DIY Cord Keeper – Easy Sewing Tutorial

DIY Cord Keeper - Easy Sewing Tutorial Tame the cord clutter in your household with a set of fabric cord keepers. Whip up a bunch of these cord wraps in a flash, and say goodbye to your cord clutter worries. Hellosewing has an easy sewing tutorial showing how to make them. These useful cord keepers come in three sizes and combined with the hook and loop closure helps you get a tight fit for a variety of cord and cables.
Use the larger cord wrap to keep the bigger cords such as laptop or iron cord in check, the smallest cord wraps for cellphone cables and earbuds, and the medium sized one for everything in between. Watch the cord keeper tutorial and use the tried and tested cord wraps pattern to make a bunch of these in a flash. They make wonderful, much appreciated gifts for nearly everyone and are a great scrap busting project!

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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