Materials Needed

Cotton Fabric –for  tag –  cut 2 pieces –  4” by 6” each   (finished tag will be 3 ½ by 5 ½ “.)

              for loop attachment –  cut 1 piece         14 “ long by 1 ½ inches.

Vinyl –cut 1 piece 4 ½  by 2 ½ inches

Stabilizer – 1 piece of fusible batting or Craft Bond cut 3  ½ by 5 ½ inches.

1. Center batting or craft fuse on wrong side of one of fabric

   

   rectangles – press according to package directions to fuse in place.

2. Place fabric rectangles right sides together and stitch with 1/4 inch seam around perimeter leaving a gap of 1 and 1/2 “ in the middle of one short end.  You will use this gap to turn the tag and to insert the ends of the loop.
3. Press loop piece in half (the long way).  Open it up and press each side toward the middle.  Then fold in half lengthways. Edge stitch both long sides.
4. Trim corners and turn the tag inside out through the gap you left so that right side is now on the outside.
5.   Push corners out neatly and press.  TipTime:  I have found that a wooden chopstick is helpful to poke those little corners out without going through the fabric.
6. Insert raw ends of loop about ½ inch into the gap you left.
7. Top stitch around perimeter of the tag. Double stitch the area where the loop is inserted to make it extra secure.
8. Place vinyl piece in center of tag.
9. Sew 3 sides of the vinyl using a longer stitch than normal.  I set my Pfaff at 3.0.
10. TipTime:  If you use too short a stitch you may cause the vinyl to tear.
11. TipTime:  the open end of the vinyl should be pointing toward the loop to make it more difficult for the ID card to slip out.
    • I bought my vinyl in the home decorating department at JoAnn’s  You’ll want one that has some body to it so that it will hold up better..
    • I made ID tag inserts using Print Shop – A regular size business card will fit nicely.

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