Sewing Tutorial – How to Make a Drawstring Pouch

• Cotton fabric

• A ruler – fabric (in the video, a rectangle of bronze navy bubble fabric)

• Matching thread

• A pair of scissors

• A thread cutter

• A white fabric pencil for marking

• Two drawstrings

• A sewing machine

• Two safety pins

• Fabric clips and pins

Step 3:
Sew each side, starting and stopping with a backstitch at the markings. Do the same on the other side.

Step 4:
Trim and clean up the threads.

Step 5:
Sew the other side in the same way.

Step 6:
Use the ruler to fold over the top edge – this fold will be the channel for your drawstring.

Sew 0.5 cm from the edge of the fold and hold the crease with a clip. Then, with the ruler, fold the fabric 1 cm all along, then fold again at 2 cm. Check that the edges align properly.

Step 7:
Repeat the same process on the other side.

Step 8:
Sew along the folded areas on both sides to create the channels.

Step 9:
Insert the drawstrings using a safety pin to guide them through the channels.