Have you ever wondered what to do with the little bit of fabric scraps that you have left? Hello, a cute little fabric keychain!! It literally cost me 19 cents to make. Yes you read that right $0.19
I had all of the supplies I needed already in the form of left over bits and scraps. That is why I never throw out even a few inches of left over scrap. They go in a bin and you can use them for little projects like this or later on to applique somethere where you need a little piece for an eye or letter etc. I am a firm believer of using every inch of your fabric. If you have little postage size pieces, a friend of mine gave me the idea of a quilt (no I will never make one) but she is saving all of those little bits and making a postage stamp quilt. GENIUS! So I will send her my little tiny squares later on.
So first I took my main fabric and embroider the First name Initial of the person that I am gifting this to. If you don't have a means to embroider then you can hand sew on a letter, you can embellish using a little fabric flower, buttons, a little lace perhaps. The options are endless.
Materials:
3x7 inch cut of main fabric
2.5 x 2.5 inch cut of fusible fleece
key ring
thread
sewing maching
embellishments if you choose
Start by taking your 3x7 piece and flipping it over. You want to Iron on your fusible fleece to the very bottom of the rectangle like so. (Be sure to follow the instructions provided for you on your fleece).
You want to then fold that fleece fabric so the right sides of the fabric are touching but you also have a 2 inch fabric over hang on the top (this overhang without the fleece is what will serve as your attachment to the key ring).
You want to know mark the center of the fleece this way your sides are even when sewing.
From the center mark out 1 inch. I like to mark it because there is room for a margin on the sides to cut later on and I want to be sure to not approach that line when stitching.
Now in between those two lines, see there is a mark that indicated 3/4 of an inch. Mark there.....
From that 3/4 of an inch mark, you want to create a diagonal like to the edge of the fleece as depicted in the photo. After you have completed that, simply round out the bottom corners for an even appearance.
On the INSIDE of the drawn lines, you want to stitch your seam with a 1/8 allowance. Be sure that you are ONLY stitching along the outside lines that are drawn. DO NOT stitch along the top. You need to have that opening to turn the fabric out. NOTE the Yellow Lines of stitching where it starts and stops on each side on top.
Go ahead and cut away all of that excess fabric from around the fleece being mindful that you do not cut your stitches. When it comes to cutting the top portion leave the top piece of hangover fabric intact as shown in the picture below.
Now you simply want to use a pen, chopstick etc to turn your fabric right side out like so.
Next you want to take your iron, press and fold the top fabric so that both sides meet in the middle.
Fold the very top to create a 1/4 inch fold. Press and then you can top stitch that fold and all the way around your fabric.
Next simply take your key ring, Slide the top flap of fabric through it and fold down so that the 1/4 inch seam that was just sewn touches the top of the fleeced area. Sew a straight line across. I used a triple stitch for extra security.
VOILA Your fabric keychain is complete!! However, do note that My stitch line on top is crooked......BLIMEY 1am sewing!! That keychain will be recreated tomorrow morning when I can see straight haha! I hate when I complete and entire project and then screw up at the very end........ Back to sewing.
Peace, Love and Shutter Clicks,
Mandy
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