LEARNING TO SEW – TISSUE COZY SEWING TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS

Tutorial Courtesy: by Christine @ theDIYdreamer 

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DOUBLE-SIDED TISSUE COZY

Supplies:
– Two pieces of fabric
– Matching Thread
– Scissors
– Fabric Ruler
– Pins
– Iron
– Sewing Machine
– Chopstick or long pointy object

Instructions:
Step 1: I started off by cutting the two pieces of fabric to 6 ½″ x 7″.

Step 2: I took both pieces and placed the right sides facing each other and pinned them together.

Step 3: Next I moved the fabric over to the sewing machine. I placed the long side under the sewing foot about 3″ from the top and ¼″ from the edge. I didn’t start sewing directly from the top because I wanted to leave about 1″ gap on the long side in order to leave an opening to be able to flip the fabric right side out. 

Step 4: I started sewing by doing a few stitches forward, back stitched a few stitches and then proceeded to sew around the entire piece until I got about 1″ away from where I started. Once I was about 1″ away, I did a few back stitches and then stopped sewing. I made sure to cut the loose threads.

Step 5: Before turning the fabric right side out, I cut the corners of the fabric (making sure not to cut the stitches). Using the opening that I left, I pulled out the fabric. With the help of a chopstick, I poked the corners out. I used my iron to press the fabric making sure to fold in the fabric from the opening.

Step 6: I determined that I wanted the flowered fabric to be the outside of the tissue pouch so I pinned the short side with the green fabric over the flowered fabric. I folded the bottom short side and overlapped it over the top by ¼″. I could have folded the top and bottom evenly but I prefer the overlap look. 

Step 7: I moved the project back over to the sewing machine. I placed the top of the folded fabric under the sewing foot ¼″ from the edge. I sewed a few stitches, then back stitched a couple, then I proceeded to sew to the bottom, and finished with a couple of back stitches.The back and forth of stitches at the beginning and at the end is to help prevent the stitches from unraveling. Once the first side was done, I moved over to the second side and sewed it the same way.

Step 8: I turned the pouch right side out and used a chopstick to poke out the corners.

And voilà! I had the double-sided tissue pouch completed!