Water Bottle Carrier

This last project is one that I’ve been wanting to make for a long time. The water bottle pictured is one that I use a lot. A lot of times people loop the connector on the lid around a bag and then screw the lid on top (to carry the bottle hands free). The plastic loop holds the bottle to a backpack. My problem has been how to carry this bottle hands free when I won’t have a bag with me. I have wanted to make a lightweight bag to hold this bottle and I wanted to wear this bag cross bodied.

The first tool I used for this project was an Olfa compass cutter.

I love this product! It’s a compass with a built-in cutting blade. The blade saves you a step so you can cut out a circle at the same time that you trace it. I really like that it comes with extra blades, a protective rubber pad and a cover that holds them all together. The ruler markings on the side are easy to measure with cutting various sized circles.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a tutorial online that recommends you cut a 2” circle (and recommends finding a bowl or vase in your house to trace for that dimension). A lot of times I can’t find a physical object that matches the dimension recommended in the tutorial. I love that you can measure and draw as many different circles as you’d like with the compass detail.

I’m going to share how I made a cover for my 32 oz. water bottle. If your water bottle has different dimensions, feel free to reference your own bottle’s dimensions to customize your own carrier.

Supplies

20” long cording
Olfa Compass cutter
0.5m ripstop nylon
0.25m batting
Cord toggle
Fabric clips
Ruler

I first cut out a circle with a 3” radius. For the paper, I used a stiff watercolor paper that I had on hand (for a reusable template).

I calculated on this template the batting thickness, seam allowances, and then the outer water bottle dimension.

Continued in my next post...

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