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!