There's tons of sites that tell you how to make Jammer bags. That's how I started.
But, frankly, belts are easier to do, especially if you're new to sewing.
You will need:
- 7 empty Jammer bags (for a belt for a young girl)
- one set of 1" wide (28 mm) D-rings (available at fabric shops for about $1.50)
- thread
1. Wash and dry 7 Jammer bags. This is the most tedious part. I slit the bottoms and soak them through a sink of dishwater. Then, I either let them air-dry or, if I'm in a rush, I wrap a tea towel over a chopstick and dry them that way.
2. With a rotary cutter or very carefully with scissors, cut lengthwise strips from the Jammers, making sure they're a little less than 1" wide. You want to make sure they will fit in the D-rings.
3. Select 7 strips and sew them, overlapping just a tad, top to bottom. If you think you're done, you're so wrong!
4. Select another 7 strips and sew them like you did the first time. No, you don't have two belts, unless you want your belt to look budget.
5. Sew the two 7 Jammer long strips together, wrong sides facing. Almost done!
6. Thread one end of belt through the two D-rings together, and fold the first Jammer strip in half. This is where the D-rings will sit. Sew the end of the belt to the seam you made that held together the first and second strip. To keep it stable, sew as close to the D-rings as you can.
7. Trim uneven edges (especially if you used scissors) and wear with the snazz yo' momma gave you!
Monday, July 2, 2007
Kool-Aid Jammer Belt Instructions
Posted by Jen at 4:39 PM
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Not sure if you meant me, but I didn't mean to "freak you out" if you did. I only assume you meant me because there's a good possibility my name would come up during a Google search for "1957" or "Mai Tai." Anyhow, I'll apologize, as long as you apologize for writing that I now have a "comb-over" in your other blog. That's when you slick the hair across the top and I most definitely slick it down the sides! And I didn't pork out, by the way...I'm just big-boned!
Dave LeBlanc
(now you can consider yourself REALLY freaked out!)
Well...hello Jen. Of course I read the comments on my houseblog. While it's mostly the wife's project, I'm the one that had to set it up for her to get her back in the writing swing of things. She's got a rusty journalism degree that she doesn't use (she became an interior designer instead) and I wanted her to get back into writing. I guess the parallels to me in that blog entry freaked me out a little: I've pretty much lost most of my hair and in some photos it may look like a comb-over, and you and I knew each other when I was at my skinniest and although I wouldn't say I'm a porker, my pants from back then certainly wouldn't fit (nor would I want to wear those freaky psychedelic things!), and I have a cool job (two, actually, I'm still in radio and now write a weekly column for the Globe on architecture). I'm also a member of the Montreal-based "Mai Tai Appreciation Society", a loose-knit bunch of people who, like you, also enjoy a good Mai Tai in a proper Polynesian setting (or Googie setting). So you can see it was an honest mistake.
I'm also glad to see that your life is going well. Three kids and a husband, eh? I can barely handle one wife and a cat!
By way of explanation, you should know that, since, unlike you I'm a nostalgic fool and do thing about my past once in a while, I plug names into Google to see what comes up, and last week I tried yours. I even found Jeremy (you may remember he was our drummer) alive and well living in Vancouver and I was able to listen to some of his songs. I like the internet for that; in a very non-threatening way, you can visit people you once knew and see that they're happy and doing alright.
I see you're back in Toronto; if you ever pick up a Globe, you'll find me in the Friday Real Estate section (end of shameless plug).
Take very good care,
DLeB
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