I picked design A (possibly or possibly not guided by feedback from my partner, I'm not telling!),
and created two panels like this one
I made myself this test pouch using this great tutorial:
And learnt a lot, including not to put a ladies head right next to a seam!
....and then I put off making the REAL thing because I was scared I'd muck it up. However, with the deadline looming I had to "man-up" and tackle it this week..
Sunday evening: Sewed first panel to zip, and then top-stitched it. Stitching was all loopy on the back and stitch sizes were all over the place as the PVC lining kept sticking to the machine. Unpicked it and did it again.
Repeat above exercise another three times with various threads and machine settings. PVC now looks more like a teabag. Air turns blue. Bedtime.
Monday nap-time: Successfully top stitch first panel to zip. Quit whilst I'm ahead.
Tuesday Evening: Successfully sew second panel to zip. Attempt to top-stitch it but PVC lining gets folded unevenly resulting in a chunk of lining that will definitely get stuck in the zip. Air turns blue again. Stitches unpicked and PVC vigourously rubbed to see if the holes will become less visible! Redo (twice) and sew the rest of the pouch together. Spectacularly snap a needle during stitching of denim loop to end of pouch. Arrrrgh.
Wednesday morning: Box all 8 corners in a heavyweight title fight, but without major incident (woohoo!) Pouch turned though and now seems a little on the large size! (7.5" x 10.5" x4")
Lining sewn up and pouch completed....large sigh of relief.
So partner, if you're reading this...revel in the fact that sweat and tears (no blood fortunately!) went into the making of this item. I really hope you like it!
x
This looks great and it's a really useful size. I'm sure your partner will love it :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous Ceri, and the size will be infinitely useful, and I cant wait to get it ;-) (well it worked once...lol)
ReplyDeleteGlad that I'm not the only one in difficulty! Well done for seeing it through and the result speaks for itself! Great pouch - now cut the palaver and hand it over! Please!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous C!! I love it! Well done for sticking with the pvc, it really adds another dimension to it. Jxo
ReplyDeleteit looks great and I am hoping it will land on my doorstep!
ReplyDeleteWorth the effort though as it looks fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteAww, I feel your pain reading your blog post! You must be so relieved to have finished it! It looks great, it'll be a great size for keeping little WIP's tidy when travelling etc :)
ReplyDeleteNow breathe.....
Awesome feat of engineering - love it x
ReplyDeleteOh man, sorry you had to battle so hard to fight it into submission, but it looks great, it was definitely worth it.
ReplyDeleteIt's soooo lovely!
ReplyDeleteIt is very beautiful though : )
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a large glass of something when it was done.
Emma x
Woo hoo! Well done you for 'manning up' - it's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWOW! So worth the struggle, it's stunning!
ReplyDeleteIt's brilliant! I love it! Well worth all the sweat and tears, I promise not to cry all over it too! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful - well done! You'd never guess it was such a nuisance to make!
ReplyDeleteI really love this pouch and would find it so useful. I'm sorry it's been so angsty to make and a really hope it's going to be on it's way to me next week ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm coming over so you can teach me new words and then show me how to make one of these now you have worked out all the kinks.
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! Glad to hear you avoided including any blood in the making :)
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