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| A mini drawstring pouch... |
Perhaps it's the curved shape of the pouch with two ends that stick out. (Or maybe we're just all starting to see face masks in everything.)
In any case, this project is not a face mask, but if your face mask is as basic as mine is, you might use this pouch to carry it around. That's exactly what I thought of when I first saw it.
It would also come in handy to carry a shopping bag, even if it's a simple plastic one that gets reused.
Or fill it with chocolate gold coins and give it as a stocking stuffer to a special someone.
This is another YouTube project, uploaded by Ae PooiM on August 24, 2020. She calls it the DIY Mini Coin Pouch Bag.
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| My mask has its own home... |
I was drawn to it by the looks and unique construction method. As drawstring bags go, this one is different.
As you might already know, I want "different" when I search for things to make and this one checked off that requirement. The fact that it's finished with sixteen little eyelets might put you off, but you have to admit that it gives the pouch an upscale vibe.
I'm often guilty of putting my foot down and saying no, that's too much hardware when it comes to the expense of a handmade bag. But y'know what? Every now and then, you have to make an exception and treat yourself.
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| Used up almost all of the gold toned eyelets... |
This little pouch is meant to go with my Goddess of the Sea purse, a project that involved an above average amount of hardware, in my opinion. The gold toned eyelets and black drawstring match the embellishments on the bag.
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| Goddess of the Sea bag with matching mini drawstring pouch... |
Let me say that it took longer to locate, punch holes for, and then install the eyelets than it did to do the sewing part. Still, the project can be classified as a Quick Craft Mondays type of thing.
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| Sixteen eyelets are not blingy enough... must add two rivets! |
In between shooting these photos, I even decided that the ends of this pouch needed a couple of rivets. Truth is, I rarely choose gold hardware, so being in a position to use these is actually a good thing.
I mentioned the unique construction of this pouch. The sides are made up of two folded circles, which means that the lining and the exterior on each side are from the same piece of fabric.
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| Didn't want to have any text going upside down... |
With my P&P fabric having text that generally runs in one direction, I didn't want to end up with half of it upside down, so I made sure the circle was folded in such a way as to have the text run from side to side.
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| ... so chose to run it from side to side |
The gusset is made up of two rectangular pieces of fabric, which in my case featured text again. (The YouTube tutorial provides the necessary dimensions of all pieces required, but I didn't have enough of my P&P fabric — leftovers from the Goddess bag — to harvest 18cm circles. I went with 16cm circles and 28cm long gusset pieces.)
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| View of interior... |
You may remember when I made the "not another face mask" basket that I mentioned that the seam allowance of the interior could be adjusted to tighten up the lining. Well, this tutorial instructs you to sew the interior/exterior sides with two different seam allowances... a distinction that I almost missed.
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| Cordage is black paracord... |
The measurements are in metric, but the idea is to have the inside seam allowance be a little bit over (7mm) and the outside seam allowance be a little bit under (5mm) 1/4" (which is usually stated as 6mm).
It was a surprising level of attention to detail that was totally unexpected.
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| Used a plastic cord lock instead of sewing one (as tutorial shows)... |
I hadn't had a chance to use any of these cord locks that I purchased a few summers ago, so instead of sewing one out of fabric per the tutorial, one of them came to my rescue.
For anyone who might be thinking, well this is all very precious but it's too small to be of any use to me, consider that this can easily be up-sized into an actual bag for you to carry.
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| View of bottom... |
Look up a video tutorial uploaded to YouTube on August 13, 2019 by Diy Soho, called drawstring bag. It's the same concept done up as a purse.
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| Can you imagine this as a purse? |
It's oriented differently, with the "ends" serving as the front and back of the purse. One of the ends would be shortened up (the front) and the other (the back) lengthened to be folded over as a flap. The drawstrings would come out from the two sides to function as straps.
I think it'd be cool.
'Til next...
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