Transcripts
1. Intro: Hi and welcome to my new sewing class had to
sell as standard pencil. I love these projects
so much because it's so practical and I
use it all the time. And it's a little bit magical because it has
that while effect. When you open it,
it converts into a pencil holder that
you can leave open all the time on your
desk and you can leave it a new studio
all the time open. So it's easy for
you to reach for your favorite marker
tool you need. At the moment, I decided to separate this class in the advanced segments so
you can follow along. And then at the
end of the class, you'll have your phones. Then at the end of the class you have made and so on your own stand up pencil pouch that
has a slide and Todd, and it has a wow effect
every time you use it. So let's get started.
2. Today's Project: In today's project, we're
going to learn how to solve a standard pencil pouch
or a pop-up pencil case. We're going to create a
pencil pouch that has a sliding tub and
creates a wow factor. Every time you open it. They've added a class in
different segments to make it an easy step-by-step process
that you can follow along. We're going to start by
choosing our favorite fabrics. And then we're
gonna go over about all the different
panels that we're going to need for the project. I included to the front free
templates for you to use. So it's easy, we don't
have to measure anything. We just go ahead,
print them and we can use them for our project. Then we're going to go over the different
interfacing that we're gonna be using for our panels. We're going to sell a zipper tab before attaching our
zipper to the panels. Then to attach our
zipper to the panels, we start with a
lining facing app, align the zipper to the top, and then choose one of the canvas panels
for the outside of our pouch and place it the
pretty side facing down. Then we're gonna go ahead
and repeat the same process with the other panels to
finish attaching our zipper. Now that we have
so in our zipper, we're ready to close our pouch, making sure that everything
matches and lines. We're going to make sure
to leave a gap so we can turn our pouch
right side out. Also before clipping and
putting everything together, we're going to make sure to
open our zipper halfway up. Before squaring up the corners. We're gonna make sure to
press all this seems. So it makes us that much easier. Then we're going to
square up our corners, making sure that
everything aligns, clipping everything in place. Once we turn our
pouched rice that out, we're ready to close
the gap and aligning. Then we're going to
talk stage all around using the free arm of
our sewing machine. Once we have the base of our pouch ready,
we're gonna go ahead. And so they slide in top. Before talks teaching all
around our sliding top. We're going to place
our pull tabs so we secure everything at one time. And then our final
step is to attach our sliding tab to the
base of our pouch. So at the end of this class, you will have your own
pop-up pencil pouch. You're going to have a lot of fun throughout the
whole process. And then at the end,
you're gonna surprise your friends and family
and even yourself. They are gray patches
to have on your desk and I love how they convert
into pencil holders. You're going to
have a lot of fun throughout the whole process. So let's get going.
3. Cutting Your Fabric and Interfacing: In this lesson,
we're going to cut every fabric and interfacing. We're going to work with three different kinds of fabrics. For this light in top, we're going to use
our favorite fabric. This is my own design and it's called watercolor
Baja floor out. Then for the bottom
of our pouch, we're going to have a thicker, more like a canvass
type of fabric. And finally, for the lining, the interior of our pouch, we're going to use a more
flexible light kind of fabric. So these are the final panels that we're going
to cut right now. I made a quick template so
we can see the dimensions clearly and we can use it as a reference when we're
cutting our panels. We're going to cut two panels
using the same template for our canvas fabric as well
as for the lining fabric. Then we're going to
cut only one rectangle for our sliding top. We're going to use
that eight inch or 20 centimetres deeper. And finally the fabric for
our pull tabs and zipper tab. We're going to start by cutting the panel for our slider top. The fabric that I
use here is actually a linen cotton canvas that's much lighter than the canvas I'm
using for the base, but a little bit thicker
than your regular fabric. Next we're going to cut the two panels of
our canvas fabric. That's the outside of
the base of our pouch. Feel free to use this
template because sometimes the smallest fractions are not easy to see in
all the rulers. So this makes it really
easy and practical. For the lining or the
interior of our pouch. We're gonna do the same thing. We're going to get two panels
of the exact dimensions. So these are all the panels
that we have covered so far. And now we're going
to have to cut the pull tabs on a zipper tab. Next we're going to iron on some interfacing to make our panels
a little bit more sturdy. This is a heavy interfacing
that's feasible. So it's very easy because
you just can iron it on. And then we're gonna be using it for the base of our pouch. Remember to place our
interfacing on the backside of our fabric with this
shiny part facing down. That's where the glue is. So to start, we're going
to turn our fabric around with the wrong
side facing up. And then we're going to place the interfacing with
a shiny side down. The interfacing that
we're using for our slider top is a medium
weight in you're facing. So it's a little bit lighter
than the one that we just used for the
base of our pouch. When placing the interfacing
we add to make sure they center and then were leaving the same seam
allowance all around. In the next lesson, we're going to use our
template to cut our panels.
