I made a pencil case!

I think it turned out rather well.

A couple of weeks ago I wanted another pencil case to cary writing utensils and whatnot around in my purse. It's a large-ish purse, and things can get lost in it. It is also an awesome purse, and I don't want it getting marked up by my pens and pencils and whatnot. Hence, the search for a new pencil case began! 

Here is my rubric for grading potential cases:

Size: small case > large case

Shape: square = round > flat

Pattern: cute > ugly

My etsy search helped me figure out exactly what I wanted. 

These two cases earned the highest grades:

I found great tutorials for both of these designs too!

The boxy pencil case tutorial can be found here and the round pencil case tutorial is here. 

I ended up going with the boxy design because it required less detail work (I am new at this, after all) and required buying one thing less. So I picked out my fabrics last night while I was sorting everything and putting together my scrap packs.

All in all, it took me about an hour and a half to make from start to finish.  I got to work with interfacing for the first time, I learned what a zipper foot for a sewing machine is, and I successfully slip stitched! Except for one flaw, it turned out just the way it was supposed to.

the right end

the wrong end

Oops.