handmade student emergency kit

June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments

virginia tech birthday gift

My brother is very smart. He’s got one of those jobs where he can’t tell you what he does. I have a feeling I probably wouldn’t understand a lot of it if he could. He’s also working on his PhD. Both involve a lot of hard work and math. Two things that he can always use: pencils and caffeine.

virginia tech birthday gift

If you’ve been reading my personal blog for awhile, you know that he went/goes to Virginia Tech. He never tires of Hokie-themed gifts. (I asked.) I figured what he needed these days was something for all of those pencils and caffeine. I made him a pencil case and tucked some extra mechanical pencils, lead and erasers inside. I also made him an adjustable coffee sleeve and sent him a big bag of his favorite tea.

recycle: I can’t believe I am still using up VT fabric scraps from a yard I purchased over a year ago. Denim was from a pair of jeans. (Freecycle is a great source for denim!) Fabric and button were from my stash. Elastic was a colored pony tail holder.

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Tags: case > coffee > hokie > pencil > pouch > recycled > sleeve > virginia tech > zipper

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2 Responses to “handmade student emergency kit”

Lisa
June 24th, 2009 @ 5:50 pm

Oooh, you know what would be cool- if the coffee sleeve was actually a wrap around pocket that held tea bags or caffine pills or advil or something. At first, that’s what I thought you had made!
Awesome none the less! Your sewing is so cool.
Mymsie
July 20th, 2009 @ 2:59 pm

Cute! My Dad went to VT – go Hokies!