4. Using the Free Template: In this lesson,
we're going to use our free template to cut the panels for our
base or the pouch. What's great about the
template is that it fits perfectly on
a printer page. So please make sure that
when you're printing, you don't scale it. Just printed 100%. And you can double-check
it by using this test boxes that are in inches and centimeters
just to make sure that you printed
it in the right size. So to make the
base of our pouch, we're going to use this template to cut the two panels
that we have for our canvas fabric and the two fabrics that we
have for our lining. Once we have our panels ready, we're gonna talk stage
on our canvas fabric. Now that we have
our panels ready, we're ready to sell
our zipper tab.
5. Zipper Tab: In this lesson, I'm gonna
be showing you how to solve the zipper tab and also how to shorten as
zipper because I didn't have the right
color for these pouch. So I had a longer zipper. So we're going to be cutting it and then adding the zipper tab. Once we got our zipper, we just have to add a stopper. But if you already have a zipper of the color
of your choice, make sure it is 8 " and
then you're ready to go. So to add a stopper
total zipper, we're going to choose
a zigzag stitch That's about 7 mm in width. And then I'm going to
shorten the length. So it's kinda like
zigzags on the same spot. What I like to do first
is lower my needle just to make sure that I'm
going over the zipper teeth. And then once I do that, I'm ready to start stitching. For our zipper tab. We're going to
start by folding in the short sides and then
pressing with our iron. Then we're going
to fold it in half so we can have a
line as a reference. Now we just made the longest
ties to that center line. And we fall one more time and our tab is
ready to be sound. If you are using the
zigzag as I was, please make sure to go back
to your regular stitch. Now we're ready to
start around it, making sure that we're backstage in at the
beginning and at the end. I'm going to go slowly. So you can see in detail
how we go around it. When we reached the corner, make sure that your needle stays down and then lift
your presser foot up, rotate and then pull your presser foot
down to keep selling. Here we're gonna
do the same thing, making sure that our
needle stays down. And then don't forget to
backstage at the end. In the next lesson, we're
going to sell our zipper.
6. Sewing the Zipper: In this lesson, we're
going to sell the zipper to our lining and canvas fabric. We're going to start
by opening our zipper and aligning it with the
top part of our lining. Our lining panel is facing up with the right
side facing up. Then we're carefully going to fold up the beginning
of our zipper, right with a stopper begins. Then we're going to
place our canvas panel with a right side facing down. And again, we're going to
align everything at the top. We're going to measure 1
" coming from the right. So we have a reference
to know when to stop. So in our zipper, you can see here
how our zipper is a little bit longer than
our finished pouch. So remember that we're
gonna use this line as a reference to stop sewing. To start. So in our zipper, we're going to change our
presser foot for a zipper foot. We're going to start where
we folded our zipper up, making sure we start
with a back stitch. Now we're ready to
solve the other side. So we're going to basically
do the same thing. We're going to start with
our interfacing facing up. We're going to place
our zipper and align it at the top, also facing up. Make sure to open the zebra
all the way to the left. So it's easier for
us to sell it. We're going to pull up the
beginning of our zipper, just like we did before, and clip it in place. Now we're going to align our
canvas panel at the top, making sure that the right
side is facing down. This time we're
going to measure 1 " coming from the left. So we have a reference
when to stop. So in our zipper because it's easier for me
to so in the same direction, what I'm gonna do is
flip everything around. And so on the line inside, because we flipped
everything over, we can mark our
reference line again. For this part, we can do it the same way that we did it before. Or you can leave your
needle down and then we're gonna make sure to push our
zipper inside so we don't, so when we finished
so in the pouch. So now that we have
attached our zipper, we're going to press everything so we're ready for
the next lesson. In the next lesson, we're
going to sell around the sides and the bottom
to close our pouch.
