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Simply a pouch.
I have previously made these pouches

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pouches-2

and here is the requested how-to :)

Posted by Ninni Ninímél Nalíná ♦ ♏ ♦ from Sandefjord, Vestfold, Kingdom of Norway • Published See Ninni Ninímél Nalíná ♦ ♏ ♦'s 28 projects »
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  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 1
    Step 1

    Decide how big you want the pouch. My current one is 10 cm bredth and 29cm long. Cut it out, and fold it in half.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 2
    Step 2

    Fold down the edge on both ends. Secure it with pins and sew.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 3
    Step 3

    You can add a pretty fabric or lace at one or both of the ends, to make it frilly and girly.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 4
    Step 4

    If you want a motive on one of the sides, or both for that matter, now is the time to sew on whatever you want to. I chose to do a flower this time. It can be a star or a heart, a lollipop, spade clubs diamond and playing heart or anything you love :)

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 5
    Step 5

    Sew on each part. First i took one leaf, then the next ,and the flower lastly.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 6
    Step 6

    This is how it looks so far.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 7
    Step 7

    Fold the right sides in and secure it. Sew down both sides.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 8
    Step 8

    This might be a little tricky. We are going to make it a string bag so we need ribbon in the folds we sew first. Use your scissor and be sure to only cut in the top layer of the fabric. We don't want the ribbon to be accessable from the inside when we put things in the pouch!
    So just make a small cut in the top layer fabric. You will have to do this twice on each side, as the seam is in the way.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 9
    Step 9

    Take your ribbon and fold it over the front, and follow along the back and to the front again. They should touch each other at the same side again so that you can make a knot there later to secure the threads. You need two like parts of ribbon for each side, this is what makes the pouch lock when you pull the strings.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 10
    Step 10

    Use a safety-pin to push the ribbon through the little hole we made. It is going to go around just as we measured. This means that the ribbon is going in the first hole, reach the end, put it in the next hole and it will poke out beside the hole you put it in first. Hope this was understandable...

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 11
    Step 11

    This is how it looks.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 12
    Step 12

    Now, take the other ribbon piece and put it in the hole on the opposite side of where you did the last one. They are supposed to be conversed.
    When you lead the ribbon through all the holes like in step 10, and it comes out beside the starting point, you can tie the complementing ends together. Sometimes I add pearls on the ribbons to make them pretty.

  • How to make a drawstring pouch. Simple Pouch - Step 13
    Step 13

    FINISHED! ;)

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Steph.
Steph. · Reading, England, GB · 212 projects
THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!! Happy I wasn't expecting you to do the tutorial this quickly, seeing as you were ill and you're so busy <3 thank youuuu, I will be making some as soon as I finish a skirt for my aunty xxx
Ninni Ninímél Nalíná ♦ ♏ ♦
Ninni Ninímél Nalíná ♦ ♏ ♦ · Sandefjord, Vestfold, NO · 50 projects
I had to do it since I haven't talked to you in a while and you needed the how-to ^^ Wow that skirt will definetly turn out beautiful as it is sewn by you!!
xxx <3
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