Okay, so now, what to do with the scrap foam leftover from the laptop bag? I decided I would make foam beads that would also allow me to use up some scrap fabric. It’s not really necessary to use foam, these beads could be stuffed with polyester fill or even more scraps of fabric. Anway, here is my process:

Materials:

Scrap foam

Scrap fabric

Ribbon

Stencils – I just used an xacto knife to cut mine out of cardstock

Usual sewing supplies

Step 1

Trace stencil onto foam and cut out.

Step 2
Trace onto the wrong side of the fabric using a washable marker. Mark where you want the opening to be. You will have to handsew this part. It’s a good idea to leave the opening where you want the ribbon to be attached. If you do, skip the next step. It’s also a good idea to cut a manageable square out of the fabric at this point.

Step 3

Bundle up your ribbon inside the shape and pin in-between fabrics. A rubber band works great for bundling up the ribbon. You just want to make sure that you don’t sew the ribbon anywhere except at the connection point.

Step 4

Sew around the shape making sure to leave an opening and doubling over your sewing at the beginning and end to make sure it doesn’t come unraveled at the opening.

Step 5

After sewing, trim around the sewing with pinking shears. If you don’t have pinking shears use your scissors to cut triangles out around the shape, this helps to reduce bulk.

Step 6

Turn the shape inside out. Insert the foam shape by rolling it up. Adjust the foam inside the fabric. Then, hand sew the opening closed folding the edges in.

If you left an opening where you wanted the ribbon to go, you will have sew the ribbon in while fold the edges in.

Here’s some more foam fabric pendants.

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