~~Little Pouches~~ part 2

If you read my previous post about how to make the zippered pouches, then you know that this post is the continuation...

First you need to make your tab for the D-ring or key ring.

Take the 2.5" x 3" piece of fabric and fold in the long edges approx 1/4 ", then press it together. Top stitch close to the edge side and the fold side. Slip on your ring. And fold in half so the raw edges meet. 

  (I never realized what terrible shape my cutting mat is in until I took these photos!) Yikes!

 

 Place your tab at the top of your zipper, on the back and centered.

 

Now we are ready to bind!  And actually, even though we are binding the zippered pouches, these tips work great for anything that is odd shaped and needs a bias binding. ;-)

 

When you cut bias binding, the ends are at an angle~ we are going to use this to our advantage. Press under a quarter inch seam allowance on the binding like this~

And trim off that little point.

 

 I'm going to show binding the hex, the circle is bound the same way but it is easier because you don't have those pesky points.

Take your binding and place it right at the 1/4" spot on a corner of  the pouch~

 

 The pin marked my quarter inch and got the binding as close as I could. You are going to sew just the single layer of binding down from this spot to the quarter inch spot at the next point. This keeps the binding in place, eliminates pins, and just makes it all go easier. ..at least it does for me!

Once you have that done, fold your binding down so it is doubled again and start sewing about 1/4" from where the bottom and top binding's meet. Since these buggah's are so small, that will be right at the next point. You should have room for one or two stitches before you pivot at the point.

I sew with my needle down. Stopping so I can pivot at each point. Keep the tab and ring in the center of your pouch, so you are sewing over the ends, but the metal is well out of the way.  I raise the foot and kind of make a little tuck of the binding at the corners so it lays flat right at the point~

 

 Sew all the way around until you have about an inch to go. Or half way on the single layer of binding.

 

Take it off your machine and trim your binding so it will fit into the little space left where you started sewing~ this takes a little fiddling and you might want to trim out a bit of the bulk too. This is how I did mine~

Then tuck the end into the beginning, and go back and sew it by machine the rest of the way.
 

 I handstitch that joining spot together to hold it better and keep it from pulling apart when you flip the binding to the back.

 All that is left to do is a bit of trimming if you need, your binding should roll to the back and cover your stitches by just a thread... if it doesn't trim a bit.

On the hex, trim off the points.

You can hand or machine stitch your binding down. I used a few of my machines fancy stitches on the black and red ones, and hand stitched the snowman and pink hexagon one.

 Then go back and flip up your tab and sew it to the binding at the top~ either hand or machine. And you are finished! 

If you make any, please let me know so I can come and see them!!

Happy stitchin'!