Recently I noticed that the poly lense wiping cloth that came with some pair of glasses or another, and lives in my purse, had lost its clear plastic case. It was just sitting there, possibly collecting grit to scratch the lenses with. That won't do.
There is an assortment of poly satin fabric in the stash. I picked out a color and decided to embroider a small motif onto the small bag. (Wanted to have a larger one on the front and a smaller one on the flap.)
There is a small flower in the included files of my Janome MC500e and I decided to do it in red, white and blue on navy blue satin. I used iron on woven stabilizer as the sole stabilizer, and topper on the surface. (Pellon Shape-Flex, which is iron-on, stable, and light weight.) Possibly there should have also been some cutaway as well? there is a bit of rippling.
The front of the pouch.
Inside view with the cleaning cloth.
View of the flap from outside. The flap design was shrunk a bit in the planning stage with the software.
The hem was done with a decorative stitch on my (made by Janome) Kenmore computerized sewing machine.
The project came out reasonably well and would make a nice stocking stuffer.
This sewing machine is one of the older computerized type, where there is pre-stored info that you select from, but no availability to add more via computer cable.
It works well, but it has no adjustment for the presser foot pressure. "It's automatic!" as the trendy marketing people say. (More like, it's preset to one level and you had better like it.) Other than that quibble, I like it. This machine was why my newer sewing machine was also made by Janome: HD3000 not in some cool color but in the basic white.
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