New Project: Goggles

I've made a couple of other things, but I didn't post here about them. Today, I created a pair of goggles for either mine or Will's Steampunk outfit.

Here's what I used:
Faux leather from a thrift store jacket -- I cut the collar off and used that part.

Some plastic from an egg carton, specifically the domed part:.

And a couple of brass napkin rings from the Salvation Army. At least, I think they're napkin rings, I'm really not sure.

First, I cut the egg carton so I had a dome shape that fit inside the ring, and hot glued it in. I then cut another piece of straight plastic and put that in the other one. I used some Sharpies to color in the middle of the dome and attached old clock parts to the straight piece.

Then, I wrapped some of the leather around the ring, sewed it together and used hot glue to glue the excess to the inside of the ring.

I took a small piece of the leather and sewed it into a tube, then turned it inside out the make the nose bridge. A few more pieces of leather created the cuffs on the outer edges and the straps. Now I'm just waiting on Will's decision on how he'd like to wear them; either around his head or on a hat. I still have to figure out the closure of the straps, but I'll probably do it with the buttons from the same coat.

This is what they look like at the moment:

Not too bad for a first attempt. I'm still learning all this stuff, so I'm pretty proud of myself.