... and a Juice Pouch Pencil Case

When we were kids, Capri-Sun was one of my brother's favourite drinks.  So when I saw this great post here on Craftster, I just had to make him this pencil case as a Xmas pressie!

To start, I made sure the pouches were washed and dried thoroughly. I found the easiest way was to cut a slit in the bottom to get everything clean.

I machine sewed two pouches together straight down the centre, and repeated to give two sides of the pencil case. The only problem with the plastic/foil material is that any holes aren't self healing, so I'd recommend not using pins as they will create marks. I found that a bit of sellotape helped keep things in place and can always peeled off afterwards.

Next was the bit I was dreading.... adding a zip! It's not something I'm confident with and seems to take a lot of my brain power - but I got there in the end! I used an 8" zip, placed it face down on the right side of the pouch, then sewed in place.

Then I folded the zip over and top stitched.

I repeated with the other side and trimmed the excess from the zip.

Finally, I sewed it all together along the sides and bottoms, tucking the ends of the zip in at the top corners.... and that's it!

This was a fun project and great way to use up old juice pouches! My brother seemed to really like it as well!

We are linking up to these parties!

27th January 2014: Update - this post was featured here at Love 2 Upcycle
 

31st January 2014: Update - this post was featured here by The TipToe Fairy