My kids love their play tool set and love pretending to fix things around the house. They want to be just like Daddy and have a tool belt, so I made them one! It’s a really simple design, that honestly, could have multiple uses! It could be a craft pouch, or a crayon holder, anything you’d like it to be! I can envision my kids taking it outside on a walk to collect sticks, rocks, leaves, and whatever else they come across out there! Ha! For my kids’ tool belt, I used an old belt that we had lying around. I love repurposing old things into something that will get used! If you don’t have a belt, you could make one! There is a Fabric Accessory Belt blog post that you could adapt to make the perfect size belt for your kids’ tool belt! Want to make one? Let’s go!
Materials
- Scraps of fabric
- Fusible interfacing
- Belt (repurpose one or make your own!)
- Double fold Bias Tape
Cut the fabric and interfacing
- You will cut 1 rectangle of fabric and 1 rectangle of interfacing for the main tool belt.
- The dimensions that I used were 11 inches wide by 9 inches long
- You will then cut 1 rectangle of fabric and 1 rectangle of interfacing for the pocket piece
- My dimensions were 11 inches wide by 5 inches long
- You can add length or width if you’d like a bigger tool belt. The finished dimensions of my kids’ tool belt are 11 inches wide by 6.5 inches long.
main pieces 
pocket pieces
Attach the interfacing to the fabric
- Follow the directions of your specific fusible interfacing to fuse the interfacing to the fabric.
- You will put the interfacing on the wrong side of the fabric.
Interfacing on wrong side of main tool belt piece 
Interfacing on wrong side of pocket piece
Time to sew your Kids’ Tool Belt!
- Start by hemming the top of your pocket.
- Fold the top edge toward the wrong side of the pocket by 1/4 inch.
- Press well.
- Then, fold another 1/4 inch to enclose all the raw edges.
- Press well again.
- Stitch along the edge.
Fold once 
Fold twice 
Stitch
- Next, I made a memory hem for the casing.
- Fold the top edge of the main belt piece toward the wrong side.
- Press well.
- Don’t sew it yet, you’ll do that later.
- Put your pocket piece on top of your main fabric piece. The pocket and main will both be right sides up!
- Baste around the sides and bottom, if you want.
Time to add the Bias Tape
- Unfold your bias tape so that it’s flat.
- Fold the short edge toward the wrong side of the bias tape by 1/4 inch.
- Press well.
- Line up the raw edges of the bias tape to the raw edge on the side of your kids’ tool belt.
- Match the folds at the top of the tool belt and the top of the bias tape.
- Pin all down the side.
- You will sew along the crease.
- Cut off the extra binding at the bottom.
- Now, flip the tool belt over to the wrong side.
- You are going to fold the bias tape over the raw edges.
- Top stitch the bias. I used a zig zag stitch just because I like the look of it.
Continue adding the bias tape to the bottom and other side
- You are going to repeat the bias tape process 2 more times to add bias tape to the bottom and side of the kids’ tool belt.
- Start by folding the short edge of the bias tape at the beginning so that the raw edges are enclosed.
- Then, put the folded bias tape on top of the bottom of the last bias tape that you just sewed onto the side.
- Sew along the crease again.
- Flip the bias tape over the raw edges and top stitch just like you just did on the side.
- Ok, one last bias tape piece to add!
- Start by folding the short raw edge of the binding and press well.
- Line up the folded bias edge on top of the bottom bias tape piece that you’ve just sewn.
- Pin all along the side of the tool belt.
- At the top, cut the bias binding 1/4 inch higher than the tool belt.
- This will allow you to fold the bias to enclose the raw edge.
- Now, sew along the crease.
- Flip the bias tape over the raw edges.
- Top Stitch.
- Woo! Done with bias!
The Kids’ Tool Belt needs pockets!
- On the bottom of the pocket, measure from the edge of the bias 3.5 inches in and put a chalk mark.
- Now, do the same on the top of the pocket.
- Draw a straight line down the pocket connecting these two marks.
- Be sure to use chalk or a washable pen so that you don’t see your line after stitching!
- Stitch along that line.
- Do this again from the other side of the tool belt, so you’ll have two lines each 3.5 inches from the sides.
white chalk line 
two lines of stitching, creating 3 pockets
Create the casing for the belt to go into
- Fold the top of the tool belt toward the wrong side by 2 inches.
- The belt that I used was 1.5 inches high. If your belt is bigger, you’ll need a bigger casing.
- Make sure that 1/4 inch memory hem that you did in the beginning stays folded.
- Press well.
- Stitch along the edge.
Stitch here 
Thread the belt through the casing and you are done!!
- Put a safety pin on the end of the belt.
- Put the pin and belt into the casing.
- Thread the belt into the casing until it comes out of the other side.
You made a Kids’ Tool Belt! Yay!
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