7. Closing the Pouch: In this lesson, we're going
to sell the sides and the bottom so we can
close our pouch. The first thing we're
gonna do is measure to open up a zipper halfway. It's very important
to match our seams here because once
our pouches ready, everything will look align. The same thing is happening
here with these top stage, because once the pouch is close, this line is going to go all
the way around the pouch. On the line inside, we're gonna leave a gap open on marking
here with my pins. So we make sure
not to so the gap. And we need this gap in
order for us to reach inside and be able to turn
our pouch inside out. The gap that I'm
leaving open here. It's about 4 " or 10 cm. On this side, we're
gonna do the same thing. First. We're going
to make sure to move our zipper out of the way. So we're moving it
towards the Canvas side, making sure that we're
not going to go over it. And then again, we're
matching the seams, so everything aligns at the end. On this side, we're
gonna do the same thing. We're going to make sure
that the seams are matching. Now we're ready to sell
the sides and the bottom, leaving our gap open and making sure that we don't saw
any of the corners yet. Before we start sewing, we got to change our zipper
foot for our presser foot. Remember that our seam allowance is three-eighths of
an inch or 1 cm. It's easier to have
our presser foot as a reference is kinda like
the same thickness of it. Remember to backstage
every time that we start and we finish on
this part of the project. I always like to double-check
that the zipper is out of the way and we're
now so in over it. So take your time. Make sure the zippers out of
the way and keep selling. In the next lesson, we're going to be
pressing the seams open so it's easier for us to
follow the next step.
8. Pressing Seams: In this lesson we're going to be pressing this seems open. So it's easier for
us to square up the corners and close the gap. So we're ready for
our next lesson.
9. Squaring up the Corners: In this lesson, we're gonna
square up the corners. Make sure that you take your time to match
all this seems, this is important because
when we have the patch ready, you're going to see
a continuous scene. Once we have everything
aligned and clapped, we're ready to start sewing. It's very important to backstage every time we start and finish, to secure everything in place. Once we have all
the corners ready, we're ready to turn
our pouch inside out. You can see now why was
important to match our seams. So now that we have our
pouch right side out, you can see all this seems
that aligned perfect way. In the next lesson, we're going to close this gap. So we had the base
of our patch ready.
10. Closing the Gap: In this lesson,
we're going to close the gap and finish the
base for our pouch. Because I have a dark
blue color for my lining. I decided to change my
thread and my bobbin color. This way I have less contrast and a better
finished for my gap. This time we're going to use
a very small seam allowance, about one eighth
of an inch or the closest you can get
to get to the edge. Remember to backstage at the
beginning and at the end. In the next lesson, we're going
to adopt stage around it.
11. Topstitch Around Top : In this lesson, we're
going to tuck stitch around the top of our pouch. Before sewing, it's easier
if we pin all around it. So we keep our
lining fabric down. In order for us to
sell around it. We need to use the free
arm of our sewing machine. To do so, slide to the
left little drawer that we have in the front and then
we have access to it. Also, I already
replaced the bobbin and the thread with the same color that I've been sewing,
the whole pouch. And also I'm going to adjust the length of my stage a little bit just to make it a little bit more visible for my top stitch. Remember to backstage at the
beginning and at the end. So everything stays in place. In the next lesson we're gonna be so in this slide in top.
