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How to Sew a Pencil Pouch with zipper | DIY Pencil Pouch | Easy Pencil Case Tutorial. This roomy pencil case will keep your stationery supplies organised.
MATERIALS
22cm (8¾in) square of outer fabric
22cm (8¾in) square of lining fabric
10cm (4in) square of fabric for Suffolk Puff
20cm (8in) square of fusible wadding
20cm (8in) zipper*
One 12mm (½in) diameter button*
One 2cm (¾in) diameter button*
1¾in Suffolk Puff maker (optional)
Metal snips
*Don’t worry too much about your button sizes, this project is ideal for seeing what you have in your button tin. You can also use a longer zipper. As long as it has plastic teeth, you can use one from your stash and shorten it – see Step 1.
FINISHED SIZE
15 x 7 x 4cm (6 x 2¾ x 1½in)
PREPARATION
Use ⅜in seam allowance throughout unless otherwise specified.
Sewing instructions
1 If necessary, shorten your zipper. Measure 8in from the opening end and mark it with a pin. Zigzag stitch back and forth over this point by machine. Snip off the excess about ½in from your stitching. Fig 1
2 Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to fix your wadding to your outer fabric using a hot iron. Centre it on the wrong side of the fabric, leaving equal seam allowances all the way around. Then place your outer fabric on top of your lining fabric, right sides facing. Fig 2
3 Aligning the top edges of the fabric, slip your zipper between the
two, aligning its top edge with the two raw edges of the fabric and
pinning or tacking the three layers in position. Fig 3
4 Stitch a
seam along this edge with a zipper foot attached to your machine. Your
stitch line will fall outside the edge of the wadding. Fold the two
pieces of fabric away from the teeth of the zipper and press. Pin in
place before topstitching on the outer fabric side, next to the zipper
and ⅛in in from the seam line. Fig 4
5 Fold the outer fabric up to
align with the top edge of the zipper and pin in place. Turn your work
over and now fold up the lining fabric to align with the top edge of the
zipper. You will have two loops of fabric, one on each side of the
zipper. Pin in place. Fig 5
6 Stitch another ⅜in seam along the
three layers of fabric and zipper. Twist and turn out the fabric so that
you end up with a tube of outer fabric, joined by a zipper and lined
with wadding and then lining fabric. Give your work a press with a hot
iron. Open the zipper as fully as you can and topstitch along the other
side of the zipper, just as you did in Step 4. This can be a little bit
fiddly as you get to the end and your work bunches up around the machine
foot so take it slowly. Fig 6
7 Flatten your work so that the closed zipper runs centrally down the middle of it. Align the raw edges along both ends and pin them. Stitch a ¼in seam along these ends. Fig 7
8 Open your zipper fully and turn your work inside out, gently prodding the four corners with the end of a knitting needle or your fingers to make them as sharp as possible. Pin along the two short seams and stitch ⅜in seams along them to create French seams. Fig 8
9 With your work still inside out, flatten it so that the zipper lies
along one long folded edge. Now flatten the ends of your pencil case so
that you create a square. Press again and pin as shown in the photo.
Stitch across each corner adjacent to the zipper, ¾in from the tip, to
create four box corners. Fig 9
10 Turn your work right sides out and prod at the four corners to make them sharp. Fig 10
11
Use a 1¾in Suffolk Puff maker to make one out of a scrap of fabric (
see the Suffolk Puff Cushion project on page 76 for guidance on making
one) then sew your buttons onto either side. Figs 11 and 12
12
Use small metal snips to remove the ‘pull’ from your zipper. Stitch your
Suffolk Puff to the zipper head to replace the ‘pull’. Fig 13
