Here comes another adorable key pouch pattern to add to the series of Craft Passion animal-themed purse and pouch designs. Please meet Ba Nana, the Monkey Key Pouch, I hope you love it too. Doesn’t he look like the famous Sock Monkey, Marcho?
Kickstarting 2018 with all these lovely and cuteness overloads animal-themed designs really makes my days contented; I feel like I am back to nature to get more inspiration.
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A key pouch (sometimes called a key cozy, a key holder, or a key purse) is a great key holder as it prevents the keys from wandering around when you put them in the bag. When the keys are wandering in your bag or purse, they tend to scratch the lining of your lovely purse or get tangled up with loose corded items like headphone wire, charger wire, necklace, hair band, etc. I knew it well, as I always pulled up a whole bunch of items from my purse to get my keys, which was so embarrassing.
If you installed a lobster claw clasp with a keyring, as I did, you could hook the key holder on the strap of your purse to become a charm to decorate your purse or bag.
The fabric key pouch is washable; pop it into your washing machine while doing your ordinary laundry (remember to remove your keys before washing).
Last but not least, you will get someone to admire your cute, extraordinary key holder that you uniquely handmade. It is a LIMITED-EDITION designer key pouch!
Ba Nana
Monkey Key Pouch Sewing Pattern
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Let’s talk about the details of this little Ba Nana Monkey Key Pouch pattern. It measures around 4.5″ W x 3.75″ H, excluding the lobster claw clasp at the top of the key pouch. The key pouch can easily hold up to 8 standard keys, fully hidden inside and feeling cozy there, too 😀. Besides, this pouch pattern comes with a pocket at the back with a flap closure; you may keep some small changes in there as emergency money.
The main materials are fabric (I used yarn-dyed fabric, just in case you want to know), felt and batting, black button eyes, a snap button for the pocket at the back, a keyring, and a lobster claw clasp connected to a leather cord. Get more details on the other items in the pouch pattern section and the quantity you will need to sew this.
I often receive photos from crafters showing their versions of my work (thank you for sharing; I love seeing as many as possible). I have received some feedback saying that they can’t make the animals look exactly like mine. No worries if they don’t look the same; no two handmade items look identical, not even from my own hand, and that’s the beauty of handmade. Your creation has your style and character, making it unique. I always encourage my followers to get creative with my patterns; the more creative, the sooner you’ll come up with your own design.
Put lots of love and patience in your handmade, do it slowly and don’t rush, don’t get angry, and enjoy every moment of the togetherness. That’s my principle of handmade. Now you know why I seldom sell my handmade items, as I don’t make them in bulk, and each of them has my blessing. I somewhat giveaway to some I love and care about. Money is beyond this relationship.
Hope you have a great time sewing it. If you have a question, please feel free to ask in the comment area.
If you would like to make Ba Nana Monkey into a coin purse, you may follow the instructions of Cherry Bunny, Boston Terrier, and Jack Russell’s coin purse method. The key pouch and the coin purse share the same pouch base.
And, if you are after other monkey patterns, here are more for you: Marcho sock monkey, Kimira crochet monkey, Daikichi crochet monkey, and Chi-Chai Monchan Monkey Purse.
Happy sewing!!!
What’s Next
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- Pin it to Pinterest for future To-Sew List
- Share with your sewing groups for a sew-along event.
- Learn more about the basics of hand sewing and how to choose a sewing machine for beginners.
- Browse more free sewing patterns to sew, especially the Free Bag & Purse Sewing Patterns Library
Monkey Key Pouch Sewing Pattern
This little Ba Nana Monkey Key Pouch measures around 4.5 W x 3.75 H inches, excluding the lobster claw clasp at the top of the key pouch. The key pouch can easily hold up to 8 normal keys, fully hidden inside and feeling cozy in there too 😉.
This key pouch pattern comes with a pocket at the back with flap closure; you may keep some small changes in there as emergency money. The main materials are fabric (I used yarn-dyed fabric, just in case you want to know), felt and batting, black button eyes, a snap button for the pocket at the back, a keyring, lobster claw clasp connected to a leather cord.
Enjoy sewing them!
Download and print separately: SEWING PATTERN.
