I finished the most recent rayon project for Jess, and while I’m waiting for photos from her, I thought I’d sneak in a quick post about a different project I’d started before getting the rayon fabrics. I finally got to finish it yesterday during a pause between the last Jess project and the upcoming one.
I had somewhere come across the free tutorial for the Divi Boxy Pouch by My Handmade Space. I thought it looked pretty cool. Here is my version, made from the same fabrics as I used for Jess’s Two Zip Hipster.
This gave me some more practice on my new sewing machine, and it was again learning experience. My first zipper ended up a bit wavy, but the second one was better.
The tutorial calls for double-pull zippers, but I only used one pull on each because I wanted to save the last two pulls I have for something else. It might not look as cool, but it’s still functional.
I made this for myself, and will likely use it for sewing tools or something. Here it is with a scissors for size comparison.
I found the instructions to be the bare minimum, so I suggest you be somewhat familiar with making boxed pouches before trying to make this. As it was, I wasn’t totally sure I was making it correctly. I just did what I thought the instructions meant. In the end, it all had to be turned right side out through one of the holes for the boxed corners in the lining. I was kind of doubtful that I was going to end up with a pouch that looked like it was supposed to! Here’s a quick video showing what it looked like before I “birthed” it. Note that little hole at the end that it all had to go through!
Since I’ve birthed bags made of stiff fabrics before, I knew I’d better warm this with a hair dryer to soften things up before attempting to turn it. Here are a couple of shots of the birthing in process:
It worked, as you can see from my first photos above! In fact, it wasn’t as hard to turn as I thought it was going to be. I was super delighted (and relieved!) to have it turn out like I’d imagined! Now that I know for sure how it’s supposed to work, I might even be tempted to make another one someday. But one more rayon project first…….
