuse (iron) the 11" x 8" piece of interfacing to the back of the outer piece.
- Top stitch across the 3.25" band.
- Fold both the lining piece and outer piece over 1/2" on the top edge (folding toward the back).
- Iron.
- Fold your outer piece in half and stitch the side seam.
- Repeat for lining piece.
- Fuse circle of interfacing to the bottom of your outer circle fabric (turquoise, in this case).
- Line up and pin to the bottom of your outer piece.
- Repeat for lining piece.
- Turn outer piece right side out.
- Leave lining inside out.
- Place your lining section inside the outer section, lining up side seams.
- Set aside.
- Fuse (iron) interfacing to the back of one of the strap sections.
- With right sides together, and the interfacing on top, stitch side seams, leaving ends open.
- Turn right side out.
- Top stitch down the length of the strap several times for stability. I lined up my pressure foot to the edge and used that as a guide.
- Slide straps in-between outer and lining sections. Pin in place.
- Pin all the way around, lining outer and lining sections a that top.
- Top stitch all the way around the top.
- Slide a water bottle inside and you are all set!
Notes
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Are you guys moving to VA? I love it there! Happy road trip! #client
Yes! We are moving to Chesapeake 🙂
Great idea! This will help kids from constantly misplacing their water bottles – a constant challenge, right?! Love how you did the straps. Thanks for teaching this newbie-ish sewer a new trick. Visiting from Welcome Home Wednesday party.
Omgosh, I am in love with these! They would be perfect when we go to the zoo. Thank you so much for the great tutorial! (and for making my summer easier)
I love the color combinations on these!
Such a great idea Brandy. My kids are always losing their bottles or forget that they’re in their backpacks. This is so much better. Great tutorial, thanks a mil
These are great, and a lovely clear tutorial too, thanks. Pinning.
These are adorable and would be great for anyone including me! Very easy to follow tutorial too 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday. Pinned & sharing
This is SO adorbs!
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Cute and colorful project! Thanks so much for sharing it! Pinned 🙂
I’ve been looking for something like this for my water bottles. Thanks
These are awesome! Perfect for a day out!Thanks for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It! 🙂
This is so great! I’m pinning this now and definitely want to make it for my boys. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I was just thinking I need to make something for my daughter to attach to her backpack as it doesn’t have any water bottle holder on the side. I’ll just make the straps shorter and with a snap to remove it 🙂
Thank you for sharing your pattern and in a print tutorial. This will make great holiday gifts for the grandkids.