You Will Need • Fat quarter wool felt

Fat quarter cotton batik • Machine and hand embroidery thread • 50 weight cotton thread for assembly stage • 10” zip • Variety of satin cords

Step instructions: 1. Cut a rectangle from felt 9” x 7” for the front of the pouch. 2. Couch the cords onto the felt panel, you can either do this by hand, with a zigzag stitch on your

machine or use your machine’s couching foot/stitches. 3. Cut another felt rectangle 9” x 7” for the back of the pouch and two rectangles 9” x 7” from your

cotton lining fabric. 4. Place your zip wrong side up on the top 9” edge of the felt with the edges aligned – there will be

an overlap of zip on each side. Place a lining rectangle right side facing down on top, sand-wiching the zip in the middle. Pin then stitch along the top edge with a ¼” seam allowance, you may wish to use a zipper foot here.

5. Flip the lining over to the wrong side of the felt, press then topstitch along the sewn edge. 6. Place the zip wrong side facing up on the remaining piece of felt, with the top edges aligned

and making sure it is in line with the pieces already attached to the zip. Then place the remain-ing lining piece right side facing down on top, sandwiching the zip in the middle. Pin in place then stitch along the top edge with a ¼” seam allowance. Flip the lining over to the wrong side of the felt, press then topstitch along the sewn edge.

7. Open your zip halfway and bring the two felt pieces together with the right sides facing, aligning the bottom and side edges, pin in place. Repeat for the lining pieces.

8. Using a ½” seam allowance and starting in the bottom edge of the lining, stitch all the way around the outside of the pouch leaving a 4” gap for turning. You will need to make sure you backstitch to secure your stitches at the start and end of this seam. As you pass the zip, tuck it in towards the lining section.

9. Trim the excess zip and clip corners on the felt. Turn the right way out and press well, tuck the edges of the turning gap in and press.

10. Hand stitch or machine stitch the opening closed. Tuck the lining into the pouch.

Zipped Pouch with Couching