Prototype

In the course of looking for something else I came across a piece of fake suede upholstery fabric. It occurred to me that with my new sewing machine I could turn it into a few quick gifts.

The inspiration was my pencil case at the top of this photo. I made it in a workshop at AQC, longer ago than I remembered, in April 2012*. 

There was no pattern, so today I made a prototype based on the finished measurements and my memory of how the original went together.

It was quite an exercise in 3D thinking, but it worked pretty well I think. Everything except the zip was sewn on my new machine. I used the Elna Lotus for the zip, because the zipper foot is one of the feet that was missing from the Janome.

So now I will be using up the rest of the suede fabric making a few more over the next few days.



* I didn't remember what brand of machine the original pencil-case workshop was for, until I found that linked post today. Funnily enough that Pfaff model was one I considered in my recent hunt for a new machine. However there are no Pfaff dealers nearby, and I eventually decided it would be more economical to buy a second hand machine.