Seahorse Key Chain

Seahorse Key Chain or Bookmark

They are cute and so wild. They are mainly found in shallow tropical and

temperate waters throughout the world, and prefer to live in sheltered areas

such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, or mangroves.

I talk about seahorses. Only the seahorse man delivery 100 - 200 babies.

I watched online for some seahorse infos as I got an idea on this

green seahorse pic. I found it @www.123rf.com.

I thought about an new key chain. I looked in my fabric box and I

choose my leatherette for it. I made a green and a black one.

It's about 12 to 9 cm(4.72 to 3.54 inch).

Let's go!!!

for one seahorse chain you need:

some leatherette about 26 x 10 cm (10.24 x 3.94 inch)

(in black, limegreen, purple etc.)

some felt  in 13 x 10 cm (5,12 x 3.94 inch)(what fits with your leaherette)

2 moving eyes 1,5 cm (0.59 inch)

a needle and thread

scissors

a key ring

a seahorse pattern

a satin ribbon (optional)

glue for fixing

 1. print out two seahorse pic. You need one pattern with "hair" one without.

As you see I changed the "hair" to cut out better.

2. Draw and cut 2 leatherette template without "hair" on felt template with

"hair" as the pictures shows. Cut a piece of satin ribbon and thraed the keyring

through it. Fix the felt body & satin ribbon with key ring between leatherette

bodies with some drops of glue. Let it dry.

 

3. Needle it together with easy step stich - - - , --- - - -, ---------(2 rounds)

or your sewing machine. Trim exase felt. At least attach the moving eyes with
little drops of glue on each side of the seahorse.

Finished!

 

If you want it as bookmark ok just miss out the moving eyes, just paint it it.

Or you want to apply on a seahorse on a shirt. Just make a bigger pattern and

stitch it on than use big knobs for eyes it's washable.

for any question write me a mail: stregana@yahoo.de