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4 MAKE AND ATTACH THE CELL PHONE POCKET TO THE LINING MAIN PANEL.
a. Place the cell phone pocket panels Right sides together, matching the edges, and pin them in place.
b. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam completely around the panels, leaving a 2″ (5.1 cm) opening centered on one long side. Backstitch* at each end.
c. Trim* all four corners in the seam allowance,* being careful not to clip your stitching.
d. Turn the pocket Right side out through the opening. Use a turning tool* to gently push out the corners. Press the pocket flat. Fold each edge of the opening ½″ (1.3 cm) in toward the Wrong side. Press and pin the edges together.
e. Topstitch* ¼″ (0.6 cm) from the top finished edge. Backstitch at each end.
f. Fold the pocket in half lengthwise, Right sides together, and gently press a crease on the fold. Pin the edges ½″ (1.3 cm) from the fold along both the top and the bottom of the panel.
g. To make a pleat at the bottom of the pocket, start at the bottom edge and stitch up along the crease 1½″ (3.8 cm) in length, using a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam from the folded edge. Backstitch at each end. Center the pleat that forms on the back of the pocket evenly on each side of the seam and press it flat. Leave the top edge pinned to form a temporary pleat. The pin will be removed after the pocket has been stitched in place in step 4j.
h. Fold one lining main panel in half, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease on the fold. Open the panel. Using your ruler and fabric marker, measure 6″ (15.2 cm) (for small bag) or 8″ (20.3 cm) (for large bag) up from the bottom edge and then 3″ (7.6 cm) to the right of the center crease, and make a mark.
Figure 1
i. Place the bottom left corner of the cell phone pocket above the mark and pin the pocket in place, keeping the left edge of the pocket parallel to the center crease on the main panel.
j. Edge stitch* the pocket in place, stitching down each side and across the bottom. Backstitch at each end. Remove the pin at the top edge to release the temporary pleat.
5 MAKE AND ATTACH THE INSIDE POCKET TO THE LINING MAIN PANEL.
a. Place the pocket panels Right sides together, matching the raw edges. Pin one long edge.
b. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam across the pinned edge. Backstitch at each end.
c. Turn the pocket Right side out, and press. Topstltch ¼ (0.6 cm) from the top finished edge. Backstitch at each end.
d. Match the remaining 3 edges of the pocket and pin them together. Machine baste* ¼ (0.6 cm) from the edges.
e. Fold the pocket in half, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease on the fold.
f. Place the pocket on the lining main panel with the cell phone pocket already attached. Match the side and bottom edges and the center creases, and pin in place.
g. Machine baste ¼″ (0.6 cm) from the sides and bottom edges of the panels to hold them in place.
h. Stitch down the center crease to divide the pocket into 2 sections. Backstitch at each end.
Please set the lining panel aside for now.
6 MAKE, GATHER, AND ATTACH THE RUFFLES TO THE EXTERIOR MAIN PANELS.
a. Mark the placement for the ruffle on the exterior main panels by first finding the center of the panel. Fold the first main panel in half lengthwise, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease along the fold. Open the panel.
b. Measure and mark ½″ (1.3 cm) down from the top edge on the center crease and then 2¾″ (7 cm) up from the bottom edge.
c. Repeat steps 6a and 6b to mark the placement for the ruffle on the second main panel.
d. Fold one short end of the first ruffle ¼″ (0.6 cm) under toward the Wrong side, and press.
e. Fold it under again ¼″ (0.6 cm) toward the Wrong side, and press. Pin and then edge stitch along the inner folded edge.
f. Repeat steps 6d and 6e to hem the other short end of the first ruffle.
g. Fold the first ruffle in half lengthwise with Right sides together, matching the long edges, and pin. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm)
4 MAKE AND ATTACH THE CELL PHONE POCKET TO THE LINING MAIN PANEL.
a. Place the cell phone pocket panels Right sides together, matching the edges, and pin them in place.
b. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam completely around the panels, leaving a 2″ (5.1 cm) opening centered on one long side. Backstitch* at each end.
c. Trim* all four corners in the seam allowance,* being careful not to clip your stitching.
d. Turn the pocket Right side out through the opening. Use a turning tool* to gently push out the corners. Press the pocket flat. Fold each edge of the opening ½″ (1.3 cm) in toward the Wrong side. Press and pin the edges together.
e. Topstitch* ¼″ (0.6 cm) from the top finished edge. Backstitch at each end.
f. Fold the pocket in half lengthwise, Right sides together, and gently press a crease on the fold. Pin the edges ½″ (1.3 cm) from the fold along both the top and the bottom of the panel.
g. To make a pleat at the bottom of the pocket, start at the bottom edge and stitch up along the crease 1½″ (3.8 cm) in length, using a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam from the folded edge. Backstitch at each end. Center the pleat that forms on the back of the pocket evenly on each side of the seam and press it flat. Leave the top edge pinned to form a temporary pleat. The pin will be removed after the pocket has been stitched in place in step 4j.
h. Fold one lining main panel in half, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease on the fold. Open the panel. Using your ruler and fabric marker, measure 6″ (15.2 cm) (for small bag) or 8″ (20.3 cm) (for large bag) up from the bottom edge and then 3″ (7.6 cm) to the right of the center crease, and make a mark.
Figure 1
i. Place the bottom left corner of the cell phone pocket above the mark and pin the pocket in place, keeping the left edge of the pocket parallel to the center crease on the main panel.
j. Edge stitch* the pocket in place, stitching down each side and across the bottom. Backstitch at each end. Remove the pin at the top edge to release the temporary pleat.
5 MAKE AND ATTACH THE INSIDE POCKET TO THE LINING MAIN PANEL.
a. Place the pocket panels Right sides together, matching the raw edges. Pin one long edge.
b. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam across the pinned edge. Backstitch at each end.
c. Turn the pocket Right side out, and press. Topstltch ¼ (0.6 cm) from the top finished edge. Backstitch at each end.
d. Match the remaining 3 edges of the pocket and pin them together. Machine baste* ¼ (0.6 cm) from the edges.
e. Fold the pocket in half, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease on the fold.
f. Place the pocket on the lining main panel with the cell phone pocket already attached. Match the side and bottom edges and the center creases, and pin in place.
g. Machine baste ¼″ (0.6 cm) from the sides and bottom edges of the panels to hold them in place.
h. Stitch down the center crease to divide the pocket into 2 sections. Backstitch at each end.
Please set the lining panel aside for now.
6 MAKE, GATHER, AND ATTACH THE RUFFLES TO THE EXTERIOR MAIN PANELS.
a. Mark the placement for the ruffle on the exterior main panels by first finding the center of the panel. Fold the first main panel in half lengthwise, matching the side edges, and gently press a crease along the fold. Open the panel.
b. Measure and mark ½″ (1.3 cm) down from the top edge on the center crease and then 2¾″ (7 cm) up from the bottom edge.
c. Repeat steps 6a and 6b to mark the placement for the ruffle on the second main panel.
d. Fold one short end of the first ruffle ¼″ (0.6 cm) under toward the Wrong side, and press.
e. Fold it under again ¼″ (0.6 cm) toward the Wrong side, and press. Pin and then edge stitch along the inner folded edge.
f. Repeat steps 6d and 6e to hem the other short end of the first ruffle.
g. Fold the first ruffle in half lengthwise with Right sides together, matching the long edges, and pin. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm)
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