Coin Pouch Cuteness

Cuteness in my box-shaped coin pouch!
I was looking at this pencil case I bought years ago and I wanted to duplicate it. That way, I can have my very own personalized coin pouch!





It's really fun when you can make things of your own. There's always a sense of fulfillment, no matter how it turns out. This one turned out great!


Here's what you need:




The one on top is my outside cloth.


Here's how:
First, fold down the length of the cloth like this (this is the part that is going to be attached to the zip):



Place the zipper in between the two pieces of outside and inside cloth.
Next, pin them into position.



Sew them up.
Do this for all 4 of the cloths.



Now, place your cloth in this manner:

Put the inside cloth together and the outside cloth together.


Pin up the outside cloth by the sides.



Sew it up.



Pin up the inside cloth. Sew only the top and bottom, leaving a whole in the middle (where the scissors is pointing).

This is so that you can turn your work inside out later.


The next step is slightly hard to follow.
Hold the opening of the outside cloth.
Fold it into a 4-edged star like this:

Let the zip and the bottom of the pouch be parallel to each other.
Then push in the left and right side to put the cloth to meet in the middle.


Sew it into position.



You can either do this one cloth and one edge at a time or put both inside and outside cloth together and sew. I prefer doing it one at a time. It is easier and I will sew it more accurate.


It will look like this:



Next, turn the pouch inside out from the opening at the inside cloth.



Then, sew up the opening.
Don't worry if your pouch seem to look inside out. See next step.



Now, unzip and turn it inside out again so that your pouch is the right way round.



It's all ready to be coined!
Behold, your very own box-shaped pouch!




Tips:
You can use a 2-way zipper so that you can turn your pouch inside out, depending on which side of the pouch you want to use!
You can adjust the size so that you can store things other than coins - pencils, rolls of thread and even your handphone!


*Fabric from matatabi and karaku etsy shop online.