Sewing
13. Thread the ribbon through the casing and finish with a knot.
Tutorial: Drawstring Felt-Lined Sunglasses Pouch
The lenses of my sunglasses are constantly popping out in my bag but I'm too fond of them to throw them away so I decided to make a case to keep them in. It is fully lined and should fit most sunglasses. This is the finished pouch:
To make this pouch you will need:
- A piece of patterned fabric. I used a Liberty fat quarter.
- A piece of matching felt. I used a piece of red felt to match the fabric.
- A piece of ribbon of length approximately 50 cm. I used some ribbon loops off some clothes I bought. I used 4 pieces, twisting pairs together.
- Matching Thread
- A safety pin
- A pair of sunglasses
1. Start by cutting the felt into two 10X20 cm pieces. I marked the felt with tailor's chalk but you could make a paper pattern.
2. Cut two 10X24 cm pieces from the fabric. Finish the edges with a zig-zag stitch (I forgot to do this at this stage and did it later which was definitely a bad idea).
3. Draw a chalk/pencil line 1 cm from the bottom of each felt piece and a line 5 cm from the bottom on the wrong side of each fabric piece.
4. Match these lines up as shown with the shorter side of the patterned fabric underneath the felt. Pin and sew along the line.
5. Pin the right sides of the fabric together, making sure the ' fabric flaps' are safely tucked inside the felt. Starting from the seam, sew. Leave the bottom unsewn in order to turn it inside out.
6. Push the 'fabric flaps' through the opening. Pin the felt together and sew from the seam again, this time sewing the bottom shut.
7. Trim the seams.
8. Fold the patterned fabric out and around the felt pouch.
9. Pull the 'fabric flaps' out and press the case well, making sure that the lining is not bunched up in any places.
10. Hand or machine stitch the bottom of the pouch closed.
11. Fold over the side edges of the 'fabric flaps' and then fold over the top by 1.5 cm.
12. Fold over again so that the edge is straight against the felt-fabric seam. Top stitch or slip stitch to make the casing.
13. Thread the ribbon through the casing and finish with a knot.
Now you should have a completed sunglasses case. Enjoy your summer!!
Love Rhiannon x
In step 4, could you specify how the fabric lines up right, wrong sides. This is confusing.
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