Monogram Key Chain - How to Make Your Wife Happy, Part. 1

I have been working on a bigger but related project which was my primary purpose for becoming a member at Tech Shop, Pittsburgh. I was having some trouble getting my project to be a finished product that I was happy with. So this was also an experiment to test an alternative solution.

If you would like to recreate this key chain fob, here are a few things you will need...
Since "I Made It At Tech Shop"...
1. A Tech Shop Membership or Laser Cutter
2. Some 3 - 4 oz vegatan leather hide. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com
3. Leather Dye, Cleaning agent, and top coat. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com
4. A grommet http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com or JoAnne Fabrics
5. a remnant of 100% Nylon fabric JoAnne Fabrics
6. Fabric Glue JoAnne Fabrics

Step One:
Select and Dye your fabric... I will write a separate instructable on this process, and post the link here.

Using fabric glue adhere the nylon fabric to the back of your dry dyed leather.

Create your design and prepare it for the laser etcher cutter. (I have wrote several instructables on the subject, and if you have a membership to Tech Shop or own a laser cutter you know how to do this already as well)

Cut your shape, I find that cutting it Fabric side up in reverse or "mirror" helps to make sure you get a good cut and seer on the fabric it may take multiple passes to get all the way through.

Punch a grommet in your shape. I found a bicycle spoke in the bin wall and with a pair of needle nose pliers and a bench vise made a quick spiral hoop to attach this to a key ring.

Give the newly made prize to your wife....