PATTERN Windsor Pouch PDF
PATTERN Windsor Pouch PDF
PATTERN Windsor Pouch PDF
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Sara Lawson Windsor Pouch
Windsor Pouch
Use a pretty lace zipper to add some extra creativity to your run-of-the-mill box pouch! This pouch is great for storing
school supplies, sewing notions, or cosmetics.
All cutting measurements given throughout the pattern are width x height.
SUPPLIES
• fat quarter or 1/4 yard/metre of exterior fabric
• fat quarter or 1/4 yard/metre of lining fabric
• 30” x 8” or 16” x 16” piece of piece of foam interfacing (By Annie’s Soft and Stable, Pellon Flex Foam, Bosal In-R-
Form, or automotive headliner
• 1/2 yard/metre 20” wide Pellon SF-101 Shape Flex fusible woven interfacing (medium-weight fusible)
• 16” lace/decorative zipper
NOTIONS
• Clover Wonder Clips or pins
• Iron
• Pressing cloth
• Rotary Cutter and Cutting Mat
• Scissors
• Disappearing Ink Fabric Marker
• Zipper foot
Helpful Hint: If you plan to quilt your exterior pieces to interfacing, I recommend rough-cutting them approximately 1” (2.5cm)
larger to account for shrinkage when machine quilting.
Cut from Exterior Fabric, Lining Fabric, foam interfacing, and Shape Flex:
(2) Main Panel, using the Main Panel pattern piece, cut on the fold (make sure to mark which edge is the top edge)
Helpful Hint: To fuse Shape Flex, first place the fabric face down, followed by the interfacing (tacky side down), then the pressing
cloth. I lightly spritz the pressing cloth with water, then iron, overlapping each area, for approximately 10 seconds on each spot.
When finished, it should be firmly attached to your fabric.
2. Place the Exterior Main Panel with the wrong side of the fabric against the foam interfacing. Pin in place. Baste
Panel using 1/8” (3mm) seam allowance. Repeat for the remaining Exterior Main Panel.
Helpful Hint: I like to gently pull my fabric taut as I am basting it to the foam interfacing for a tight, crisp finish. If you would like,
machine quilt the foam interfacing pieces at this time; if you rough-cut, cut to the final size in the instructions.
Repeat for the remaining Exterior Main Panel and Lining Main
Panel.
Helpful Hint: If you prefer, trim back the foam to 1/8” (duckbill
scissors are helpful here, if you have them).
5. Draw a line along the finished edge of each Exterior
Main Panel that is 1/4” along the finished edge (I like using
Clover Chaco white or white chalk for this).
Center the zipper along the line. Using your zipper foot, stitch
the zipper in place 1/4” away from the zipper teeth. Make sure
to start and stop 1/2” away from each end.
10. Turn the pouch right side out through the opening in the lining. Press the opening in the lining toward the wrong
side by 1/4”. Close the opening in the lining by machine using 1/8” seam allowance or slipstitch by hand.
My tip for pressing this pouch is that it should ultimately have a boxed shape, and pressing will help with that. Pinch the
top corners and press that edge flat; do the same for the bottom and sides until you have worked your way around the
pouch and it has a nice boxy shape.