Fabric Watch Band Tutorial

Do those special pieces of fabric make it hard for you to cut into them or decide what to make with them?  The simple solution is to make a watch band.  By cutting a small strip and turning it into a watch band you can wear your current favorite fabric on your wrist, and enjoy it on a daily basis!!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 Ribbon Watch Face
• 2 strips of fabric—1-3/4” wide by length of wrist + 3-1/4” (Example: My wrist is 7” so my strip will be 1-3/4” X 10-1/4”)
• 2 strips of  fusible interfacing - 1-1/4” Wide by Length of wrist + 3” (Example: My wrist is 7” so my strip will be 1-1/4” X 10”)  I used Pellon Craft Fuse 808 or Decor-Bond 809 with great results.  This gives your watch band a nice crisp edge.
• (2) 1” D-Rings 

Directions:

1. Iron interfacing in place on the wrong side of both strips of fabric.  
2. Place strips right sides together.  Draw a 45 degree line from one top corner on the interfacing. 
3. Using a very short stitch length of approximately 1.5, sew where the red thread is shown on the picture.   DO NOT SEW ALL THE WAY DOWN EACH SIDE!! 
4. Trim the top edge approximately 1/8” from stitching line.
5. On each piece of fabric, iron the bottom edge up over the interfacing and then follow up with ironing each of the sides.
6. Turn right side out.  Use a point turner or something similar to help push the point out.  Be careful to not push it all the way through.
7. Topstitch the two layers together for a clean finish.
8. Feed 2 D-rings through the squared off edge.  Fold over and sew down as close to the D-rings as you can get.
   
   
                  
   
   
   
   
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   Feed watch face through and wear!
   
   
   
    
   
   

I was able to find Ribbon Watch Faces at a great price online at SilverNecklaces.com.  Even if you only purchase one, with shipping it's still cheaper than buying one with a 40% off coupon at one of the Crafty Big Box Stores.