Lanyard Tutorial
by cute2carry ~ September 25th, 2008. Filed under: Tutorials.
Nouveau Bouquet Lanyard
I wear a lanyard alot. Usually, it’s for my name badge on Sunday mornings at church and another one to keep my work keys handy. Sadly, for the past year, it’s been this ugly, unattractive rainbow and black colored cord. Somewhere on my laundry list of projects, I wanted to make a pretty lanyard. For this tute, I used Anna Maria Horner’s Nouveau Bouquet in Rose, from her Sketchbook collection. I loved the results and decided to whip up a quick-n-easy tutorial for you all!
Materials needed:
- 37″x3″ strip of fabric (I’ve used both quilter’s weight and home dec weight fabric just fine)
- lanyard hardware (found at Michael’s, I’m sure!)
1) Fold and press your strip of fabric in half, lengthwise. Open and press each long edge 1/2 inch in toward the wrong side of the fabric.
2) Re-fold along original center fold. Pin together if needed. Top stitch down each side 1/8th inch and then stitch down the center (1/2 inch in from the edge). This will keep your lanyard from getting twisted and out of shape.
3) Thread your lanyard hardware onto the fabric strip all the way to the center of it. Pull it taut and it should fold itself nicely around the hardware loop. About 1/2″ inch above the hardware, stitch the two fabric layers together by stitching a square shape. This will prevent the hardware from sliding all around the strap.
4) Now, to close up the raw ends and create the loop that you’ll slip over your head, take each raw edge and press it 1/4 inch, as seen below. Each of these “folds” will slip into each other and then you can stitch the area closed. I did this by sewing another square shape. Also, this way no raw edges will be remaining, and the closure will be nice and neat!
Ta-dah! You are done!
September 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Thanks for the great tutorial! I plan to make a few of these for my school teacher friends.
December 12th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
What a great tutorial, I’m so glad I stumbled across your page! I am going to make this for a Christmas swap at work! Would it be okay for me to link to your tutorial? Thanks!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
[...] our school teachers must now wear a badge. Cute2Carry offers an easy tutorial for making a pretty lanyard for those [...]
December 14th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
[...] our school teachers must now wear a badge. Cute2Carry offers an easy tutorial for making a pretty lanyard for those [...]
May 1st, 2009 at 5:37 am
[...] our school teachers must now wear a badge. Cute2Carry offers an easy tutorial for making a pretty lanyard for those [...]
May 5th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Definitely the best teacher gift idea ever. Linking!
May 7th, 2009 at 2:43 am
[...] Schlüsselband [...]
May 7th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial and for suggesting it for teachers gifts! I made these for end of the year teachers gifts. We’ll do a card with something cheesy on it like “We’ve gotten so attached to you this year . . . ” or “Teachers hold the keys to a bright future . . . ” (I’m working on it.) With multiple dance and school teachers, aides, bus drivers and therapists, we have a lot of people to thank!
Here’s a picture of the finished lanyards I made:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickiswing/3511975510/
Later tonight I’ll share your site on my blog. Thanks so much!
Micki
June 5th, 2009 at 9:26 am
[...] a lanyard like this to wear their name/id badge on? This fun idea comes from Cute2Carry click here for the [...]