Pocket Pal #2

In my last post, I mentioned that I had one more item that I’d sewn but was waiting until it was received before I would post it so as to not spoil a surprise. That’s finally happened, and here it is:

                           

Look familiar? Yep, it’s another Pocket Pal like this one, only it’s made from a different leather. I’ll show you the surprise in a minute. You can refer to my other post for details, but I thought I’d show you some progress photos. The leather I used is another from the box of scraps we got from Amazon. It’s really nice and soft, and easy to sew. Here it is, ready to have the zipper stitched in. Also note there is a slight difference in that I rounded the corners, as requested by its recipient. Doing so made it just a bit more challenging, but not terribly much.

This leather was a bit stickier to sew than the other one, so I tried out a tip I’d read online somewhere a while back. It was to put some kind of powder on it to keep it from sticking to the presser foot and plate. It worked like a charm. It didn’t take much... I just dipped my fingers in it (I used cornstarch) and rubbed them on the leather. As you can see below, it only took a tiny bit so it wasn’t really messy, and it was easy to wipe off afterwards. I used a soft napkin just because it was handy, but a microfiber cloth would work great.

Here’s the lining after it was applied. Kinda cute, huh?

It becomes a very slim wallet that easily fits in either a front or back pants pocket.

So here’s the surprise for the recipient, who just happens to be Jess. She loves kitties, and I thought it would be fun to have one peeking out at her when she opened the coin pocket. She loved it! She also loves books, so the fabric was perfect for her.

I remembered to add my label, too, and didn’t even have to glue it in this time. :)

So here you have it...

... and here you can compare it with the first one I made.

That’s it... I’m all caught up posting everything I’ve sewn. However, I have two garments and at least one pattern test coming up this week. Time to get the sewing machine in gear again!