Fabric Collage and Slow Stitching: Make a Useful Pouch for your Electronic Devices

1. Welcome!: Hello. Thank you for joining me in this class. My name is Ruth, and I love sewing and creating designs for fabric which I sell in my spouse shop. In this class, we will be making a pouch for your phone book or tablet. It will be padded to protect the device and it will have a sip closure. But the most interesting part is we will be slow stitching the front outer cover. Okay, let's get started. 3. Step 1 : Select your fabric and measure a two centimeter seam allowance around your chosen device minus a kindle. Cut all the required pieces to the same size. Cut your strap if you're having one. I have chosen some tweet for the back of my pouch. But the front is a piece of cotton curtain lining, as this will form the base for my slow stitching. I have used the same fabric to line my pouch as it's nice and soft and scratch the screen. 4. Step 2 : Start by pinning the wadding to the base fabric. You can tack it or base it if you wish to. I have selected scraps of fabric from my box, which I think go well with the color of the tweet. For the slow stitching, I have used pearly cotton and DMC cotton thread. I like to have a color scheme in my projects, but of course you choose what you like. I start in the corner, but really it doesn't matter. Just make sure you leave around 2 centimeters all the way around the base fabric for the scene. Choosing colors, textures, and types of fabric is very personal, and it also may depend on what you have. Upcycling, old clothes, and furnishing fabrics are a great way to increase your stash and give new life to our used item. I just love rummaging around secondhand shops to see what I can find, pin each piece as you go, and if you want, you can tack or base them in place before stitching. 5. Step 3 : For me, stitching is the best part. I love selecting the colors of thread and deciding which stitch I will use. I demonstrate a few stitches here and have slowed the video down. For those who are new to this, there is also a section where I demonstrate another two which I've also used. This type of stitching is very mindful, Don't get stressed. Take your time and you will find your rhythm and don't worry if the stitching is *****. It's a process that is important. 6. Step 4 : Here I'm adding another layer of texture with smaller pieces of textile and some buttons beads and lace. You will notice I considered adding a fringe to the bottom edge, but later I decided it would be too annoying how much or how little you add is your personal choice. 7. Step 5 : In this step, we're concentrating on the back of the pouch. Start by pinning the warding to the wrong side of the fabric. Adding lace or some other textiles or buttons helps keep the wading in place. If you're not doing this, make sure you catch the warding when you're sewing your seam. I have chosen to add a piece of lace just because I like the contrast of the textures. And this I have stitched in place. You could quilt the back at this point if you want. And there's an example here. I've just done random silly stitches with my sewing machine, but it's quite effective. 8. Step 6 : The numbers on the screen refer to each step in this lesson, which you will find in the instructions. Place the centrally pinning, the tape to the top edge of the front right sides together. In other words, with the zip pole facing downwards towards the fabric. The numbers that appear on the screen relate to the numbers in step six of the instructions. And they are a breakdown of the process of the central zip. Place the top edge of the back fabric to the other side of the zip, again with right sides together. First, open the zip. This makes it easy to sew it in place. It is why we use a longer. So fold and press the lining with a 1 centimeter or a half inch. Same allowance. Now pin the mining pieces to the other side of the soup. You can use the same pins as I have done. In this way, the Ip is sandwiched between the two layers of fabric, using the zipper foot and an eight for an inch or five millimeter seam allowance. So everything in place, make sure you go through both layers, turn over the fabric to the right side and top stitch along the edge of the with an inch or five millimeter seam allowance. Using a zipper foot here really helps. This prevents the lining from snagging in the zip and also keeps it in place. 9. Step 7 : If you decide you would like a strap. It's easy to make, cut a length of fabric. I've chosen to use the cotton lining. Make sure it's long enough to put your hands through. Once it's folded in half and inserted into the seam, fold the edges into the center, pressing as you go. And then fold again. Pressing in place, stitch along both edges to give a nice finish. 10. Step 8 : With the fabric in position as shown here. Open the zip to about halfway. Cut off the excess of the open end of the zip and secure with the clue. In this step, we're going to stitch the pieces together. Place the lining to one side of the zip and outer pieces to the other. Push the teeth of the zip towards the lining with the tape towards the outer fabric. The zip will look as though it's folded over pin the back in front of the outer together matching the sight scenes. Now as when may attach the strap, fold it into and place horizontally inside the pouch about 2 " from the. Make sure both ends are enclosed in the Sam. Cut off the other end of the zip as before. Stitch all the way around the outer pouch with a 1 centimeter. Same allowance now and the lining pieces, it's very important to leave a turning gap of three to 4 " in a side seam. Without this gap, you won't be able to pull through the outer fabric to the outside of your pouch, slip off the corners, and any bulky fabric. 11. Step 9: Now we are ready to complete the pouch. Carefully pull the outer fabric through the gap in the lining. Take your time, then push out the corners of the pouch using a knitting needle or a chopstick. Take care not to break the stitches next. So the turning gap, to close it, push the lining into the pouch right into the corners. The last thing to do is attach a tab to the zip pull out, but this is entirely optional. And hooray our pouch is finished. 12. Thank You!: Thank you so much for joining me in this class. I do hope you enjoyed it and I would love to see your projects. Please post photographs of your pouches for us all to enjoy. See you next time.