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Brooklyn Sewcial Passport Pouch

10/3/2017

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 Many of our students have family in other countries, and go back each summer to visit them. Inspired by their travel, this summer we dedicated a whole week of summer camp to travel gear. Ciara helped me create a travel pouch with lots of pockets for kids to hide their candy, passports, foreign currencies, post cards and pens. 
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What you need:
1-6 choices of fabric (I used scraps of fabric for this)
2 8" zippers
24" of ribbon
1 keyring
Paper to make patterns (newspaper works well)

Start by cutting pattern pieces * CUT one pattern piece of each, When I mention how many to cut below I am talking about the fabric. Each piece below can be cut out of just a few fabrics or each piece can be different. I limited my students to 4 fabrics.
9"x13" - cut 1 * Outside fabric
2.5"x9" - Cut 2 *Zipper Side Panel
9"9.5" - Cut 1  *Zipper inside panel
8.5"x12.5" - Cut 2  *Inside layer, background pieces
4.75x12.5" - Cut 4 *Pockets
5.5x12.5" - Cut 1 *Inside pocket
* 1/2" seam allowances are included

If your fabric is thinner, cut interfacing for all your pieces and iron on before starting. 
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1. Attach your zipper to opposite ends of the 9x9.5" piece. *the zippers are attached to the sides that measure 9" long. 
In this photo you can see our students zipper was shorter then the fabric and she added a fabric extension. .

2. Next attach your 2.25"x9" strips to the other side of the zipper. 

3. Tack both 11" ribbon to the right side of the outer fabric. One on each side at the middle of the 9". These should be facing inwards so when turn right side out they then turn outwards. 
 
4. Put these two finished pieces right sides together. Sew, leaving a 2" hole. Flip right side out and top stitch.
5. Let's make the pockets. Iron the top long side of each pocket down and stitch. (4 pieces, 4.75x12.5") 

6. Attach each pocket at the bottom one at a time to an inner layer (12.5x8.5"); Starting from the top pocket. There is no need to sew sides and center just yet. If you want to create other smaller pockets you can do so as you go. 

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7. For the inside pencil/postcard sleeve start by ironing down one long side of the 5.5x12.5" strip. Sew this.

8. Attach this pocket to the inner fabric piece (8.5x12.5") by lining up the bottom edges. With a ruler and chalk mark and sew 1" lines on the right half. This will be for pens + pencils.

9. If you would like a clear vinyl pocket like ours you can attach that now.
10. With right sides together sew the two inside layers with pockets together, leaving a 2" hole. Turn right side out through the opening, Top stitch around the whole piece.

11. Placing the outside layer with zipper side up, lay the inside layer with post card/pencil case side up. Center the two pieces, mark your center line, and stitch together. 

If you would like to add a keyring you can add a 2" loop to the top of the outer layer. This is best done when attaching the other ribbon for the tie in Step 3.
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Let me know if you need photos of the process to make this more clear. 
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