 Hey guys, we're back with another sewing project. So I want to make a sort of a dust cover envelope thing for my Chic sparrow traveler's notebook cover. I Don't mind if it gets a little nerfed up, but I'm really loving the way it looks as it is So anyway, and when I'm traveling with it and stuffing it in my backpack You know, I don't want it to get too scratched and dinged up So I want to sort of a pocket or a sleeve that I can put it in and the bag that it came in Really wasn't gonna work for me It was just an open fabric bag and I want something that's more like an envelope that'll seal I did take the bag apart and So that I could get the label off mostly and I'm gonna use this as a gauge for the length of the fabric to cut because It's a good length, but the width is too short too narrow. So okay that being said I Found this really cute Cactus print. That's a really cute at the fabric store so and for the outside and then I have some cream colored flannel for the inside not too different than what they sent it in This is a thicker flannel so I'm gonna Maybe it's on top of one another And I already measured So like I said this piece is plenty long enough So I can use it to gauge the length of the rectangle I need to cut, but it's not wide enough so I took a measuring tape and I measured around the notebook this way and it's about 22 and a half inches. I'm gonna say 24 Divide that in half that's 12 right and What is this one? Yeah, see this is only 11. You need that that one more inch inch and a half So I'm gonna do 12 and a half wide Think I need my bigger ruler My little one might work. This is 11 We're gonna take a pencil and just make some marks on the fabric with the pencil to give us a guide I said it was plenty long enough. I do have a longer ruler, but so mark up your fabric Draw your rectangle You can use this kind of idea to Make a lot of different things. We're gonna use Velcro for the closure but if you wanted to and you know how to put a zipper on it you could do it as a pencil pocket or a handbag Something like that All right So our rectangle that we're gonna cut two of one for the inside one for the outside you can't catch it all on camera, but It's about 18 inches long and it's about 13 inches wide you want somewhere between 12 and 13. I'm gonna get my Scissors and give this a cut the cactus. I ended up buying more of it because it was so cute Cut along your pencil lines You could use a pen regular pencil like I did you could use a Taylor's chalk you could use a water-soluble fabric marker Whatever you do Keep it light. Don't you I wouldn't use a sharpie at least if you not if you have fabric that's light colored like this fabric I wouldn't so now we have to Love it. So now we want to take our fabric and We want to put it Right sides together Sometimes flannel will have a side that's more of a right side than a wrong side and sometimes it's the same on both So just take a close look at it and I'm going to put it Right sides together with the print. Actually, I'm gonna take that back. Do I want to sew it that way? Let me think about how I want to construct this. I know what I want for a finished product in my head But let me see hang on So I think what you want to do is you want to take one of the short ends and you want to fold it up towards the other short end about six and a half inches Six and three-quarter inches If you have a print that's directional this cactus print is a bit directional. You want to figure out Lay it out without sewing anything and so we're basically making a pocket and this is going to be the flap And so if I'm looking at the pocket with the flap down How do I want the cactuses to look so I want them to look at this way if I do it the other way? They're gonna be upside down. So I don't want to do that. So I'm going to Do it right sides together. I'm gonna match it up with the flannel Okay And we're gonna pin that I don't always pin stuff, but Sometimes it's a good idea Now if this is a bit big I have room to play with because I really only needed about 12 12 and a half inches I have a half inch to play with for seam allowance and other Adjustments so make sure you don't cut it too small Because then you're gonna You're not gonna be happy So I'm gonna get the machine out and I'm gonna sew up Each of these these ends here up to where this cut edge is from the fold up to the cut on Each side on both pieces and I'll be right back. Okay, so we've got our seam sewn. Can you see that? Yeah, so see down here So this is going to be the bottom corner of the bag But you have all this extra fabric so you need to trim some of that. So we're gonna trim it a Triangle of it off until it's about an eighth of an inch or so away from the stitches Don't trim the stitches and you're gonna do all the corners where the fold is that way I probably should have my glasses on for this, but I don't have them on. It's okay Okay Now this could be tricky tricky. So you want to turn one of them right side out So I'm gonna choose to turn the flannel Right side out. I'm gonna poke the corners out pretty good. I think I Like to use like a knitting needle or something like that. Don't you know