Made Fabric Pouch

It’s a Zipper Pouch Series and it’s all about fun fabric variations of the easy zipper pouch shared a few months ago.

Made fabric pouch…kind of a flat, puzzling title but it’s the most descriptive one I could come up with using the least amount of words. Thankfully I have this whole post to explain myself! :) As a child, one of my favorite things to do was to create “clothes” and home decor items for my Barbies and their cardboard mansion using my mom’s fabric scrap box. That clear plastic bin was always filled with possibilities. My sister and I made some cool stuff. Trust me. Haha! Held together by hot glue, regular glue, staples and, the best ones, lines of stitching from my mom’s serger, it’s a good thing our Barbies really embraced the DIY, handmade homes they lived in.

I am still a scrap saver today, of both paper and fabric. I continue to see possibilities in the bits and pieces. It’s been helpful because I can share my scraps with my children when they want to create and, I like to think, it’s helped encourage bigger, broader creative thinking for me. Last fall, I made applique totes for my children. I loved creating the images on the totes and ever since, I’ve been thinking of ways to make similar things. So, I bring you the made fabric pouch.

There are so many ways to create with fabric scraps. I’m certain there are article collections dedicated to exact thing on Pinterest right now. My process includes using an iron-on adhesive sheet and, in some cases, top stitching. The camel and navy cotton and vinyl bag is still my favorite pouch creation but this pouch below is a close second. The colors! The texture! So good.

My fabric scraps were all cotton based but ranged from basic cotton to jersey to duck cloth (plus a small line of fuzzy ribbon). It’s almost like collage. All the textures and colors play together to create a unique showpiece.

With all the pouches I’ve sewn for this series, I really need to buy more stuff to go in them!

Supplies:

-fabric scraps – as long as it can handle an iron any kind of fabric works
-iron-on fabric adhesive sheets – I bought my iron-on stuff from JoAnn’s but this Heat’n Bond is similar
-fabric for pouch
-zipper – I bought my assortment of zippers here, available in a variety of lengths
–easy zipper pouch tutorial

Take whatever fabric you want to use and iron-on the adhesive sheets. Cut out your designs, peel off the other side of adhesive backing and iron it onto other fabric. Below is how I put the scalloped fabric together. Even though the iron-on adhesive claims to be super strong, I like to add stitching where I can to make sure things stay exactly where I want them. I live in a messy world and if it came apart in the wash I would be sad.

Here is a close up of the umbrella pouch. (Did you see it as an umbrella?) I sewed around the circle and then top stitched lines on all the triangles.

I said last time how much I enjoy opening up the bag and see the colorful inner fabric. This time I enjoyed pairing the made fabric fronts with differing fabric backs. It’s the little things, peeps.