12. Sewing Sliding Top: In this lesson we're going to
be so in this slide in top, we're going to start by pressing our seam allowance to
the inside of our panel. This makes our next
step easier when we have to turn our sliding
top right side out. So we're using our interfacing as a reference for
our seam allowance. What is this going to
sell straight down, making sure that we started on, we've finished
with a backstitch. Make sure that all the seams
are tagged on the inside. And also we're going
to make sure that these two scenes are
aligning as well. It's easier when we use the club to keep
everything in place. And that helps us
when we're turning their sliding top
right side out. In the next lesson, we're going to sell
our pull tabs.
13. Sewing Pull Tabs: In this lesson, we're going
to be so in the pool depths. So these rectangle includes the measurements for
both of the board. That's now we're
going to cut them in half so we can go
ahead and press them. So now that we have
our pull tabs ready, we're going to place one on each side of our slide in top. Use this theme of
this light in top as a reference to
center our pulled up mark the other side. So we can have a reference
for the other pole that. So now we're ready to go to the sewing machine and
tuck stitch all around it. Now we're going to
sew all around it, secure in our poll
does in place. To finish, make
sure to backstage, to secure everything in place. Now we're ready to finish our
pouch in the next lesson.
14. Finishing Your Pouch: So now we're ready
to finish our pouch. To finish our standard
pencil pouch, we need to slide our slider
all the way to the top, making sure that the seams are aligned and
they're matching. To finish, we're going
to talk stage all around it to set
everything in place. Congratulations on finishing
your standard pencil pouch. I hope you enjoyed this
class as much as I did. I really enjoy and I love these projects so
much because he has a wow factor and
it's a little bit magical when it converts
into a pencil holder. I can't wait to see all
your finished projects. Also, if you really
enjoyed this class, please make sure to check
out my other sewing classes. That is so fine as well. I have a class on how to
sew a zipper patch that has three different zipper pouches with a free templates included. And also my other class is
how to sell at toe back. Thank you so much for
sharing this class with me.
15. Congratulations!: Congratulations on finishing your first standard
pencil pouch. Have fun. Was that. Thank you so much for joining
me today in this class. I had a lot of fun putting this together and I hope you enjoyed
it as much as they did. See surprise every
time I use them, I love them having on
my desk, I'm a studio. It brings me joy and happiness. You need to be around all
these sewing projects and pretty fabrics. And also, you should be proud
of yourself that you made something so fun and practical
and you made it yourself. That's why I love
sewing so much, because you always have something that at
the end you can use. And you can, where you can just gifted and
it's something that you made with a lot of glove and a lot of
patient as well. And it comes from
our creative part. So thank you so much for
staying until the end, watching the entire class. I hope you have fun today. I really enjoyed it was
a great project to do. I want it to do
something different, something fun with
that wow factor. And I hope you have
as much fun as I did. I would love to see
your finished project and your beautiful a
standard pencil touches. So please share yours and the project section so we
can all get inspired, right? You can also leave
a comment on why do you want our
next class to be? So I can get a list of our favorite projects and then select from there
What's the next class? If you enjoyed this class, please make sure to check
out my other sewing classes. This one is how to
sew a zipper TO bag. And he goes great with
the one that we just did. I just loved that you
can mix and match the fabrics and
make a great combo. Then I have another
sewing class, how to sell a zipper pouch. And I love this class
so much because I show you how to solve three
different pouches. We start with a
standard C per pouch, adding the zipper tabs. Then we have a flat
bottom zipper patch that's great for makeup. And then at the end
we finished with it bogs zippered pouch. Thank you so much for
sharing this class with me. I hope you're super happy with your new standard pencil Pat. And I see you next class.
Luciana Caballero, designer+architect +creator +teacher