Materials
- Fabric, Body – Green, approx 12″ x 9″
- Fabric, Muzzle – Light Gray, approx 4.25″ x 6″
- Fabric, Ears – Yellow, approx 3″ x 4″
- Felt, Eyes – White, approx 2.5″ x 1.5″
- Batting or Felt – approx 8.5″ x 10.5″
- Button eye 9 mm, black, 2; or equivalent button (as eyes)
- Keyring, chain or cord, and Lobster Claw Clasp. The chain is 2″ long. The cord is about 5″ long.
- Snap button for the back pocket
- Embroidery Floss, Dark Brown
Tools
- Sewing machine, or you may hand sewn it
- Sewing needle, pins, matching threads
- Scissors
- Water Erasable fabric marker, for light color fabric
- White fabric marker, for dark color fabric
- Tweezers (blunt tip) or any similar tool for turning small part inside out
- Printer, 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock paper for the template and papers
Instructions
- Gather all supplies listed above and download the Ba Nana Monkey Key Pouch Template. Print the templates on cardstock paper and cut them out accordingly.
- Cut out the fabric and batting pieces according to the quantity stated on each of the templates. The fabrics and batting have to be at least 1/2″ bigger (1/4″ on each side) than the template in width and length respectively.
Cut eyepiece out from felt without any seam allowance needed.
For making an open pocket at the back of the key pouch, provision of 3/4″ seam allowance at the top of the back pocket is needed. This is for double folding of the raw edge at the top of the open pocket.
Trace the outline of the template on the wrong side of the fabric accordingly. - Sew an open pocket at the back of the monkey key pouch:
Double-fold the top edge of the open pocket and double topstitch with 1/4″ apart.
Referring to the template, mark the top edge of the back pocket on the right side of the back piece of the pouch body.
Place the pocket piece onto the back pouch piece, align the top edge to the marking line.
Make a few stitches on the seam allowance to secure the pocket in place. - Sew key pouch back piece:
Place batting on the table, followed by a piece of pouch body fabric with the right side facing up. Then place the pocket pouch piece on it with the right side facing down. Pin all 3 pieces together (batting and 2 pouch fabric pieces).
Sew around and leave an opening at the side of the pouch but avoid the pocket area.
Trim the seam allowance of the batting to 1/8″ or as near to the sewing line. Trim fabric seam allowance to 1/4″.
Set aside. - Sew the pouch front piece, ears, muzzle, and pocket flap with the same method, i.e. by layering a batting or felt at the bottom of the 2 layers fabrics which is with the right side together.
- Turn pieces inside out and hand stitch to close the opening with a slip stitch or ladder stitch.
Press with a warm iron to smooth out the pieces if needed. - Sew monkey face on the front piece:
Mark the position of the eyes and ears patterns on the pouch that doesn’t have a pocket on it. You may mark by eyeballing position, trace the shape with an erasable fabric marker.
Sew around with matching color thread.
Mark the nose and mouth patterns on the muzzle then embroider them.
Mark the position of the muzzle and eyes on the pouch. Sew around the muzzle with a matching color thread. Take note that the muzzle piece extended below the pouch body. Use the printout to gauge the position of the muzzle on the pouch.
Sew on the button eyes. - Position and pin the pocket flap to the back piece of the pouch then slip stitching around.
Sew snap button to the pocket. I use a sew-on magnetic snap button.
The completed front and back piece of the Monkey pouch before sewing up. - Sew to join front and back pieces:
Place both front and back pouch pieces together with inside together. Sew them together with a slip stitch, from marking to marking on both left and right sides to complete the Ba Nana Monkey pouch. - Add a key chain to the Monkey pouch to make it into a key pouch. Insert the chain or cord through the top opening of the pouch, slip the key ring through the chain or cord to make up the keychain.
The chain I showed here is about 1.5″ long, but later I found that 2″ long will be easier to put your keys into the keyring.
Notes
Seam Allowance: 1/4″ on fabrics only, 3/4″ for the top edge of an open pocket, 1/8″ for batting. Sew before trimming to the desired seam allowance.
I used Japanese Yarn Dyed fabric to sew this Monkey key pouch.
Get the full article at https://www.craftpassion.com/monkey-key-pouch/
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hathwaybhawani
Saturday 17th of March 2018
Thanks for visiting, Heather. Hugs to you!!