One of the easiest and quickest gifts you can give to just about anybody, it’s easily customized with a change of fabric, iron on or some ribbon for added personality. Key fobs can be a simple 10 minute project from start to finish and given for any occasion. For you, I have a free printable template and a link for Cricut users to use their maker for fabric or explore and cut a paper template. More on the maker here.
First things first, supplies. For this project you will need
-Fabric
-Fusible Fleece
-Sewing machine
-Thread
-Key fob heardware
-Duck billed pliers
-Scissors
-Iron
-Pins or wonder clips
-Pattern
Instructions
1. Print your template and cut it out.
2. Trace the pattern on the fabric and fusible fleece.
3. Set iron to cotton setting. I used my Cricut Easypress for this step because it gives more even coverage at once and its always on my desk. Easypress was set to 305 for 30 seconds.
4. Place fabric right side down and fusible fleece bumpy side own in the center of your fabric and iron. Heres a picture of the bumpy side for reference.
5. Fold the fabric around the fusible fleece so the sides that don't have it are tucked in and fold your fabric in half, like a hotdog :)
6. Pin your fabric closed alone the open side, you don't need to do top and bottom. I love love love wonder clips! I poke myself so many times that I stopped using pins til I found these. They make it so easy to keep your fabric together and are really strong. Amazon has them really cheap and come in cute containers too!
7. Sew along the open side using 1/4 seam allowance. Flip and sew along the other side for added stability or you can leave unsown if you would like. I added another down the middle because it made it firmer, the one in the post photo was done with just the two sides.
8. Fold in half with the two open ends touching and sew across to keep it closed. If you worry about fraying, you can apply fray check to keep your fabric from fraying after the key fob is placed.
9. Time for the hardware! If you don't have the pliers on hand you can use regular pliers but don't apply too much pressure to the sides while bending the clamp down. I found it easier to hold from the sides when applying so I can hold the fabric and hardware at the same time.
That's it! Try not to make a million of these, or do! You can make a ton for really cheap. You can use cotton webbing instead and skip the fusible fleece, just cut 10in and sew in half then apply the hardware. It's that simple!
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