Sewing Organizer

Once a month, I meet up with a small group, we enjoy an entire day of socialized sewing. We each work on what ever projects we like. I am kinda new to this sort of thing. I am so used to having everything I need on hand, I had to figure a way to make being prepared for these days easier......in other words...get organized.  I almost always seem to forget something I might need, so I decided to create this organizer that can not only hold my various sewing tools, but extras like drawing supplies, freezer paper, fusibles, stabilizers, threads and well.......... you get the idea.
I recently showed you a piece of twill fabric that I over-dyed, that cotton twill was perfect for this project.

I started by marking cutting lines on some clear vinyl......and made binding pieces for the cut edges where I would then be adding zippers

The "pages" were made by fmq stitching the twill to batting, laying the zipper pocketed vinyl on top, stitching all around the edges and then putting two of the pages back to back.

I stitched a fabric "spine" to the pages to allow extra room, this way the pages can expand as supplies begin to fill the pockets.

Using a very stiff interfacing (a Timtex type product) I created the cover, added vinyl pockets on the inside of the cover (to hold more treasure) and used webbing for handles.  The pages were then stitched into the cover......and now I have everything I need in one place, easy to transport and with lots of room for more stuff.

closed organizer measures 18" x 15"

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