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Just Joey iron pouch step by step tutorial

For those who like to visually learn and follow a pattern this step by step photo tutorial supports the Just Joey pattern which can be purchased here.

 

 

 

Transfer your design using the iron on transfer to the linen fabric.

Fuse stabiliser to the back and complete the stitchery. Cut out on outer transfer line and press well.

Place on top of other linen piece and cut to shape.  Or use Template A to cut this shape.

Prepare and make your hexie panel.

Fold each long linen strip in half and press the centre fold.

Place a strip of foam inside and fuse, make sure you push it right up into the fold. There should be about 1/4" space at the bottom.

Position the hexie panel along the bottom half of the wider strip on the right side. Centre it between the top and the bottom (from the fold to the bottom)

   

Glue baste into position and applique it down by hand or machine - through the linen and foam only (the strip is still open so not going through other half of linen.)

Fold both linen strips in half wrong sides together and butt together evenly.

Place the lace zipper right side up on top with the teeth centrally over where the two pieces butt. Pin well along the length to hold all together.

Using a zipper foot stitch down both edges of zip teeth ensuring you catch the strips underneath.  Note: your zipper should be longer and protrude past the ends - you will trim it back later. 

Move the zipper pull to the centre and trim off both ends. (Make sure you don’t pull the zipper pull off by mistake – you may wish to stitch across both ends for safety 

Attach your trimmed stitchery panel to one edge of the 5 ½” X 5 ½” linen piece.  Join the linen Template A piece to the other side. Press seams inwards.

Fuse the large piece of bag batting (or spray baste) to the wrong side and trim any excess back to size. Stitch in the ditch of the two joins. You may also choose to quilt the base linen part of this panel.  (please ignore the fact that I have my handle on now - I decided later it was better to put it on after quilting.

*Place this outer panel onto lining fabric and trim to matching size.  Pin mark on the lining the two seam lines on the pieced panel. Fold at these points and press to make a creased line. Put your lining aside for later.

 

Handle: press your 4” x 6” handle piece of fabric (lengthwise width) in half right sides together. Open and fold both raw edges to meet the centre crease. Then fold in half again (all raw edges are now inside). Edge stitch both long edges of your handle using a blending thread.

     

Position the handle with raw edges even in the centre of your outer panel right sides together. Baste.  Note: it is slightly longer and won’t sit flat.

   

 

With right sides together place short end of your zipper strip on the centre section of your outer panel. The zipper strip will be ½” wider than the centre panel. Ensure that the hexies will be at the bottom (linen side) of the bag.

Stitch from seam to seam which will be ¼” inside each edge. Using very sharp scissors clip carefully into the end points

 

Repeat this on the other end.

Carefully pin the curved edge around the long side of the strip and stitch. Ease to fit if necessary. 

     

Open the zipper and repeat for the other side.

    

Clip the curves

Place your lining panel right sides together with the outer bag. The bag will be opened and wrong/foam side out and you have to place the lining right side over the zipper part until it reaches the seam allowances of the joins. You will be lining up the raw edges of the seam allowances with the edges of the lining fabric.  Now this is hard!!!  pin the zip panel as flat as you can down inside the bag to get it out of the way as much as possible so you can stretch the lining right to the raw edges of the seam allowance. It was really hard to photograph but hopefully they help. You probably wont be able to get all the way around but if you can at least get the two curved ends and up the straight sides as far as you can go, the rest can be hand stitched when you turn it  through.

Use an awl when stitching to pull it into place and push other things out of the way. You can use pins instead of klips if thats easier for you. You're aiming to stitch on the same stitch line as when you joined the zipper panel around the curves.

 

Pin match the pressed fold lines to the seam lines to position and then pin all edges well. Stitch ¼” around outer edge leaving a 3” opening at one side edge of the bottom (the quilted linen) edge. Again note: this is fiddly and tight, pin and place as best as you can to the seam allowances - just stitch as much as you can; if some parts can’t pull over enough you can stitch them down once your turn through the opening.

 

Clip curves, turn through opening  - this will also take some effort to pull it all through. Be patient.

  

The bottoms through, now for the top

 

Slip stitch the rest of the opening  and anywhere you've missed closed over the seam with a blending thread.

 

If your seam allowances aren’t fully covered or your lining does not sit flat, ease further over the seams and slip stitch into place whilst closing your opening.  Give the bag a good press with a steam iron to open out all seams and shape the bag nicely. Foam reacts well to a good steam press.