FLYING BRIGHTS
Quick and quirky, this boxy pouch is a great way to use up your scraps, so raid your stash for a rainbow of colours!
Quick and quirky, this boxy pouch is a great way to use up scraps!
NOTES
■ Seam allowances are ¼in throughout, unless otherwise noted.
■ FPP = Foundation Paper Piecing.
■ RST = right sides together.
■ Press all fabrics well before cutting.
■ Lou used Vilene Standard Firm H250 for her fusible interfacing.
CUTTING OUT
1
From the background fabric cut:
■ Twelve (12) 2in squares. Subcut each square on the diagonal to make twenty four (24) triangles.
■ Two (2) 13½in x 4½in rectangles.
■ Two (2) 2½in x 1in rectangles.
2
From the lining fabric cut:
■ One (1) 13½in x 10½in rectangle.
3
From the interfacing cut:
■ One (1) 13½in x 10½in rectangle.
PIECING THE POUCH
4
Foundation Paper Piece each of your Triangle FPP templates, as follows. Arrange your solids in rainbow order before you begin, to keep track of the colours and work out which shades are for each block.
5
Place your first rainbow fabric, with the wrong side of the fabric against the unprinted side of template, so that it covers all of Section 1, plus at least ¼in around each edge.
6
Place a background triangle RST with the Section 1 piece, so that when it’s sewn, it will cover all of Section 2, plus at least an additional ¼in all the way around. Pin in place.
7
With the printed side of the template face up, sew along the line between Sections
1 and 2. Check the fabrics will cover each of their sections. Fold the paper away from the seam and trim the seam allowance, being careful not to cut the paper template. Press the Section 2 fabric open.
8
Continue piecing the template, repeating steps 6–7, working in numerical order. Once the entire template is pieced, trim along the outer dashed line. Remove the paper template by tearing carefully along the seam lines.
9
When you have finished your two Foundation Paper Pieced blocks, join them together to create one long strip (Fig A). Sew one 2½in x 1in background piece to each end.
OMIT THE FPP AND SWAP IN A STRIP OF PRETTY PRINT FOR A SUPER-SPEEDY FINISH
10
Join the 13 in x 4 in background pieces to either side of the pieced panel. This is your outer panel (Fig B).
11
Press the outer panel and attach the interfacing to the wrong side, following manufacturer’s instructions.
12
If you would like to add any decorative stitching, now’s the time. Lou chose to add a few lines of straight stitching either side of the flying geese.
13
Lay the lining piece right side up and then lay the zip on top, right side up, with the pull to the left. On top of this, lay your outer panel, right side down, sandwiching the zip in between the lining and the outer panel (Fig C).
14
Using a zipper foot, sew all three layers together. Open out so the fabrics are wrong sides together. Press and topstitch about 1/8in from the seam edge (Fig D).
15
Place the other end of the lining right side up and fold so the other side of the
zip is on top (the zip will be right side up and the pull will be on the right side). Fold the outer panel so that it’s on top of the zip, right side down (Fig E).
16
Neatly line up and sew all three layers along the zip. Turn out so fabrics are wrong side together and press. Topstitch again along the side of the zip. This can get tricky towards the end, as you are sewing a tube, but open it out as much as you can and work slowly.
17
Turn the pouch so that it is inside out and flatted down with the zip running horizontally through the middle. Open the zip to about half way. Sew a in seam along each of the raw edges (Fig F). Neaten the seam by covering with a close zigzag stitch.
18
For each of the four corners of the pouch you will now cut out a 1 in square (Fig G). When measuring your square, use the seam line on one side and the fold of the pouch on the other.
19
For each cut corner, pinch the raw edges together so that they now run vertically on the pouch. Sew a seam using a in seam allowance (Fig H). Finish seams by sewing a close zigzag stitch over the edges again. Repeat for all four corners.
20
Turn the pouch right side out and carefully poke out the corners.