How to Sew a Zippered Pencil / Glasses Case: Hand or Machine Sewing

1. Welcome: Hello, Welcome to my class. My name is Ruth, and I love sewing and creating designs for fabrics, which I sell in my Spoonflower shop. In this class, I'm going to show you how to make a simple case suitable for pens and pencils, sunglasses, or specs. It's a good way to use up the scraps of fabric shoe might have. Or you can recycle old dresses and shirts. The case of pouch will be fully aligned and it will have I sit closure. But don't worry, it's not so difficult. We'll take you through the process step-by-step. Written instructions at the full list of materials and equipment you will need are included in resources, as well as a supply chain. Each step instructions is mirrored in the video to make it easy for you to follow, I recommend reading the instructions, are watching the video before you start making the case. Especially if you are a beginner. But the end of the class and you will be more competent and inserting six and linings. And hopefully you will create a case of your own to submit to the project 2. Your Project: Your project is to make a case of pouch, which is fully lined and has a sit or zipper closure. On a few examples, you can either hands, so on machines, to make the case, you will need some equipment. Using a rotary cutter. You will need a cutting mat and a ruler. If not, scissors are absolutely fine. You will also need some pins and needles if you are hand sewing or doing some embroidery, I like to use 12 clips instead of pins. Much easier to attach and to remove. Make sure your scraps of fabric a big enough for your pattern. Now you're all set to go 3. Hand Sewing: All steps apply to both hands-on and machines on cases. And this section for our hand soon case, I am demonstrating how to use the pattern and cut out the pieces. Start by cutting two squares of your chosen fabric, one to the outside and one for the lining to the size you want. Five pieces are 8 " square. Contrasting fabrics look best I think. But use whatever you have. Make sure the fabric is line smoothly with no lumps or bumps before you start cutting. Now cut to small rectangles, half the width of your square, plus about half an inch by about one-and-a-half inch. Steps 23.4 are explained in detail in the machine sewing lesson. The process is exactly the same. Using the backstitch for added strength in your set. Stitch along the edges of the circle with a straight stitch 4. Machine Sewing: Openness and place it facing upwards. That is the slider or zip through uppermost, choose a fabric you want on the outside of your case and pin it to right-side down, are pretty sight done. On the open end of this step is important as it makes sewing much easier. Don't worry about the x axis. We will cut it off later on. Now, pin the opposite edge of the fabric to the other, their side of the Zip. In the same way. The teeth of this that should be facing inwards with the edges of the fabric and the zipper tape in line with each other. Flip your case solver and pin the edges of the lining fabric along the zip, right side down in line with the outer fabric. Use the same pins as before. The right sides of the two fabrics should be facing each other with a sandwich between. Keeping lists of bullpen, stitch both pieces of fabric together on the wrong side of the fabric. Do this on both sides of this. Using our zipper foot will enable you to get close to this. If you're not confident sewing in the zip with the pins and possession, as I have done, you can keep everything the place. I hand sewing with a long stitch first before you saw with the machine and pull the stitches out afterwards. Now, Tanya case inside-out so that the right side of the fabric is uppermost, flatten and position this centrally. You can press if you want. It helps with making sure that fabric is lying properly. You can also place the zip asymmetrically if you prefer. You will notice the surface twisted. So untwist it so that it lies flat. Pool should now be facing upwards on the right side of the fabric. And using a straight stitch and the super fruit as close as possible along the edge of the mixture. You don't catch the lining material as you're suing. Cut this up to the size of your case, and make sure you put up in a wonder clip on the end to prevent the SIP pool from slipping off. The next step is to attach the small rectangles right-side up to each end of your case. Make sure all the raw edges of the case and the SIP. And remember to remove the pin onto clip you placed on the end of this. Now stitch the end pieces in place. I've chosen to six sack along the small rectangles, which is why I have a zigzag foot in the list of equipment. But you could choose any statue like this causes the ends of your case slow down when suing over the SIP. But don't worry, it'll be fine. The last thing we have to do is attach a ribbon or a piece of elastic to the city. And it looks nice and it makes opening this up much easier. Then you can finish by pressing 5. Alternative Finishes: If you don't like the unfinished look, doubled the length of your rectangles fold. I'm pressed the edges towards the center as shown. For an even neater finish, Fulton the outside edges too. That's enough to thought. I decided to add some canthus stitches are straight stitches using embroidery floss to this case. You could do this at an earlier stage if you want it. 6. Thank You!: So much for joining me in this class. I hope you enjoyed it and learned something along the way. Look out for my next class where we will be making a Japanese rice bag. It sounds complicated, but really it isn't. You will love it. See you there. Bye.