Felt Crafts

simple felt flowers

felt rolled flowers

animal hair clip

heart felt keyring

felt whipped cream

felt strawberry

finger puppets

triangular coin purse

mini felt pouch

Sock Crafts

sock owl

sock turtle

sock penguin

sock bear

sock rabbit

sock cupcake

rosette hair tie

Fabric Crafts

metal frame purse

puppy applique

mini tote bag

fabric-covered button

tissue pack cover

hanging hand-towel

flower bud cord end

criss-cross weave bag

water bottle bag

bolster cover

pillowcase

key cover

lined zipper pouch

Knitting

knitted flowers

pompon hat

knitted headband

drop stitch scarf

vertical stripe scarf

little blocks scarf

knitted porcupine

knitted rose

knitted leaf

drawstring knit bag

knitted carnation

knitted daisy

baby booties

baby booties

Fabric Key Cover with Kitty Vinyl

I like the plaid fabric. It is always an enduring trend in making so many types of fabric crafts. The plaid pattern shows up against the plain. Certainly, matching of both plaid and plain fabric is an indispensable element before we start making any craft.

I also like to use vinyl on my fabric crafts. Recently, I bought many pieces of cute kitty vinyl from an online shop. Looked at those beautiful pieces of vinyl, I couldn't wait to make something with them. Finally, I decided to make a few pieces of key covers. I had shown you how to make a key cover in my previous post. If you like it, click here to find out more.

There are a few methods to sew a key cover. The method that I used for this project is slightly different from the previous post. There is no topstitching of straight line along the bottom edge and the plaid fabric is folded over towards the inner body cover. The method that I showed in the previous post is a simple way, you can try to modify the way of making a key cover according to your own design.

This is the appearance of the backside. In order not to leave the backside looked blank, I used a long label. If you are willing to spend more time on it, you can try to do some appliques or embroidery flowers so your project may look more unique and adorable.

How to Make a Fabric Key Cover

What should you do if the keys wandering in your bag and scratch the bag lining or tangle up with those loose corded items especially the headphone wire? A key cover might help you up. It is also a good choice to sew a key cover as a gift to your friends or family members in any occasion. A fancy handmade fabric key cover always useful and to be very intimate.


Materials: 
1. Cotton fabrics
2. Batting
3. Lace
4. Drawstring
5. Key ring
6. Vinyl (optional)
7. "Handmade" label (optional)

Instructions

Prepare a paper pattern as shown in the photo.

 

Place the paper pattern on the batting, cut out 2 arch-shaped batting pieces without adding any seam allowance.

By using the same paper pattern, cut out all the necessary fabric pieces as shown in the photo. First of all, cut out 2 arch-shaped fabric pieces with the whole paper pattern (remember to add 1cm seam allowance to all the fabric pieces). Then, cut out the rectangle from the paper pattern and now you have 2 parts of paper patterns. Cut out 2 small arch-shaped fabric pieces and 2 rectangle pieces with the 2 paper patterns respectively.

Apply heat transfer vinyl on the right side of a small arch-shaped fabric piece. This step is optional. You can sew a button flower, a big bow or an applique pattern on it instead of vinyl.

After that, sew the rectangle fabric piece and the small arch-shaped piece together. Then, sew the lace on the horizontal seam line. Do the same for the other rectangle and the small arch-shaped fabric pieces. If you have the "Handmade" label in hand, sew it on this fabric piece as shown in the photo. 

Attach the batting pieces on the wrong side of the 2 bigger arch-shaped fabric pieces respectively. Sew 2 straight lines to make the batting stays in place.

Now, place the piece with batting and the piece without batting right sides together. Then, fold a seam at the bottom by following the straight seam line. Sew along the arch-shaped and leave the bottom unsewn. Once finished, turn the piece right side out and close the opening(bottom) by top stitching a straight line along the edge.

Now, you have 2 beautiful front and back pieces. It is nearly to complete a key cover. Let's go to the next steps.

Tie the key ring with the drawstring and make a fabric flower bud at the end of the string. Sandwich it between the two beautiful pieces that placed wrong sides together. Pin it properly. Slip stitch along the arch to combine the two beautiful pieces and leave the bottom unsewn. Remember to leave a small opening for the drawstring on top of the arch.

Slip stitch/blind stitch along the arch.

A key cover is born!