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Watch Sleeve Tutorial

I can't even remember when I last posted a tutorial here, so it's about time, don't you think?! A few years ago we got Miss Kiki a Baby-G Casio watch as a school year-end present. She wore it diligently for a month or so and then she started complaining that it made her sweat and it started smelling and losing colour. After that she stopped wearing it for about a year. Yeah... we've all been there... A few months ago, I thought of making a fabric sleeve for the watch. First of all, if it's a nice cotton fabric it won't make her skin sweat. If she goes out to the playground and runs around and sweat anyway, it would be absorbed by the fabric and it won't stick or smell. The sleeve could be easily removed and washed regularly.  I didn't find any tutorials that I liked for this project so I decided to make my own... ;) I started with tracing the watch on a piece of paper and drawing the sleeve design on it. After that, I drew the pieces that I want