Kids belt from scraps

If you have lots of scraps lying around, plus a child to sew for this is a quick and easy project.  This is not a new idea, but after having tried a few different tutorials I made my own as I found the others too complicated!

Firstly, cut out a whole heap of 3" wide pieces from your fabric.  You can make them any length you choose.

Then sew them together into a strip, using a 1/4" seam and right sides together however long you need to fit round the waist and some overhang

Iron open all the seams

Fold the long sides together and iron a middle crease

Cut 1" wide interfacing and iron on one side of the crease

Fold and iron the material in (along the edge of the interfacing so cut it very straight!)

Repeat the other side.  Make sure you fold in one edge to finish one end of the belt.

Then iron together

Sew 1/8" seams from the outside edges

Get your 25m d rings

And thread through the raw end

Fold the raw end under and then fold it over

Sew a 'box' shape to make it secure

And you are done!

You could make this out of one fabric, or increase the width and lenth to make for an adult.

Till next time, Melissa