Thanks Skip to My Lou

Recently, I wanted to make some crayon rolls. I had made a few last Christmas, but I did not really have any specific directions. So, last week I sat down and reached out to my fellow bloggers to find some good directions. And… thanks to Skip to My Lou’s darling blog http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/ I found wonderful, easy to follow directions for sewing up a simple crayon roll.

For my project, I used flannel for the outside fabric—which I would not do again. The crayon rolls are really better if they are interfaced and I found it pretty difficult to interface flannel. Other than that, all went smoothly. As the directions specified, I cut 4 pieces. Next, I ironed on my interfacing, ironed my pocket piece in half lengthwise and sewed the pocket to the interfaced piece—right sides together(this creates one half of the roll. Next, I gently drew my stitching lines, starting at 1.25 “ and then 1” intervals after and I finished the last stitch line at 1.25”inches from the other edge. At this point, I stitched away on all of my lines. Last, I sandwiched together my back piece to my front piece (the one with all of the little stitch lines), along with a ribbon to tie the roll closed—wrong sides together and basted around the edge, leaving a 1”opening for turning. And..I turned it, ironed it and I was done.

A side note: I made these as gifts, so I did all of the above parts in assembly line stages. The sewing of the stitch lines (for the crayons) was the most challenging and tedious part. If I were to make them again, I would definitely leave myself more time. All in all, I think this is the sweetest little gift for any little artist in training