Zakka Style Sewing Kit

I did not plan to get ahead of the Zakka Style Sew-Along for this week. However I woke up early on Saturday morning and thought that the Sewing Kit for this week might come in handy for the 'Mystery Quilt' weekend in Coffs Harbour. (It did!)


I wanted to use some of the left-over 'my precious' fabrics from the Zig Zag tote. I am not sure what the leaf fabric is - it was SL flat fat, but my favourite grey/blue fabric is called 'Surf & Sand' for Marcus Brothers Textiles. I also used the thick linen/upholstery fabric I found at the op-shop last Thursday. 

Step 1 - Cut Out the Fabrics
I cut my rectangles 2 inches wider than the pattern called for. This was because I had enough fabric scraps and I also wanted to throw an extra pocket into the inside.

Step 2 - Sew the single-fold binding onto the pocket

sew right sides together 1/4 " from the edges

iron upwards and fold back behind the pocket

sew the binding down at the back by sewing 1/8" from the fold down 

Step 3 - Pin and sew the pockets to the lining with a 1/8" seam.

 4. Measure, mark and sew the dividers onto one of the pockets. I marked my first 2 pockets at 4" rather then 3". 

 5.  Instead of leather thongs I used decorative tape with measuring tape markings on it.

6. Lay the linen rectangle on top and then the batting on top of that.

can't get this one to load right side up!

 7. Stitch all 3 layers together, 

leaving a 3" opening in the short end of the undivided pocket.

 

 8. Trim the corners.

 9. Pull the pouch right side out through the opening. 

10. Press flat and stitch the gap closed.


The Pincushion


1. Stitch the linen and cotton squares together and then sew these to the linen backing.

 2. Leave a gap in one small side.

 3. Add a button or a stamp.

 4. Stuff with polyfil

 5. Stitch closed. Ready for pins.

Don't they look great together?

And I did use them on the weekend retreat.


How is your Zakka Sew-Along going? 


I still haven't managed to convince any of my sewing/quilt/blog buddies to join me...but I have visited some great new blogs courtesy of the LRStitched site and Flickr support group. 


The Zakka Sew-Along host this week is Monkey Do and is full of helpful tips especially about changing the single fold binding to a double fold binding. Her red and grey versions are stunning!


I am linking up with....