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.
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Hey! Thanks for the fantastic tutorial! I did a review of it at patternreview.com. This will be a great present for many occasions. I know I will make lots and lots of them. Thanks again!
That’s adorable! I am going to try this at Girl scouts with my girls. thnxs for sharing
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What a wonderful craft! I love this idea. These would make great gifts for Christmas. Thank you so much for sharing the information and directions.
I adapted the size & material for making great little makeup brush rolls. The ones I have made so far were in brocade with polyester satin piping & ribbon ties. I used coordinating lycra spandex material for the holder strip as the it ensured a snug fit so pricy brushes don’t slip out when the case is unrolled.
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This is most adorable crayon/pencil roll I’ve ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing your pattern. I’m making at least three of them for Christmas!
how cute is this!! Tried to make one tonight and learned alot! Like I’m very out of practice when it comes to sewing! Oh don’t use ric rac with a design on only ONE side and if your ribbon has a print put the desing facing IN!!
Other than that it’s adorable and I’m going to perfect it and make 20 something more for my sons head start class as Christmas gifts!
Love your site too! I’m so glad I stumbled across it. Lots of cute thing I’m dying to try out.
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Thanks for posting this! I don’t really have a use for a CRAYON roll, but I’m going on a very long bike trip next summer and so I plan to make a roll similar to this one for my tools! It should be perfect to strap to a rear rack and not be too bulky… thank you!
Thanks for posting this! I have used this tut a while ago, and will use it again today as a refresher. I will post pictures in my blog and send you a link for show and tell.
Thanks again!
I made this today too. It is TOO cute and too easy. Thank you SO much for bringing us such cute, easy ideas! I can’t wait to make one for every little one I know.
WOw I love this but I ran out of ink to print so I pt in my favorties for later to print
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I made 5 the other day…all in just a few hours. Really easy tutorial, thanks! I didn’t use rick rack though, but next time I will.
Thanks again for sharing the instructions for this project. I’ve used it to make crayon rolls for my kids and friends kids, too. I just used it again today to make one for a friend to store things that he uses for work. I’m also planning on making one for myself to keep my crochet hooks together.
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Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. I hope you don’t mind, but I added a link to your blog on my blog. Here is the url for my post.
Thanks again!!
opps! let me try that again: http://lovenalovena.blogspot.com/2009/03/hello-monday.html
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