Help little ones keep their pencils, pens and markers organized with this handy, colorful quilted pencil case pattern from Ann Butler. Fat quarter friendly, this pencil case pattern rolls up for easy storage and is able to hold several pencils, making it great for art cases and backpacks. Sew up your pencil case in a pretty ombre fabric (like the sample shown) or a fun printed fabric of your child’s favorite character or animal.
Designer Notes:
- Pre-wash and iron all of your fabric.
- Depending upon the size of your pencils, you may fit two in each section.
- Adjust the distance of the vertical lines if needed for larger or smaller pencils. Also, for other items, you may want such as an eraser or sharpener.
- Use a sliver of soap for marking, as it easily disappears.
Materials:
- Cotton batting
- Fabric, 18″ x 10″ (2)
- Trim of your choice, 36” long
- Sewing machine
- Ruler
- Pins
- Iron
- Rotary cutter (optional)
- Cutting mat
- Scissors
- Marking pencil
Instructions:
- Gather your supplies.
- Cut two pieces of fabric and one piece of batting 18″ x 10″. Then, sandwich the batting between the wrong sides of the fabric.
- Start in the middle and draw a straight line vertically from the top of the long edge to the bottom.
- Continue marking lines towards both ends 3/4″ apart.
- Draw a horizontal line 3 1/2″ up from the bottom.
- Pin elastic along the top edge of the horizontal line.
- Sew straight stitching along the vertical lines, starting in the center of the fabric.
- Turn the fabric and stitch along the next vertical line, to the right of the first stitched line.
- Then turn the fabric and stitch along the line to the left of the first stitched line.
- Continue sewing along the vertical lines alternating on the right and left sides until all of the drawn lines have been stitched.
- Trim all of the threads along the edges.
- If needed, trim up the edges all the way around quilted piece.
- Fold trim in half and pin into the middle on the right side of one of the short edges.
- Sew all the way around along the edge with a decorative stitch.
- Fill with pencils of choice.
