Felt pouch, with tutorial

I had a gift wrapping emergency this week, so I decided to make my own gift pouch.

Here’s how I did it:

Supplies:

1 x felt rectangle

1 x piece of fabric (half a Fat Quarter is about right, depending on the size of the felt)

1 x snap

Thread

Yarn for crochet decoration
Button for decoration

Instructions:

   1.       Cut lining fabric so that it overhangs the felt by 1cm on all sides.

   2.       Fold the sides of the lining fabric inwards by 1.5cm, wrong sides together. Press. You can make mitred corners if you like.

   3.       Pin the lining fabric to the felt, wrong sides together and topstitch in place.

   4.       Hold the lined felt so that it is facing you in “Portrait orientation”. Fold up along the bottom just over 1/3 of the way up.

   5.       Stitch along sides of folded edge, reinforcing at the top edge. You now have an open envelope.

   6.       Fasten with a snap. If your snap is very large, or strong, you might need to include some interfacing inside the lining fabric before you attach it to the felt.

   7.       Decorate the front flap. You could sew a collection of buttons on the front, embroider a motif with embroidery thread or yarn. I made a crochet flower with a button centre. Pattern linked from my Ravelrynotes.