Pick Pocketer

Hello again, 

Happy SPRING and September. I would say - pinch a punch... but that was yesterday =)

My son absolutely LOVES putting things in my pockets. I have this mustard colour knitted tunic with big pockets towards the bottom hem. My son is often finding small books, cars, his socks or other random items to place inside my pockets. It could have started because I often carry my keys inside my pockets, and he tries to fish those out.

So with all this pocket pinching I thought I would use up some left over scraps of fabric to make a pocket sorter. I used a long strip of denim. Something sturdy to keep the project together and allow it to hang and work accordingly later. Then I picked out two alternating colours of fabric to work well together. I had some left-over autumn looking cute fabric. And some Spot the dog left over pieces. You can use whatever you like. Just keep in mind if you’re creating this piece for a young boy or girl to match it to their favourite colours or themes!

With the desired fabrics cut out into the shapes and sizes I wanted to work with, all that was left was to stitch the left, bottom and right sides onto the denim backing. PRESTO.

Oh! You will want to keep a good chunk of fabric at the top, folded over and sewn shut to use for hanging the project.

In saying that. My project result is a bit long for the areas I am currently keeping it, so a shorter version would work wonders I’m sure.

The materials you need for this project includes;

·       Denim or heavy-duty fabric. 30cm wide and length of choice

·      Two alternative fabrics for the pockets – cut to make different sizes. (Varying it up depending on what you need to store in the spaces or what your child likes to put inside pockets)

·       Sewing Machine

·       Matching thread

·       Scissors

Refer to the pictures for results and replicate however you like.

Hope you all had a great week and will see you again soon.

Bye – bye.