Hodgepodge Patchwork -- Cell Phone Purses

This Winter for Project Quilting I created a table topper for my dinning room table made from only 2 colors. I made it look like a gum wrapper chain.  I had some extra scraps and I pieced them together. I quilted it at the same time that I quilted the table topper.

I had no idea what I would make with it.  It was too small for a place mat.  It could be used as a rectangular hot pad.

  
It measured 10 inches wide by 13 inches long. Well, last week I taught a tote bag class in my home. I got out all my quilted pieces.  I needed to demonstrate how I add the binding on the sides.  If I cut it in half.  5 inches by 13 inches long, I could make a cell phone purse or two!

5 inches wide fit nicely around my phone. I wanted a flap on the top of it.  I will share the free instructions for the cell phone purse at the end of this post.  For this purse, I added the flap and velcro. If you sew, I think you can see from the photos, how I bound the flap and attached the velcro. But the free instructions will help you with the binding and the strap.  See this photo for the flap and the strap attachment.

See how the flap securely folds over to hold in the cell phone.

It is easy to open and pull out also.

The back of my cell phone purse.

I made the strap long enough to go over my head and arm for traveling or for just wearing it as a large quilted necklace.

Yes, I made two!

The back sides of the purses.

Free instructions for making a cell phone purse - Click Here.

Post about the Gum Wrapper Table Topper - Click Here. More free instructions.

Post about the Quilted Tote Bag -- Click Here.

Available in a PDF Downloadable Pattern on Craftsy.com

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In this post, I share free instructions and on how to turn a small quilt into a quilted tote bag. Lots of photos!

Enjoy your day!
Marcia

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Do You Need Help with Nomophobia?

This will help you to NOT have Nomophobia!

Nomophobia as defined by Wikipedia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The term, an abbreviation for "no-mobile-phone phobia", Read the rest of the definition at Wikipedia.

Make this little cell phone necklace and keep your phone with you at all times!

Tutorial today is mostly photos with just a few words.

Size of quilted fabric - 1/2 inch wider than your cell phone and twice the length of your phone.

Binding strips - 3" wide X approximately 55". Press it and fold in half. Straight grain cut with straight seams.

3/8" seam allowances when attaching the binding.

Embroidery stitch each end of the quilted fabric piece.

Fold in half with pretty sides out. Stitched closed on both sides.  Leave open at the top.

Attached the binding to form the necklace strap for your pocket purse. Seam allowance 3/8". Leave about 1 inch extending.

Measure at least 35 inches from the edge of the purse to the other edge of the purse. You could hold or pin it so that you can measure around your neck for the length that is correct for you.

Stitch the other side as shown in the photo leaving about 1 inch extending at the bottom of the pocket purse on both ends.

Press the edges of the necklace part as shown in the photo about 3/8" turned under.

I took photos of this part of project on how to finish the ends using white binding, so you can see it clearly. 

First fold down as shown in the photo below. I pin it down to hold it tight until I can stitch.

Stitch to hold it in place.

Then fold the binding and bring it around to the front side of the purse.

Stitch as shown in the next two photos below to tack or hold the binding in place.

Then sew the embroidery stitching to seal the binding, starting at the stitch tacked end on the bottom corner of the purse.  Then stitch up to the necklace part of the binding and embroidery stitch on the necklace binding. Then back down the other side to the bottom of the purse.

Bring the binding around to the front and embroidery stitch it to finish it and stitch with the embroidery stitching all the way out to the necklace part.

Now you will never be without your cell phone!

Enjoy!

Marcia

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