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Safety Notice: Handmade items made from this pattern may contain small parts or long cords that pose choking or strangulation risks. Not suitable for children under 3 years. Please see the full safety disclaimer at sewmag.co.uk/safety.
Sewing kit in a pickle? Keep things simple with this pouch, filled with individual compartments for embroidery scissors, threads, fabric scraps, and any other odds and ends you can squeeze inside. It would also make a practical purse for make-up, just switch the inner pieces for a wipeable waxed fabric.
1 Download and print the templates. Cut two pieces of fabric for the top tabs, 4cm x 8cm. Fold in 5mm on each short edge and glue. Fold in half, right sides together, and match the hemmed edges, before stitching down both sides. Turn right sides out and place these mini sleeves over the tabs at each end of a 27cm zip, then glue or topstitch in place.
2 Using the bag template, cut two pieces each for the outer panels, linings and wadding. With right side facing, zig zag stitch the outers to the wadding pieces. Place one padded outer and one lining right sides together, sandwiching the whole zip centrally between the layers on the top edge, with the right side of the teeth facing the outer. Sew in place, leaving 1cm unsewn at each end of the fabric and turn out. Attach the other side of the zip between the remaining outer and lining in the same way.
3 Open the zip and fold the fabrics so that both outers are right sides together, and the lining is out of the way. Sew down the side seams and along the bottom, before flattening the base and stitching across the corners to make a box bottom. Tuck the zip ends through the small gaps left between the top and side seams of the bag.
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