Sew Easy: DIY Sewn Leather Pouches (3 Ways)
These leather pouches are a super easy sewing DIY that can be used for makeup, cash, business cards, etc - throw them in your purse when you're out and about or your carryon when you're traveling. You can use these little guys for almost anything and they're super durable too.
Yield: 3 pouches
Cost: $14
Equipment
- leather hole punch
- Scissors
- ruler or measuring tape
Materials
- light to medium weight leather or faux leather
- cord leather, suede or cotton
- gold button and screw back
Instructions
- Cut the full rectangular piece needed to get started. Mine measured 10 inches by 11 inches.
- (optional) If desired, to make it look like the one in the photo, you can cut a long notch on each of the two long ends, leaving about an inch on each side. This would cut slightly into the dimensions provided in the first step. See photo for an example of how each pouch was cut from one piece of leather.
- Then sew a decorative stitch around the two ends that you'd potentially be notching, with the sewing machine.
- Next, fold the two ends in toward the center that you just stitched and sew the ends down on each side. Backstitch at the beginning and end.
- Flip over and stitch a long cord onto the back middle at one end. The cord I used was 36 inches long so that I could wrap it around the pouch a bunch of times, if desired. Wrap around the closed pouch once filled with makeup brushes, etc. Done!
Notes
Instructions above are for one of the three pouch shapes. For instructions on the other two leather pouches, refer to the blog post on Paper and Stitch.