Happy, happy #NeedleWorkMonday everyone!
This week started with me finding some debris in my bag.
...which I later found out was coming from my spectacle case.
The "skin" has started to peel bit by bit. I guess, it was time to sew a spectacle case for myself.
First, I roughly measured the spectacles, width...
and lengthwise (or maybe it is the other way round :D)
For the lining, I chose to use the cloth that usually comes with the spectacle case when we purchase them. The safest option because this way, we can be quite certain that the fabric will not scratch the spectacles.
As for the outer fabric, I thought why not use up some of my scraps considering I have quite a bit hanging around. I figured by piecing the pieces, the spectacles case would be thick enough to not need an interface.
Like a jigsaw puzzle, I tried to piece the scraps together.
And I kept going, keeping in mind to join the scraps to form some sort of rectangle if possible.
At one point, it became a little confusing and I ironed the pieces to flatten them.
There was a rectangle, sort of.
I laid it flat and cut the uneven sides away.
To be sure of the size, I ironed it flat again.
At this point, I could see how much more fabric I need to add. I cut out 2 pieces of strips to add on to the scrap patch.
I sewed on the additional strips and then sewed wrong side of the patch to the yellow lining...
...going all around and left about 2 inches of gap to turn the piece inside out.
Slowly turned the insides out.
Then, I top stitched to furher flatten the piece and hopefully making it neater :D
Not too neat but for my first attempt, I think I accept it :)
I folded the piece into half and sewed the side and bottom.
One side view with the spectacles inside.
And the other side. Phew... luckily it fit. With the scraps patch, things can get a little tricky :D
But I am glad I did this because I have always wanted to do some patchwork with scraps. It gave me an idea what to expect and what I should look out for, especially when the shapes of the scraps are odd to begin with.
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