Fabric Wristlet Keychains

I have completed my initial set of fabric wristlet keychains! I love the tediousness & attention-to-detail required for creating these pieces!

I fancy all things patriotic USA, so there are quite a few options of that theme in the current offering. What is still available in this group can be found here within my Etsy shop.

In the future I may elect to list here. We’ll see.

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If you would like to learn the process of how I create these, I plan to create a video soon. But, until then, I have written out my production steps below:

1) choose fabric(s) & thread color(s) & interfacing fabric (type) as a stabilizer / thickener

2) trim fabric(s) & interfacing to size (based on number being made of chosen fabrics) having some allowance for subsequent trims.

3) steam & iron fabric(s)

4) carefully place and adhere interfacing to fabrics as instructed by interfacing maker. this is a tedious process of adhering the fabric + interfacing smoothly and thoroughly.

5) trimming stabilized fabric(s) ‘to size’ for sewing each keychain

6) measuring and drawing a vertical center line on the interior/inside of each piece of stabilized fabric (there are 2 pieces per keychain)

7) carefully fold and finger press in each side to the drawn middle line, then follow the finger press with a press of the iron. this will be 4 finger presses and 4 iron presses for each keychain. this gives you a clean edge and look for each piece prior to sewing.

8) pin or clip pieces together, insides facing each other

9) wind bobbin(s) if needed and thread your machine

10) sew the 2 fabric pieces together. I sew 4 seams, the 2 outside seams first, then the inside seams. the first seam is the slowest seam, making sure the alignment is exact, front to back.

11) carefully apply a clean final trim to each end with a rotary cutter

12) apply a small amount of glue to each end to seal fabric edges prior to attaching metal piece.

13) attach metal keychain attachment using special pliers

done!

oh wait… not actually done yet:

14) photograph product(s)

15) upload photos to computer, review, organize, tag which photos are best to use

16) add listing(s) to Etsy - - - - - & I find this to be the most time consuming & painful process of all.