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Fussy cut motifs from your favorite fabrics or scraps to create fun new keychains!

Fabric Keychains

Vanessa Wilson

MATERIALS: Fabric scraps with fun designs to fussy cut, heavyweight double

sided fusible interfacing (Peltex 72F), pins, scissors, iron, sewing

machine, coordinating thread, 2 keychain split rings

Stick your fabric onto your standard

mat (be sure to use the high tack

adhesive support sheet) and load

into the machine.

Depending on the fabric design you

want to fussy cut, select a shape

from the preloaded designs on the

machine. (I chose a circle to match

my fabric design.)

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Don’t worry about the size of the shape for

now. Leave it at the default size and click

“Set.” On the next screen, select the scan

icon and click “OK.”

The machine will scan in your

fabric, (using the background scan

function) so we can then layer our

shape directly over the fabric design

we want to fussy cut out. You will

see the fabric on the display screen

once it’s done scanning.

step 5.Now click on the top left icon to

adjust the number of shapes we

need the machine to cut out.step 6.

Next, click on the measurement-

adjusting icon.

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Now, click on the “+” sign to bump the number

up from “1” to “2.” We will need two fabric

shapes (in my case, circles) for the keychain.

Also, take this time to adjust the size of the

shape to get it exactly how you want it to be so

that it matches the fabric design you want to

fussy cut. When you’re done, click “OK.”

Move the shape around to place it exactly over

the area of the fabric design you want it to

fussy cut. Click “OK” and “Cut”. Then hit the

“Start/Stop” button. (Make sure you adjust

your blade setting for the kind fabric you are

working with.)

step 9.Take your two identical shapes off the

mat and use one to create a template for

the interfacing.

step 10.Cut out one identical shape of the

heavyweight double-sided fusible

interfacing, using one of your cutouts

as the template.

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Cut a fabric rectangle that measures

3.5" x 2.5".

Lay it with the pretty side of the fabric

face down and fold in half lengthwise.

Press fold with iron.

step 13.Open it back up and fold the bottom edge in towards the center crease line.

Repeat for top edge as well and press with iron.

step 14.Refold on the center crease line and

press with iron.

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Feed this strip through one of the keychain split

rings to make a loop where both raw ends of

the fabric strip meet.

Layer one fabric circle with pretty side

face down, then with interfacing on top

of it. Next is the keychain strip as shown

in the image, and finally layer the second

fabric circle on top of it. Fuse the four

parts together with your iron. The pretty

sides of the fabrics should all be facing

out with the interfacing between them,

with the keychain ring loop sandwiched

in there as well.

step 17.Continue to press and flip your keychain

over from side to side until both fabrics

are properly fused to the interfacing.

(Refer to the interfacing manufacturer’s

instructions to figure out whether or

not you will need water/steam to fuse it

correctly.)

step 18.Using a satin stitch or narrow and long

zigzag stitch, slowly sew around the

entire exterior edge to encase raw edges

and finish off your new keychain!

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step 19. Slip on your keys and enjoy!

This project was created from the designer’s perspective.