through our gifts! This Crayon Roll Holder is a great and useful gift for children!

I noticed on our crayon roll that the inner fabric lining gets marked up quite a bit from the crayons going in and out. So this time instead of using interfacing on the lining piece I covered it with iron on vinyl. This is such a cool product.  I had to keep myself from covering all the pieces—and I am glad I didn’t.  The turning at the end gets it a bit wrinkled. I fear if I had done the whole thing it might look like a mess. The only draw back is that it is slicker and the crayons have less friction. However the new closure allows you to tighten it up to keep the crayons inside.

You need:

1 – 5 X 16 1/2 inch piece of fabric for the outside
1 – 5 X 16 1/2 inch piece of fabric the the inside
1 – 6 X 16 1/2 inch piece of fabric folded lenghtwise and pressed for the pocket
ric rac (if desired)
1 – 5 X 16 1/2 piece of iron on vinyl
1 Cord Stop

Iron on the vinyl to the right side of your lining piece following package directions.

Place pocket piece ontop of right side of lining. Starting 1 1/4 inches over from the edge, stitch from top of pocket (back stitch at top) to bottom. Then stitch every 1 inch.  You should have 1 1/4 inches left on the other end.

If using ric rac pin it around the edges, overlap at bottom. I use fray check to keep ends from unraveling.

Place outside piece ontop of pocket and lining, right sides together. Place a 20″ piece of cord (folded in half) in the middle on the right side. Ends of cord go towards the center.

Sew all the way around 1/4 inch from the edge. Leave a 2-3 inch opening at the TOP.

Clip corners and turn. Press (don’t press vinyl with bare hot iron), making sure to press opening to the inside. Pin opening shut and then top stitch all the way around very close to the edge (making sure you sew all layers of the opening shut.)

Squeeze the Cord Stop and thread both ends of the cording through the center hole (have patience, thread ends one at a time). Tie the ends of the cording together into a knot. I placed a drop of glue in the knot to keep it secure and then put fray check on the ends.

Finished!

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Comments

  1. This is such a great idea! it makes me want to run out & buy a sewing machine! Thanks for the inspiration.

    Raimi

  2. I love the cord stop idea. I have been sewing my own ‘scrunchies’ onto them and my husband kept telling me – boys won’t want to use elastic covered in material. I can’t wait to try this closure method.

  3. Thanks for the great idea about the cord and cord-stop! I get tired of tying the ties all the time.

  4. I love the cord stop! Love, love, love! And the vinyl? Seriously, I didn’t even know they sold that stuff! Brilliant!

  5. You always have the great ideas, Cindy. I just thought I’d share on my last pencil roll, I used a plain hair tie rubber band sewn into the seam for a closure. It worked great and was fast and easy.

  6. Dang! You’re good! That iron-on vinyl and the cord stop… didn’t think you could make your original tutorial any better, but you proved me wrong. :0)

  7. I absolutely love the idea of the cord and cord-stop, rather than the ribbon in your original pattern (although, I also love finding coordinating ribbon!). I’ve made a number of these, except I make them “taller” to accommodate colored pencils for slightly older kids (8+). The one problem we have is getting them tight enough with the ribbon so that the colored pencils don’t slide out.

  8. love the vinyl idea… and the cord stop that was the problem with the other was I ended up doing hte tying all the time. I has thought of elastic or a button or even velcro but this will be so much faster!

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