Showing posts with label Pouches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pouches. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Personalised Zipper Pouches - Tutorial

Another week, another birthday party!  My three youngest children are in the midst of a birthday party bonanza at present.  And buying a million birthday presents for kids I barely know is not my idea of fun!  So I've actually been making them all presents.  This weekend's birthday girl is turning 12, and my daughter told me she likes Owls and purple.  O. K. then.

I popped in to Spotlight this morning for a few bits and pieces, and grabbed 20cm of a very cute owl print, and then remembered the amazing purple hexagon Saffron Craig print I picked up a couple of months ago - at SPOTLIGHT?!?!?  What the!  And this is what I made....

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A very cute, VERY purple, personalised pouch.  Now as you can see, the birthday girl has a slightly unusual name - Abaset.  Odds are on that she doesn't get much personalised stuff in her life, so I thought it would be lovely to pop her name on it.  I free motioned her name and fit it in amongst the owls.  I used bright purple Aurifil #2545 and my trusty white #2420.  The front and back panels are quilted to give the pouch some body.  And would you believe that today I did my first ever Y Seam!?!?!?  I wanted to use a hexagon, so headed to Youtube and found this great little video below.


Now - on to a little tutorial for you all.

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What you will need:

2 x quilted panels.  The size is completely up to you, but these are approximately 10.5" x 9".  My zip is 9" and then you need 2 x Lining panels.  

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You will also need 2 little squares/rectangles on your coordinating fabric, as shown above, to cover the ends of your zip.  Press a little seam length ways on your zip covers as seen below.

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1. Take one panel, right side facing upwards.  Centre your zipper length ways along the edge, with your little zip cover pieces at the ends.  Then take a piece of lining and place over the top, right side facing downwards and pin all together.  

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2.  Using a zipper foot, sew along the edge to join all pieces together.  It will look like the above photo when joined.  Pull the lining back underneath so panels are wrong sides together and press.  Top Stitch alongside the zipper.

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3.  Take your second panel, and place right side upwards.  Lay your first panel on top, right side down, aligning the edges of both pieces.  Trim off your zipper covers.  Place your second lining piece over the top and pin together, then sew together the same way you did previously.

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4.  Press and top stitch again.  When you have done so, your will end up with a layout like above.  Trim around to make everything neat and even in size.

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5.  Open your zipper a few inches, then take both quilted panels right sides together, and both lining pieces right sides together.  Pin them all around, leaving a 3" gap in the bottom of your lining pieces.

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6.  Line up the top seam of your quilted panels, and have the zipper cover folded up towards the lining as demonstrated above.  Now sew all the way around, leaving the gap open at the bottom of the lining, backstitching on both sides.  Trim all four corners.  Reach through the gap in the lining and pull the pouch through, the right way out.  To get your corners nice and neat, you can use a chopstick or something similar to push them out nicely.  Pull your lining out and neatly machine sew the gap closed.

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And you will have a delightful little gift!  I plaited four shades of Aurifil thread to make a cute little zipper pull!

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The best thing about these pouches is you can fill them with whatever you like!  I asked my daughter when she got home whether she'd like to put beauty products, lollies or pencils etc in it?  She chose the smelly stuff!

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I have made a tonne of pouches, so I hope this helps you out for some fun little gifts in future!

I'm linking up - You can too!



Sew Cute Tuesday

Friday, December 6, 2013

Day 6 - Cushion for Christmas & T.G.I.F.F.

The lovely Fiona @ Finding Fifth is hosting today's stop on the Cushion for Christmas Blog Hop - she's got some gorgeous Christmas star cushions to share!

Ms Midge


In other news……Melbourne's "Summer" is proving to be ridiculously ridiculous!  I have been suffering terribly with hay fever and driving myself and everyone else crazy with my sneezing, sniffing, rubbing of eyes and itching of throat and ears.  I've drugged myself up to my eyeballs, and am only starting to get a little relief today.  Although I still sound like a man……

I've sniffed my way through sewing these beauties…..

I finished this #ghastlies pouch yestrrday! Love it!
I made this Ghastlies Wide Opened pouch from Noodlehead's tutorial - but didn't put interfacing in and made it a bit bigger to allow for the print.  This is a Christmas gift for someone special….
Noodlehead Zippered Pouches - without the flat bottom!
Obviously I love making pouches, because yesterday I decided I needed to make another five!  But I'm lazy, and the making of the flat bottom does my head in, so they're a regular rectangular pouch.  Having said that - the wide open zipper makes them that little bit more special!  I've already sold three of them, the other two are still up for grabs on my FB page.
And the third custom order for the day!
I whipped up this gorgeous set as an order for the lovely Fiona - Just need to sew on buttons and trim!
And another!
These cute cuffed shorts for my Chloe!
Custom order finished!
And another order for Fiona.  This was the last big piece of Little Red in the blue colour way…..sad times.

When I told Fiona I was cutting out her orders on Tuesday, she said I was quick……  But I'll share a bit of a secret with you - when I have orders for something, I never just make the orders.  I will cut out a few extra, so instead of making one item, I'll make a few.  It's great time management!

Anyway, that's it for today.  I'm now off to drop Chloe at her last prep transition for the year.  Then next year, she will be a fully fledged prep school girl!

I'm linking up with T.G.I.F.F. over at Quokka Quilts - You can too!

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