Step-by-Step: Keychains with Musical Notes and Clefs

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make personalized keychains using your embroidery machine. This project is ideal both for beginners exploring fun and easy embroidery projects, and for those who are already familiar with machine embroidery and want to expand their product range with creative and marketable items.
Embroidered keychains are versatile, affordable, and have high sales potential. In this step-by-step guide, you?ll learn how to make them efficiently and with a high-quality finish.
A great opportunity to add value to your portfolio and attract more clients with personalized and charming products.

MATERIALS USED

1 - Embroidery hoop.
2 - Polyester embroidery threads.
3 - Bobbins with outline-colored thread and one bobbin with bobbin thread
4 - Stabilizer – in this tutorial, we use heat dissolving machine embroidery stabilizer topping film.
5 - Main material: felt scraps or faux leather.
6 - Masking tape.
7 - Scissors for cutting and trimming.
8 - Hole punch.
9 - Eyelets, key ring, and keychain chain.

STEP-BY-STEP

STEP 01

- Place the stabilizer in the hoop, with the rough side of the film facing up – this side will touch the material to be embroidered. Stitch the first placement line. (On the machine: Color 1 – yellow)

STEP 02

- Result of the placement line.

STEP 03

- On the front of the hoop: cut a piece of the main material bigger than the stitched outline, place it over the mark, and secure it with masking tape. Stitch the tackdown. (On the machine: Color 2 – red)

STEP 04

- Result of the tackdown. Return the hoop to the machine to embroider the design. (On the machine: Color 3 – black)

STEP 05

- Result of the embroidery step.

STEP 06

- Turn the hoop to the back: cut another piece of the main material (bigger than the outline), place it, and tape the edges. Run the tackdown. (On the machine: Color 4 – green)