FOBS

Found a easy and fun project for my Christmas gifts, fobs. I am already planning all the different designs I can make, dogs for E., R. and S., fishes for V., sports for the guys, something with French motive (or Canadian) for my Canadian friends...so many possibilities! The fabric designs will have to be small to be be visible on a 1 inch strip. 

Very easy, made 15 in 1 1/2 hours at an average of $1.45 each.

You will need:

Fabric strips, 10", 8"or 6"x 2" for large, medium and/or small fobs. Fabrics can be purchased for $0.97 a fat quarter. It should give you +- 24 strips.

                                

Double sided fusible web strips cut of same length x 3/4" width (or hemming tape). Fold the long edges of the fabric by 1/2"so that it meets in the middle. Iron web into folded side of fabric.

Cotton webbing 1 1/4" wide or if you can't find it near you, use a dog leash (nylon webbing, same width) cut to length (at WalMart $9.97 for 20 ft and comes in 3 colors). You could get about 30 strips from one leash.

                                   

Key fob hardware, pack of 5 for $4.97

Candle to melt the edges of the nylon web to avoid unraveling.  

Bend the webbing with the fabric on the outside and hold the ends together. Insert the ends into the hardware and press it with the pliers (use a cloth between hardware and pliers to avoid marking it). Attach the ring to the fob and you are done.

For larger quantity, check the web for fobs hardware and web wholesale.

Zippered pouch.

Still with fabrics, trying new things, like this zippered pouch from a crafts magazine.

The MOST complicated instructions I have ever encountered! Not making another any time soon. Moving on to a new project from the same magazine, we'll see.

Quilts and pillow people

In between my crocheting I also worked with fabrics, making:

   

Two queen size quilts

                             

Two twin size children quilts

and two pillow people

Crochet

I devoted the first few months of my NY time to learn to crochet. I learned to do a chain, single, half-double and double crochet and back-post single crochet. I also learned how to make a magic ring, crochet on the round and also on the opposite side of a chain. I made a few things to practice these stitches.

36 x 36 baby blanket with picot edging

a small (7"diameter basket) and some washcloths 

Crocheting is enjoyable and a good past time but I can't find any good use for it and yarn is more expensive than fabric. My kids and grand kids would rather have a quilt than an afghan, that little basket will be collecting dust somewhere and  the washcloths are for my husband, the only one who uses them.

All in all, it was a good experience and I learned something new. I might still make a few things here and there but I will stick with my favorite, fabrics!