Welcome to Day 5 of the Daylight Pouch Sew Along!
We are at the end of making our pouches. Yay! Today we’ll cut the boxy corners, close them up, then add the Boxy Corner Bindings.
The video for today can be found at the links below:
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Using a ruler, mark the lines for the boxy corners according to the size you are making. The marked lines will be covered up with binding, so no need to worry about making sure the lines are completely erased after. Following the marked lines, carefully cut the corners of the pouch. Sharp fabric scissors work best for this step, as you’ll be cutting through multiple layers of fabric and batting/foam stabilizer. \
Push the Side Binding away from the vinyl and sew the Boxy Corner openings closed with a 1/4″ seam.
Once you have one side of the Boxy Corner Binding on and fold it up and over the raw edge, if you notice that the Binding is struggling to make it all the way around the raw edge (especially where the bulky Side Binding is), you can take some sharp scissors and trim the Side Binding area in the seam allowance a little smaller. This will give the Boxy Corner Bindings some extra space to cover the entire seam.
Sewing on the Boxy Corner Bindings will be the bulkiest seams of the pouch. If your sewing machine is struggling with the thickness, here are a couple things to try:
* Try switching your needle to a jeans needle.
* Use the handwheel to manually move your needle up and down through the thickest parts. If the bulk is too much for your machine to handle, it can bend the needle and break it, so manually helping the needle go through the layers slowly sometimes works really well.
* Lessen the pressure on your presser foot (if your machine has that option).
* Before sewing on the binding, make a few more stitch lines through the boxy corner seam allowance areas to really flatten it out.
And remember, these Boxy Corner Bindings will likely never be looked at again, so it’s okay if they aren’t perfect! They are inside of the pouch and I have never once taken the time to look closely at any of my inside bindings after turning the pouch right side out. Haha.
That’s it for the Daylight Pouch Sew Along!! Thanks so much for sewing with me. These blog posts (and the corresponding videos on Facebook and Instagram) will stay posted for you to refer to any time you want to sew a Daylight Pouch.
Links to products from the sew along:
Clover Wonder Clips
White and Silver zipper by the yard used here
Jeans Needles
Organ 90/14 needles
OLFA rotary cutter
OLFA 6″ x 24″ ruler
Odif 505 basting spray
Hera Marker
Organ 90/14 needles
Juki TL2000 Sewing Machine
Thanks for sewing with me!
Kristina