#diy study

what you need!:

- 2 different fabrics that go with eachother!

- elastic

- thin cardboard

- a zipper

- button clasp thingos

- pins, scissors, ruler, thread

if you have a sewing machine, use that! or not, you’ll have to hand sew (or you could try hot glue but idk)

STEP 1: I made a ‘normal’ pencil case pouch using this tutorial on youtube! but i changed the measurements, so instead of measuring a perfect square, i made my pouch around 20cm x 30 cm! and that’s part 1 done!

STEP 2: next, i cut a piece of cardboard out (measuring the width of the pouch and adding on a bit) (idk what my measurements were here soz) and then i glued the plain fabric around the cardboard! (TIP: put a heavy book on top to keep it flat and wrinkle free!) 

next, i cut another piece of the patterned material around the same size of the pouch (but doubled so i could fold it over!) and then glued that together, because this is going to make the flap that holds pens! (put that under the textbook too). I then made another, but i didn’t glue it in half (which made the part which housed the ‘other’ things (scissors etc.))

STEP 3: once the small piece was dry, i began sewing the elastic to make the pen loops! i’m sure you could find a better tutorial for this but i just kinda winged it (why its crooked) (you can use pens to measure how big you want them! (but a bit tighter so the pen doesnt fall through))

Then i started sewing loops onto the other piece, big enough to fit a gluestick, scissors, a ruler etc. in!

STEP 4: i then went back to my sewing machine, and i sewed a border around the fabric covered cardboard. Then i sewed the two long sides of the puch down (so a small notebook could fit behind)

STEP 5: Then i sewed the two long sides of the ‘stationery supplies’ down on the opposite end, keeping the top and bottom open. Then, i sewed the pen holder bit down, only on the left side, so it was a flap.

STEP 6: On a last minute decision, i ‘hemmed’ around the outside of the cardboard to make it neater! to make the back part to hold post it notes, i just sewed a straight line across the back!

STEP 7: To make the flap, i just cut a piece of spare fabric out, and sewed it to the back! i then went in (hand-stitching) and sewed the metal clasps to the flap and the front of the pencil case! (again, you could probably find a better tutorial for this part)

And i’m pretty sure that’s it! i cant think of anything else i did - so if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

If you do make this (or a variation of it) pleeeease tag me in it! i track the tag #studyingfreud !