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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Journey into Sewdonia: Pleated Pouch


Upon deciding I needed practice inserting zippers, I went to E-bay and ordered 50 assorted zippers. They arrived, I proceeded to practice with some scrap fabric and then decided I wanted to get some practical experience. I then logged onto Pinterest and found the pleated pouch pattern and tutorial from Skip to my Lou. Since pleats have quickly become my favorite things in the world, I couldn't resist.

All my zippers and other things.


The fabric is just some random fat quarter that I got years ago for an unknown reason and the zipper, of course, is from my 50 piece stash.

A bit wobbly but not too shabby.


What I really like about this is that it came with a free pattern. It just makes everything a lot easier for a newbie like me. If you read the instructions carefully they're very easy to follow. Did I read the instructions carefully? No, no I didn't. I ended up needing to attempt this thing two times. The first time, I for some reason, sewed the right sides to the wrong sides so I had a half inside out pouch. But after tearing it out and doing it over, all went well. A little wobbly but well. This is also my first completely solo sewing project, so I'm pretty pumped about that.



For the last few months I've said I want to make bow ties. But I think the next thing I'm going to make is a Bow Clutch designed by Elm Street Life. It looks so fun and relatively simple.

So, I noticed something while looking through pictures for this post. I think I sew on the wrong side of the machine... Am I right about this?


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