{DIY} Copper Magazine Sling

If it's not plants that we are obsessed about, then it's copper. Copper is such a wonderful material to work with. So easy and you can build just about anything with it.

Materials
8x 90 degree elbows
2 x 5ft copper tubing (this is enough to make all of your cuttings) 3/4in thickness
Copper cutter
1 yard of fabric
Heat and Bond hem tape (Joann's Fabrics $2.99)
Iron

Directions for Fabric Sling
1. Take your 1 yard of fabric and fold it the long way (like a hot dog) and iron it so that it is as even as possible without any wrinkles, creating a nice crease. **it should have been already folded on the bolt this way at the fabric store
2. Cut the yard in half  along the crease that you just ironed over. You should have 2 pieces that are 36 inches in length
3. Take 1 of the pieces of fabric and lay it flat onto your ironing board
4. Using a ruler iron down a temporary hem. This will make it easier to fit the tape underneath. Do this the entire length of the fabric.

5. Rip off a piece of the heat and bond hem tape, long enough for the entire length of the fabric and gently insert it into the creased hem

6. Iron down hem about 3 seconds or until fabric is fused together. You will repeat this step on the other side of the fabric, as well as for the other piece of fabric.
7. Both fabric pieces should look like this once hemmed:

8. Once you have that completed you are going to fuse the two pieces together with the heat and bond tape. Take note that you want the pretty side of the fabric to be facing outward on both sides. For this, rip off a piece of tape 36 inches long and place on top of your hem and sandwich that tape in with your other piece of fabric. Do this for all 4 sides.

9. Lastly you are going to create a flap for your copper to fit through. Decide how long you want the flap to come down on the inside and hem and fuse it to the inside of the sling. You will have to play around with this a bit since it customizable to your liking. I ended up cutting off about 6 inches of fabric leaving me with a 30 inch sling before the flaps were hemmed.

Directions for Copper
1. Cut all of your copper first. You are going to need 8 pieces total. 4x 13.5in, 2x 16.5in, and 2x 9in. If you want to polish them up you can use a little vinegar--check pinterest for a recipe.
2. Lay out the 4--13.5in copper tubes and attach a 90 degree elbow to the top and bottom of each tube.

3.Take the 2--9inch tubes and place them in between each set of 13.5 inch to create a U shape.

4. Rotate your 90 degree elbows on top so that they are facing upwards.

5. Take the 2--16.5 inch tubes and insert them in the 90 degree elbow of one of the U shapes.

6. Slide your fabric onto the tubes and finish up by connecting the two U shapes together.

7. This is what it should look like once completed:

For this project I did not use any type of glue to permanently connect the tubes. However if you would like to make sure that they do not get loose, please refer to the glue used in our ipad stand tutorial.
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