DIY Make-Up Zipper Pouch

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  I made an easy make-up zipper pouch using leftover fabrics and was happy with the result. The final size was 26 cm x 12 cm. It's lovely, fluffy, useful and big enough to store all my makeup and skincare products.  Materials for the pouch: - Main fabric, lining and polyester batting, 40 cm x 50 cm. - Fabric tags (2x), 9 cm x 10 cm. - Bias tape band, 6 cm wide. - Zipper The sewing process started with topstitching (quilt style) the main fabric and polyester batting together. After that, I sewed the zipper at the main fabric (both sides). I attached and sewed the lining to the main fabric, right sides together. And then, topstitched both sides of the zipper. And cut the excess zipper.  I sewed the tags and inserted them in both sides of the end of the zipper and sewed along the lines. I sewed the bias tape bands on both sides. And cut the corners in square shape 4 cm x 4 cm (not including seam allowance). I connected the squares together and sewed them. I sewed the bias ta...
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DIY Backpack

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Last month, I started working on this little backpack for my entry to #sewjapaneseinjuly challenge on Instagram, but I couldn't finish it on time due to my busy life. So, instead of giving up and I continue sewing it. I'm glad I finished it yesterday and I love it. It's a very cute and useful little backpack, perfect to carry my wallet and small things. 
I made my backpack fully lined with silk satin in dark blue. The main fabrics were medium weight cotton blend and printed cotton, both were leftovers from my previous garments. The zipper and plastic buckles were from my stash. 
The pattern is based on a Japanese sewing book and I chose pattern number 18 as shown below. I liked the design and it's a great way to use leftover fabrics and scraps.


Here is the look of my fabric pieces, I fused the fusible interfacing into the bag's flap and the printed fabric.

The instruction from the book came with pictures, so I can look at them without worry to translate them into Japanese. The progress started with sewing the zipper on the printed fabric and then sewing other pieces below.


The picture below shows the bag body and lining inside, flap, upper flap pieces, little handle and straps. 

I slashed the center front of the lining and pinned it to the zipper area. After that, I pinned and hand-sewn along the zipper and around the bag.

I sewed the flap to the upper bag at the front side and the straps on the back. And then hand-stitched the upper flap pieces and handle. 
After that, I inserted the straps into the buckles. 

The backpack is done and I didn't realize that I inserted the zipper upside down. But I'm not going to remove it, I will remember to sew the zipper as the original pattern next time I make this backpack again.
That's it for today, happy sewing āœ‚āœ‚

A little note:
#sewjapaneseinjuly is an Instagram challenge hosted by @bloglessanna 
I hope I can participate properly in the next challenge.

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