Easy Quilted Pencil Pouch
This pouch is perfect for holding pens, pencils, and all your other writing/drawing supplies!
Equipment
- sewing machine
- thread
- scissors
- straight pins
- rotary cutter and mat
- iron
Materials
- 2 fat quarters or 2 1/4 yard cuts of fabric
- zipper minimum 9"
- Fairfield World Low Loft Quilt Batting
- tassel and jump ring
Instructions
- Cut your fabric: 2 - 10” x 5” outer fabric pieces, 2 - 10” x 5” lining pieces, 2 - 10” x 5” batting pieces, 2 - 1.5” x 3.5” zipper tab pieces
- Cut your zipper to 9” from top to bottom. Make sure to move the zipper pull down and cut from the top, not the bottom.
- Place each of the two outer pieces on top of a piece of batting and quilt as desired.
- Press the 1.5” x 3.5” strips to create a bias fold.
- Sew the bias fold strips to the ends of the zipper with a 1/4” seam.
- Layer a lining piece (face down), an outer piece (face up) and a zipper (face down). Sew across the top with a 1/4” seam.
- Repeat with the other outer and lining pieces.
- Top stitch along the edges of the zipper.
- Round the bottom corners of each side (optional).
- Pin the outer layers together and the lining pieces together, with the zipper in the center, and sew around the outer edges. Make sure the zipper is open! Leave a small opening in one side of the lining.
- Turn right side out and sew the opening shut.
- Tuck the lining inside the pouch.