Nerd Craft Librarian: keychain

My pile of scraps have been growing. So I decided to do something about it and I've been doing a few different scrap busting projects. One of them is making a keychain wristlet. They are easy to make and they look great. They are also really durable. When the strap on my clutch wallet broke, I replace it with a wristlet, and its been working out quite nicely.

Here is how you can make your own:

Materials & Tools:

Scrap fabric
Snap hook
Sewing machine & notions
loop puller
Iron

Instructions

You will need two pieces of scrap fabric that measure, 2" by 11" (FYI be careful of the fabric you use, you want something nice a durable, but not took thick because you will run into problems later)
Place the right sides of fabric together, pin and sew along the long edges. Leave a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Congrats, you made a tube!
Use your loop puller and pull your 'tube' inside out. Use your iron to press the 'tube' so it is nice a crisp
Top stitch along the long edges
Insert 'tube' through the snap hook and fold it so that the two short edges are together. Pin and sew along the short edge
Flip the strap around, so that the other side is exposed. Move the sewn short edge over to the snap hook.
Pin and top stitch above where the snap hook is. This way you can cover up the raw edge and give your wristlet a nice finished touch.
Put some keys on it and you are good to go!

Make one yourself! I've been having a lot of fun making all different kinds of wristlets!

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By Sunday I was back in the craft room! I did some cleaning and rearranging in the room because its gotten a little crazy. I recently got some new hardware for new projects. I got some keychain hooks and used scrap fabric to make a snazzy key chain.