How to Sew Flower Key Chain Holder

DAY 30, HUB # 30

Are you having fun with making handmade gifts already?

I have to admit that Fabric Alphabet Key chain Holder was a little difficult for a novice in stitching. Besides that, it is a little bulky and heavy to slip into your pocket.

Recently, I had stumbled upon a website that teaches lots of handmade gifts that can be done at home and I was keen to give a shot on this Flower Key chain Holder. The steps were quick and easy to follow, not much sewing and uses small pieces of fabric scraps that are put into good use.

Furthermore, it is a perfect simple small gift that you can complete in 20 minutes.

1. You can attach the Flower Key chain Holder into your handmade greetings card as a keepsake for the recipient to remember.

2. This Flower Key chain Holder is small enough to slip into the recipient’s pocket, not bulky or too big to fit it. It is convenient and easy to carry around in jeans pocket, handbags, pouch and school uniforms for students.

3. Make as many as you want during your leisure. Keep them as spare gifts for Birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Birthdays and Christmas, just in case you are too busy to make any last minute shopping for your loved ones or friends.

4. You can sell this Flower Key chain Holder in charity bazaar especially in school and churches. Donate them to these charity events for good cause. You are doing a good deed.

5. Make different Flower Key chain Holder using different fabric patterns, sewing an alphabet or number initials in order for you to recognize the keys looped into the key chain holders are for different purposes ( or different doors ). Alternatively, you can sew on buttons or ribbons, anything that stands out.

• For the basic handmade key chain holder, you need to prepare a needle, some threads, a soft and thin sponge, a pair of sharp scissors and different fabric patterns.
• Do not discard small pieces of fabrics after your sewing projects. They come in handy for small handmade gifts, card making and recycle crafts too.
• After gathering all these small pieces of scrap fabrics that I had left in hand, I chose 2 pieces of contrasting color fabrics for the key chain holder that gives a captivating feeling.
• As for the inside fillings, choose a thin piece of sponge rather than the thick ones as the gift is supposed to be light, small and convenient to carry around.
• Look for thin sponge in old shoulder pads from clothes, old fabric pencil case, old fabric shopping bag or simply use your spare dish washing sponge.
• In order to sew firm and strong stitches, use your sewing machine to sew the circle stitches so that the stitches will not come off easily during prolong tear and wear.
• In spite of not having own a sewing machine myself, I had to hand sew the stitches twice in order to make them safe and secure.

Things you need to use

• Brown cloth- thick cloth to hold on to the thin sponge
• Different fabric patterns- fancy, pretty colors for different keychain holders
• White strap- to hook up the key ring. You can purchase this white strap at needlework shops or you could just remove them from your old clothing.
• A Needle- to make some stitches
• Some threads- to make some stitches
• A pair of scissors- for cutting and trimming purpose
• A small keychain ring- to loop the keys
• Round lid- to draw a circle shape. Any round objects will do. ( I chose a medicine lid measurement approximately 2inch wide )
• A marker- drawing purpose
• A thin sponge- the inside fillings for the keychain holder

• Place the pattern fabric inside facing up.
• Draw 2 circles with the marker pen onto the fabric.
• Draw 1 circle onto the brown cloth.
• Draw 1 circle onto the thin sponge.
• Cut each of the circles out from the fabric, brown cloth and the thin sponge.
• Trim the sides of the thin sponge a little smaller in size.
• Now you will have 2 circle pattern fabrics, 1 circle brown cloth and 1 circle thin piece of sponge.

• Place the 1^st circle pattern fabric, inside facing upward. Hence, the beautiful fabric will be facing down.
• Place the brown circle on top of the pattern fabric.
• Next, place the circle sponge on top of the brown fabric.
• Notice that the sponge is smaller than the rest of the fabrics.
• Lastly, place the 2^nd circle pattern fabric on top.
• Hence, you will notice the beautiful pattern fabrics are facing outside on both sides.
• Cut out a 5inch length of white strap.
• Insert one end under the brown cloth and the other under the 2^nd pattern fabric as photo shown.
• Make sure that the white strap is deep enough to touch the sponge.
• Adjust the length of the white strap as you like.
• This is to ensure that the white strap does not come out loose when you sew the circle stitches later on.
• It should look like a loop or handle.

• Insert a strand of green thread into the eye of the needle.
• Meet 2 strands of threads together and tie a knot.
• Use your fingers to hold tight the 4 circles together while another hand to do the sewing.
• Sew simple single stitches around the 4 circles, just above the thin sponge which is smaller than the rest of the fabrics.
• Sew the stitches twice in order to make sure that the sponge is in the middle of the flower key chain holder.
• On the other hand, if you have a sewing machine, it will be much easier for you to sew while holding onto the 4 circles together.

• Use a pair of sharp scissors to snip of the edges around the 4 circles in “V” shape, which may resemble stars.
• Do not bother the uneven “V” shapes.
• You can choose to cut into upside down “U” shape or whichever shapes you like.
• After you have completed the snipping, your key chain holder should look like a flower shape as photo shown.

• Loop the small key ring through the white strap.
• Make sure that the white strap does not come out loose.
• Try tugging the key ring and loop in some keys to test the weight your flower key chain holder can handle.