Sew Together LIVE! Season 1 Episode 12: How to Make a Zipper Pencil Case with Cuddle®

Join us and follow along as Cuddle® Ambassador Teresa Coates of Crinkle Dreams demonstrates how to sew a Zippered Pencil Case using the Pinch Me Pouch pattern and Cuddle®. Learn tips and tricks, ask questions, learn and get inspired!

Aired Tuesday, Aug. 12th at 10:30am pacific

How to Make a Zippered Pencil Case Using Cuddle®

Teresa Coates, Cuddle® Ambassador

Skill Builders: Here are some of the skills you'll learn in this episode. We’ll talk about:

Easy zipper installation with a clever twist
Adding embroidery or appliqué
Mixing Cuddle® with other fabrics
How to customize it for holding more than pencils
Fussy Cutting with Cuddle®
Using Interfacing
Making a Turning Gap
Adding a tag

Project info:

Link to pattern: Pinch Me Pouch
Fabrics: C3 and DC
Main fabric sewn LIVE: Emerald City Digital Cuddle® and Stripe Digital Cuddle® Purple

Other patterns shown on this episode:

Elemental Kids Coat

https://crinkledreams.com/products/elemental-kids-coat

Sleepover Cinch Sack

https://www.shannonfabrics.com/download_patterns/141.CinchSack_23_0421.pdf

GET 25% OFF the Pinch Me Pouch Pattern with code SEWTOGETHER - enter at checkout to apply the discount!

Ingredients:

Scraps of Cuddle® 3 no smaller than 9” x 9” (outside)

Scraps of Cuddle® 3, laminated cotton or cotton; no smaller than 9” x 9” (lining)

9” x 18” fusible woven interfacing, like Pellon SF 101

10”+ zipper with plastic teeth

2” length of 1/2” ribbon

Double-sided basting tape (ByAnnie)

Stiletto (ByAnnie)

Fabric Clips (Clover)

Long, flower head pins (Clover)

Polyester thread (Mettler)

90/14 Stretch needle (SCHMETZ)

Rotary cutter (OLFA)

8”x 12” ruler, optional

6” x 12” ruler