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Tutorial: Patchwork key fob

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Tutorial: Patchwork key fobNow is the time of the year that we all start thinking about how to make quick little handmade gifts.  Sherri from A Quilting Life shows how you can make a patchwork key fob.  It’s perfect for teacher and neighbor gifts!  She made her patchwork from mini charm squares (2.5″) of precut fabric.  If you’re making a bunch of them, you could also use a strip piecing technique to do all of the patchwork at one time.

Click below for her tutorial:

How to Make a Patchwork Key Fob, by A Quilting Life

[photo from A Quilting Life]

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

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.