To welcome my new niece home from China on Sunday, I whipped up a crayon roll. I wasn't able to give it to her in person but my mom said she was mesmerized by all of the crayons and how they slip in their own pocket.
I see these crayon "cozies" holders everywhere and they are easy to make. If you don't want to have to figure out the measurements, here is a tutorial on how I made mine.
I used two pieces of fabric 5 X 16 1/2 inches (for the outside and inside), one 6 X 16 1/2 inch piece of fabric folded in half lengthwise and pressed (for the pocket), one piece of lightweight fusible interfacing 5 X 16 1/2 inches, one package of ric rac trim, 30 inches of ribbon, one package of 16 count crayons.
Iron the interfacing to the wrong side of the 5 X 16 1/2 piece of fabric that you want to be on the inside.
Line up the bottom edges of the folded piece and the piece with interfacing, pin together. Starting over from the edge 1 1/4 inches sew lines parallel with the edge starting from the top of the crayon pocket, back-stitching at the top to reinforce. Sew the lines one inch apart across the pocket. You will have 1 1/4 inches on each side.
If you want to use ric rac, pin it around the edge as shown. Fold the ribbon in half and pin it on the edge. On the one I didn't use ric rac I did a blanket stitch around the edge when finished.
Pin remaining piece of 5 X 16 1/2 inch fabric right sides together with the pocket piece. Sew around edges with 1/4 inch seam. Leave about 3 inches across bottom for turning.
Trim corners, turn, press and top stitch being careful to catch all layers of the opening to close.
Welcome home Faith! We are so happy to have you join our family! How very lucky we are indeed to have you!
So in honor of my new niece Faith, an entry "crayon cozy" to this months Whiplash.
Looking for a simpler version of the crayon roll? Try the felt crayon roll.
Check out this new closure for the crayon roll
[...] I got the idea of the crayon roll from a site that Catherine over on Calidore posted - ”Sew Mama Sew” http://www.sewmamasew.com/blog2/ and from that site a link to a tutorial by Cindy of the website “Skip to My Lou” http://skiptomylou.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/ [...]
Thanks for putting this up, I just went through your entire blog and you are awesome! I have it bookmarked now. I am making these for Christmas for my 3 kids and my 2 nieces. Except I am making them for colored pencils as we live in AZ and crayons melt in the car. I am thinking colored pencils are normally 7″ long – but I would make the front panel just long enough to secure the pencils – because they get shorter as they get used. Thank you again!!!! God Bless!!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Just want to say THANK YOU for posting this great little tutorial with such great pictures and instructions. Even for simple things I have to have good instructions and visuals to help me. I made about 10 of these this past weekend for little sweet kiddos in our family, and my own children LOVED theirs!!! Thanks again, and have a Merry Christmas!
J’adore ! une jolie manière de disposer les crayons, toujours disponibles !!!
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Thanks for sharing your many talents and Ideas. I am really love how your Crayon Rolls turned out so I thought I would try it for myself. Everything turned out wonderful except for my ric rac trim. Could you give me some more details on the ric rac part or please give me the details of the blanket stitch you did? Thank You!!
This blog copy your work
http://www.lasmanualidades.com/2007/12/04/un-estuche-muy-original/#comment-1144
Thank you for your tutorial. I would love to try the ric rac trim but so far have not been game! I made a few for my children and then did one for a birthday present and embroidered the outside and increased the crayon space to 1.24 inch so I could use the fat chunky crayons. THANK YOU!
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Thanks for a great tutorial! The ric-rac really makes the design for me.
this site has a tutorial for the colored pencil roll-up.
http://whipup.net/2006/08/12/pencil-roll-and-art-bag/
Also this site has a tutorial for the Artist’s Brush rollup
http://www.pfaffusa.com/media/Projects/Artists_Brush_Roll-up.pdf
My website is–http://forums.delphiforums.com/sewingstudio/start
I think these would be cute to give in the Easter Baskets or in lou of candy. Very cute tutorial.
What a beautiful girl Faith is, i m sure she wil bring lot of joy and love to the family.
Thanks for the tutorial, i think i will try to make a crochet bag with it.
i mean crochet needle bag.
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Thank you so much for the great tutorial. I ran into some problems trying to make this but it wasn’t your fault, I just don’t sew very often. You can look at my sewing mistakes if you want, maybe it will help others to double check their work.
http://thelutes.blogspot.com/2008/03/needle-and-damage-done.html
Again thanks for actually getting me to lug out the sewing machine!
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Thanks for the tutorial! I made one for my son…denim, red gingham, and khaki.
Thanks! I have been making these w/o a pattern and I never liked them. I used your tutorial to make a couple for a friend and I LOVE how they turned out. I did 5×8.5 for roll-ups holding only 8 crayons.
Again, thanks for posting.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial
I was going crazy trying to figure out how to make a neat roll for my paintbrushes.
Thank you!!! <3
thank you so much! i wanted to make a crayon roll for my daughter’s third birthday, but didn’t want to figure out the measurements and such, this tutorial was a big help! i’m sure she’ll love it!
Thanks for the idea. I just linked to you on my blog!
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Thanks so much for the tutorial! The idea is absolutely adorable! I think I want to make one for my new cousin. She’s four, and I think she’d be able to appreciate it
Thanks for the tutorial!! I just made this for a friend’s son’s birthday today. Took a little bit…but the next one I know will be faster since I won’t have to keep making sure I am doing things right. Silly me pinned the ribbon in wrong, so I had to sew it onto the outside by hand (ooops!) I will be making these for all of my nephews and nieces and friend’s kids. Thanks again
Really neat idea — can’t wait to try it!
What a cutie your new niece is!!!
Love this idea of yours!!
I can see it being used for other things as well!!
Thanks for a great tut!
I was visiting my sister-in-law Danielle Wynn and she had these. I loved them so I’m going to make some for my kids. THANKS for sharing the info.
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This is awesome! Perfect for my kids’ little fingers. In fact, I think the process of pulling the crayons out and putting them back could keep my daughter entertained for a good 20 minutes!
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Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
Very nice! I love the colors!
~Susan
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This was very easy to follow and I am so happy with the result. Thanks for sharing your tutorial. I used the triangular crayons that are less likely to snap and they fit just as well. Great post!