How you can Sew the Automotive Ditty Bag

Maintain all the things you want helpful – and arranged – within the automotive with this candy little bag! Mine holds my telephone (and the cords, lol), a pair pens, and the rest I wish to toss in there fast whereas I’m driving. However there’s extra…

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When you love the form and performance of my Automotive Ditty Bag, don’t miss the newer (and free) Pocket Pod Basket Sample. This material storage pod has an identical form however is a bit of bit bigger and has pockets on the within or exterior (or each). I included a free sample template too. It’ll make it easier to set up issues in each room in the home!

The again has a welt zipper pocket the place you possibly can stash just a few {dollars} or an emergency bank card in case you neglect your purse. This was a reader suggestion!  🙂

One other reader left the good suggestion of utilizing velcro to stay the bag to the ground to maintain it from sliding round. It really works nice!

After I was penning this free stitching sample, there was some concern a couple of bag placing unneeded stress and pull on the stick shift. We determined to go forward with this venture anyway, and repair that by making the strap lengthy sufficient in order that the bag sits on the ground plus utilizing velcro to carry it in place. I feel we did an important job fixing the issue!

If you’re nonetheless uncomfortable placing a strap round your shifter, you might at all times grasp the pouch some place else.

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Let’s get began!

Completed measurement: Roughly 8’’ tall, 7 1/2’’ large, and a pair of’’ deep. Strap personalized to your wants.

Material and notions:

• 1/2 yd material for the bag

• 1/2 yd material for the pockets & strap

• 1/2 yd By Annie’s versatile foam, fusible fleece, or different stabilizer

• 1 zipper, at the least 6” lengthy (for hidden money pocket)

• 4’’ strip of hook tape (1/2 of a velcro set)

Reducing:

From the material for the bag, minimize:

From the pocket & strap material, minimize:

• 1 rectangle 11’’ x 10’’ (exterior pocket)

• 1 rectangle 12’’ x 8’’ (hidden money pocket)

• 1 strip 4’’ x desired size for strap + 1’’

From the interfacing, minimize:

Observe: this little bag shall be 8’’ tall. We (all of you & I) determined that it could be greatest for the automotive if the bag rested on the ground, so you’ll need to determine the size of your personal strap. Use your tape measure to measure from a spot about 7’’ off the ground of your automotive, then across the place the place you’ll loop your strap and again to the identical spot. That further inch nearer to the ground provides you with some wiggle room to ensure it doesn’t pull on the stick shift or wherever you grasp it. When you don’t care about this, simply minimize the strap no matter size you want. 🙂

Preparation:

I actually just like the curved high that I see in our inspiration Pin, so I made a decision to copy it. That is how:

1. Stack two of your 10’’ squares collectively and fold in half. Make a mark 2’’ down from the highest alongside the fold.

2. Utilizing your rotary cutter (simpler, IMHO) or scissors, begin on the mark on the fold and minimize into the sq. for about 1’’ after which curve upward to the nook.

Don’t stress this half. If you’d like you should utilize a big bowl that can assist you mark a curve, however it’ll most likely look simply nearly as good in the event you simply wing it.

3. Open one of many curved items, lay it on a sq. of interfacing, and trim the interfacing to match. Fuse the interfacing to the unsuitable facet of the material piece or baste round all the edges, 1/4’’ from the sting.

That is the entrance exterior.

4. Subsequent apply interfacing (fuse or baste across the edges) to one of many sq. items. That is the again exterior.

The 2 bag exterior items (back and front) have interfacing. The bag lining items are usually not interfaced.

5. Reduce 1’’ squares out of all the backside corners of the back and front items.

Make the entrance pocket:

3/8’’ seam allowance

1. Fold the 11’’ x 10’’ pocket rectangle in half with the ten’’ edges touching, proper sides collectively. Pin and sew alongside the lengthy edge.

2. Flip the pocket tube proper facet out, and press. Topstitch alongside the lengthy edge that you just’d wish to be the highest of the pocket.

3. Lay the pocket over the curved entrance piece that has interfacing. Pin it in place 1/2’’ above the cut-out corners.

4. Sew the pocket to the bag entrance 1/8’’ from the underside edge. Baste in place alongside the edges, 1/4’’ from the sting.

5. Sew 1-3 straight strains to divide the pocket as desired. I do know numerous you wished a pen slot. I might fairly have 2 bigger pockets. 🙂

Make the hidden zipper pocket:

3/8’’ seam allowance

1. On the again of the 12’’ x 8’’ pocket rectangle, draw a straight line that’s about 7’’ lengthy. Place the road 1’’ beneath the highest 8’’ edge.

Draw one other line the identical size 1/2’’ beneath the primary.

Join these two strains with quick strains which can be 1/2’’ from both facet edge.
It is best to now have a field that’s 1/2’’ tall and 6’’ large.

2. Lay the interfaced sq. (again exterior piece) in your work floor proper facet up. Place the pocket piece proper facet down with the drawn field on high and the highest fringe of the pocket piece 1’’ beneath the highest fringe of the interfaced sq.. Pin across the drawn field.

End stitching a welt zipper pocket utilizing my Welt Zipper Pocket Tutorial beginning on step 2 of the part referred to as ‘Connect the pocket piece to the bag (or venture).

Make the strap:

1. Fold and press the strap bias tape fashion:
Fold in half lengthwise, press.
Open and fold the uncooked edges to the middle, press.
Insert the 1’’ strip of interfacing beneath one of many folds.
Fold the piece in half once more and pin in place, if desired.

2. Sew alongside each lengthy edges, 1/8’’ from the folds.
Tip: A strolling foot makes it simpler to maintain the material straight.

Make a loop with the strap and pin the ends to the highest of the again exterior piece, centered above the zipper pocket. I pinned my two ends about 1/4’’ aside. Baste in place 1/4’’ from the sting.

Connect the scratchy velcro strip:

Considered one of my readers prompt some scratchy velcro (hook tape) on the underside of the bag would assist it stick with the underside of the automotive flooring and never transfer round. It labored nice! 

1. Heart the strip of hook tape alongside the underside of the again exterior piece, between the minimize out corners and about 1/2’’ from the underside edge.

2. Sew across the velcro near the sting to safe it. Make sure to backstitch.

Stitching the bag collectively:

3/8’’ seam allowance

1. Pin the interfaced front and back items proper sides collectively, and the non-interfaced lining front and back items proper sides collectively alongside the edges and backside.

2. Sew the edges and backside of each items, leaving a 5’’ opening within the backside of the liner for turning.

3. To field the corners, pinch every nook, matching the facet and backside seams, and pin. Sew throughout. Repeat for 4 corners within the exterior and the liner.

4. Flip the outside proper facet out and place it inside the liner. Proper sides ought to be collectively. Pin across the high edge.

Sew all the best way across the high edge.

5. Make clips within the seam allowance alongside the curved seam.

6. Flip the bag proper facet out via the opening within the lining and press.

7. Sew the opening closed.

8. Topstitch across the high, about 1/4’’ from the sting.

And that’s it! When you had enjoyable making my Automotive Ditty Bag, strive my #10 Caddy subsequent so you possibly can set up your stitching desk! 🙂

Blissful stitching,