I made these keychains for friends and family for Christmas and it was a hit!
MATERIALS YOU NEED:
- Fabric (2x11.5” piece) OR ribbon (5/8”-wide by 11.5”)
TOOLS YOU NEED:
- Sewing Machine
- Fabric turner or safety pin
- Pliers
STEP 1:
(If using ribbon skip to
STEP 2)
Fold your fabric strip in half with right sides
together. Sew a ¼” seam down the long
side.
Turn fabric strip right side out with your
fabric turner or safety pin.
Flatten your fabric strip with seam edge
pulled out to one side. Iron.
STEP 2:
Center your fabric strip or ribbon on
webbing. Carefully stitch down one side
(close to the edge) of your fabric or ribbon.
Stitch on the other side.
Trim off any excess fabric or ribbon that
may be hanging off the ends.
STEP 3:
Fold your webbing in half with raw ends
even. Stitch* ends together ¼” from raw
edges just over the fabric or ribbon (you don’t need to go across the WHOLE
webbing).
*To keep ends from shifting, start sewing
in the MIDDLE and reverse stitch/forward stitch until you have about 1”-wide of
stitches.
STEP 4:
Grasp clamp with pliers so that pliers are
holding on the back-straight edge of clamp.
*If you don’t have a set of glass pliers with wide
rubber tips (most likely not), you can use regular pliers but you’ll want to
put something long, flat & skinny (like popsicle sticks) between your metal
clamp and pliers to prevent pliers from making crimp marks on your metal
hardware.
Center raw ends of webbing into the clamp
and push webbing in as far back as you can and slowly close pliers.
TIP: It’s easy to close your clamp over
your webbing crooked – be careful and don’t rush!
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