poke it too hard Be gentle You don't want to go through the fabric and stitches with whatever you're using to pop the corners out That's pretty good. Now see how this oh, let's see see how this is folding like that. That's gonna make it It might make it challenging to sew so I'm gonna leave it, but you might want to cut this to the stitch line For some of you that might be easier. I'm not going to Because I think I think it'll be okay for me So now you're gonna take the one you turned right side out and put it in the one that's still inside out Know you're like what? Trust me So now we're gonna need those pins again. They're gonna be important and they need more of them Okay, so matching up Your side seams on your two pieces of fabric and the cut edge You want to line everything up and put some pins in it All the way around Now if you cut everything correctly and that you took the same seam allowance It should match up perfectly frequently when I do these things well Perfect is all relative So sometimes it's not perfect and I have to like just give a little yank or a tug on one piece Or the other to get it to match up in this case actually now that I'm saying that and doing this it's matching up just fine So I remember that label that I took out so I want to face it towards The cactuses because when it's turned right side out. I want it to look like that And I want it to be off to the side. It doesn't matter one side or the other. Let's see Yeah, that's fine I'm gonna stick a little pin in it for the moment and then I'm gonna continue With my pinning I do think you should I think I'm gonna need to clip this I Think if I don't it's gonna be a problem When I turn around that corner But lies flatter it's probably gonna sew flatter. So it's my theory anyway Okay So we're gonna make sure our Little label is in here Now I took a 5h inch seam around the edges on the sides And I think I'm gonna continue to do that but up here at the top. I'm gonna do a little short narrow Seam so that I don't So that I catch the label that I don't take away too much of it I'm gonna leave an opening Like right in the middle down here like maybe between these two pins So I'm gonna start on your one pin and go around and end at the other pin Gotta leave a hole I'm just using plain white thread by the way And I do have a denim needle in here from another project that I just did but use what you have and You should you be using thread end or a needle that's appropriate for your weight of fabric So as I get to the side here, and I know you're not going to be able to really see what I'm doing Hopefully I can talk you through it. I'm gonna pull the seam allowance for the inside Beige flannel part towards me and push the cactus seam allowance away from me So that the seam will lie flatter and be less bulky And I'm gonna stop right where the stitches are on that side seam And hopefully I've lined everything up and it comes out. Alright, otherwise, I'm gonna be mad So now where this corner is where all these stitches meet to here I need to clip that It's gonna be too bulky to turn if you don't You want to get as close to your stitches as you can then take this extra fabric off Take off as much of the extra fabric as you can Now like when we did the other parts of the bag we have these outside corners. We need to trim them Don't trim through the stitches when you're doing this be really careful. Okay now We're gonna remember we left a hole, right? So we're gonna take the little hole We're gonna open it and we're gonna turn our bag right side out. Okay I'm gonna take my whatever I was using to push out corners in this case It's an old knitting needle. I don't really knit anymore, but the needles still come in handy for some things Sometimes you can pick up old knitting needles at the thrift store You don't want too skinny of one, but Yeah, anyway, they're good for this kind of thing Okay, I see a problem but we'll fix it That's all pretty good. I pushed this one corner out too far. Do you see that pushed it too far? Oops, take that one corner and poke it back through the other way. It's a fabric Shorten my stitch length to something really small And restitch the corner just checking if I have my glasses on my head I don't Now I've got that chic sparrow label in the corner. So I want to be careful because I Don't want it so the label was actually in there perfectly. Okay, that didn't sew it all. Let's try that again the heck What the heck? So as I was saying the chic sparrow label is like right here So I don't want to veer in too much on the seam. I just need to restitch it a little bit I'm all the threads try it one more time All right, so I'm going to sew really close to the this seemed edge here all the way around the bag flap And as I'm doing that I'm going to seal the opening closed It's a good idea if you go around and put some pins in here and or press Your fabric So everything's nice and flat and straight before you start doing your top stitching So then the next thing I want to do is make sure this is laying nice and flat that it's the shape that I want Yep, and it is and I want to make sure if I can without scratching on my