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Trish from Two Peas in a Pod shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make these easy patchwork lanyards. You can make the patchwork strips from small fabric scraps, so go shopping in your scrap bin and rediscover some of your fabric bits of fabric. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Two Peas in a Pod]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, easy, patchwork, pieced, lanyard, strap[/tags]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.
Thanks so much for linking! Enjoy!
This is a great tutorial, isn’t it? Thanks for passing this on!
I’ve been experimenting with lanyards and came up with an idea for planning out the patches and I just put up this website:
http://www.gwynhug.com/Scientific_Lanyard_Calculator/
If you think your readers would like it, please feel free to link to it. 🙂
Thanks!
Take care,
Gwen
Not able to find tutorial. Lots of comments saying others cannot see it either.
The link is there, we have updated it to a web archive link. It takes a while for the page to load.