Pretend Sheath or Scabbard Tutorial

So Christian has ruined a belt and two ribbons that he has tied around his waist and used as a sheath while playing prince and so I promised to make him a sheath or scabbard.  I think it turned out rather well.  I think the next time I try this I’d like to try real leather though because the nature of his play is a little rough if you know what I mean.  He loves his sheath and it’s the thing he always has on at home if he’s not asleep. :)

   

It wasn’t too difficult though I wish that my eyelet’s worked better…they didn’t set well into the material so they turned out to be just holes but they look pretty cool if you ask me (the holes I mean).  It gives it a rustic look.  I’ll get more heavy-duty eyelets made for belts next time.

Materials Needed:

Sword (for measuring)

1/4 yd faux-leather/decor vinyl or other sturdy material

thread

heavy-duty needles

scrap of contrast material

 

Method:

1. Place sword on material and fold over.  Leave at least 2 inches on each side of the sword.

  

2. Fold bottom portion of scabbard in half and round off with scissors.

3. Measure contrasting material to match width of scabbard and cut to be 3 inches long.

4. Fold bottom edge of contrasting material 1/2 inch.  Press.

5. Pin Contrast over top portion of scabbard.

 

6. Sew in place using a decorative stitch if desired

 

7. Cut remaining material to be 6 inches wide and 5 inches longer than waist intended for (i.e. waist was 20 inches so cut material 25”x6”).

8. Cut a piece that is 6x5 for loop.

9.  Mark belt starting 2” from edge every inch for four inches.

  

10. Sew in female side of snaps at markings.

     

11. Fold Belt in half and then overlap  (as a belt does) and mark where male side of snaps go across from female snaps.  Sew snaps at markings (no photo).

12. Should have all three pieces prepared.  Can embellish by adding eyelets, grommets, or holes. 

  

13. Fold over top edge of scabbard and sew in place (can use a decorative stitch if desired)

14.  With right sides together fold scabbard in half and sew along the side 1/2” away from edge.  

15. Fold belt portion in half right sides together sew 1/2” along edge. Turn over.

16.  Fold in outer edge and hand sew with a heavy duty needle about 1/8” away from edge (this is very thick).

17. Sew top and bottom portion to area of belt desired (depending if you want it to snap in front, the side, and if it’s for left or right handed use).

18. For loop portion, fold in half right sides together so that it measures 6x2 1/2 inches.  Sew 1/2” from edge.

19.  Turn out.  Sew raw edges together 1/4” from seam.

 

20.Turn and slide onto belt.

  

21. Tada!   You’ve got a great accessory for your little prince, knight or solider! 

 

I just love this little guy.  He’s so expressive and isn’t he just totally made for drama?

Soccer Bag Tutorial

As my little boy was leaving his soccer class a week ago, he wouldn’t stop kicking the ball…even though we had already reached the parking lot…thank goodness for my blood curdling scream that stopped him in his tracks right as a huge black truck was coming along.  Yikes!  He cried and cried that I had scared him but I told him he scared me much worse.  So for a few days I pondered on what I could do to stop him from kicking the ball once practice is over and eureka! I found the solution when I went into the fabric store and found this cute print in his favorite color that just happens to match his soccer shirt.  So I decided to make him a soccer ball bag.  It fits up to full size soccer balls so he will hopefully get many years of use out of it.

                                 

Materials needed:

• two 15x20  piece of Fabric
• 4 yards nylon rope/drawstring
• 6 inches nylon webbing
• thread
• sewing machine

Instructions:

1. Cut fabric to 15x20 pieces
2. Roll top edge 1/4 inch on both pieces and press. 
3. Sew seam.
4. On top sides of both pieces roll edges down 5 inches and iron (don’t worry about triangular edge at end of 5 inches.  This will not show in finished product). 
5. Sew seam.
6. To make casing for drawstring (on wrong side) fold over upper edge one inch (1”) and press. 
7. Then sew over seam from rolled edge.
8. Cut webbing into 3” pieces. Fold each piece in half.  Pin to lower sides of one of the fabric pieces (wrong side)about 5/8 inch from the lower edge. 
9. Sew securely in place.
10. With wrong sides together, pin both pieces of fabric together on sides and lower edge.
11. Sew seam about 1/4 around (for extra security add a zigzag stitch around too). 
12. Trim bottom corners.
13. Pull inside out (use bone folder to poke out corners).
14. Cut nylon rope/drawstring into Two 2 yard pieces.  On one side thread rope  up through webbing from bottom moving up and through one side of the casing over through the other side of the casing and back down to meet other end of rope and then tie end.one side should look like this when completed…
15. Repeat on other side.  Both sides view when complete. Trim ends to match.
16. Congratulations you’ve got a soccer bag!