notebook that this is going to fit and it will So yay. Okay, so now we're going to take and We're going to stitch like super close to the edge like an eighth of an inch or less to the edge and I'm going to start again at the center Bottom here of the pocket and the first thing I'm going to do is sew that flap shut And I am going to sew from the right side so that I can make sure from the outside the stitches look straight and even I don't care what they look like on the inside So anytime you have to adjust the fabric make sure your needles down. It'll help keep your seam straight most of your sewing machines have marks on the plate underneath the needle and the presser foot Use those as your guide for where you're gonna Put the fabric underneath the needle You don't need to be super careful about all the threads and trimming them carefully on the inside of the bag Before you flipped it out to the right side because all those are going to be hidden Shreds carefully. It's super cute. Look at that Now you could leave it like that. You don't have to put a closure on there, but I do think I'm going to Before I do that. I want to make sure it fits properly Yep My dust pocket, I think that's what I'm going to call it. That is super cute Okay, I do have two fun colors of velcro, which I wasn't going to buy But I just thought they were too cute to pass up on one is this Bluish green color. It's not quite a turquoise But it's a pretty color and then the other one is this a gray color. I do think for this bag I like the gray which kind of surprises me So I'm going to just I just want to put a piece like here to keep The flap down in the bag closed. I don't think I want to even like put it all the way across I think I just want a piece in the middle So this is sew-in velcro, so I'm going to put the two sides of the velcro together This is something I always do when I get velcro and then I'm going to cut a piece It's about I don't know two two and a half inches long and the first thing I'm going to do is Take my notebook out Okay, so I'm going to take one side the soft side and I'm going to attach it to Approximately the center of the flap I'm going to just kind of eyeball it But I'm going to have it near kind of near ish to the edge and then we're going to sew that down Don't use a gray thread or the thread the color of your velcro use thread that matches the color of your bag The same color that you did the top stitching with is the best Go all the way around your little piece of velcro in a rectangle Again making sure you go backwards and forwards at the beginning in the end and that you put your needle down at the corners Well before you make your turn and trim your threads Okay, so You if you're not sure how fat your notebooks going to be then I would recommend putting the velcro the next piece the other way Because then you have an adjustment Period so maybe your notebooks thinner so you can close it tighter down and then other times it's fatter So it is farther up. Mine. Mine is mine. It doesn't change too much. It's almost always about that fat When I do cell phone bags, I put the velcro the other way to allow for different Thicknesses of cell phone. So when you put it this way, you don't have any adjustment If you had it the other way and you had a thinner notebook and you have it this way Then you can tighten it up or loosen it as needed I'm not going to do that. I'm going to just Put my notebook in here and Pick up a spot that being said you're going to have about a half an inch the width the width of the velcro of Adjustment you're not going to have a lot, but you'll have a bit There's my other piece of velcro. So I'm going to put it I guess about Okay, so I'm going to put it about there We're going to stick a pin in there and stitch it down the same way we did the other piece Making sure as you're sewing it down that the lining is pulled down and there's no funny bumps or folds underneath the velcro Make sure you go backwards and forwards at the beginning and the end and I know you can't see all of what I'm doing on these sewing tutorials the camera angle is an issue but Anyway, hopefully you see enough to get the idea. It's just it literally looks like an envelope So you could do this and you could make these they could be a travel cosmetic bag They could be a little lingerie bag. They could it could be a lot of things I of course wanted it like I said for my traveler's notebook and I Love this fabric again the fabric is from Hobby Lobby It's some new fabric. They just got in recently is what I was told And how cute is that going to be to take my notebook around with me when I'm traveling to protect it and bonus? it's Big enough that I can stick some extra papers or things in here if I wanted to put some extra things in here Especially I tend to do that on the way home. So there you go traveler's notebook dust cover Travel cover Scratch cover. I don't know what to call it. Anyway, it's super cute I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to like share and subscribe Above all go out and have a great day and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it And I'll see you later. Bye guys