Lined Mini Book Pouch Tutorial...

Good morning good morning good morning!!! Michelle here, and I've got a simple project to share with you! When I saw the fabric that came with the Fast Food kit, it brought me right back to childhood! Isn't that stuff the cutest??? Anyways, I decided to make a minibook about my childhood dreams, and this will be the little pouch that will hold my minibook:Now I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination, but I made this in one evening, and I'm really excited about it! If you would like to make one too, here's how:


1. Make your minibook pages, so you know how big you need your pouch. I cut 4 x 4" squares from a sodapop carton.

2. Lay your stack of pages on your fabric and cut a rectangle around them. Be sure to leave enough room on the sides so you can easily slide your book in, and make the length about 2 1/2 times the length of your minibook. (I'm not much of a measurer so I hope that makes sense - LOL). Then cut another piece of coordinating fabric the same size.
3. Put the right sides of the fabric together and use a basic stitch to sew three sides of the fabric, leaving the top open.
4. Turn the fabric right side out.

5. Fold it up to form a pouch like this:

6. Sew the sides together like this:

7. Fold the raw top edges in and sew them shut.
8. Embellish as you please! I sewed some pom pom trim on the front, made a cloud out of craft foam, and sewed the handmade rocketship bead that comes with the kit onto the cloud. There you have it - it's done! Here's a view of the inside:
and a closeup of the embellie:
I hope you like the tutorial! Next week I will be back to show you the minibook I make with the other materials in the kit!

Have a great week everybody!