PIPA THE POUCH
A PDF Sewing Pattern
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PIPA THE POUCH
SEWING PATTERNS BY MASIN
DESCRIPTION
Pipa the Pouch is a little quilted pouch with a long rounded zipper allowing the pouch to
open nice and wide. The pattern comes in two sizes; Small Pipa and Tall Pipa. Pipa the Pouch
is made to carry your on-the-go makeup, tampons, pens, coins and all those little things that
shouldn’t end up at the bottom of your bag. Pipa the Pouch is my first sewing pattern that I
have created and I loved making it. I hope that you enjoy the process of sewing it just as much
as carrying it in your bag.
FABRIC
Pipa the Pouch will look pretty in any woven, non-stretch fabric. My favorite Pipa is made with
linen fabric, heavy weight fusible interfacing, and a light weight cotton fabric with flower print
for the lining.
PRINTING AND CUTTING THE PATTERN
• Make sure that your printer scaling is turned off and is set to print at 100%
• Measure the 3x3 cm / 1.2x1.2 inches test square to make sure the printing size is accurate
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WHAT YOU’LL NEED
MATERIAL PIPA THE POUCH TALL PIPA THE POUCH SMALL
Main fabric 40x40 cm / 15x15 inches 30x30 cm / 12x12 inches
Fusible unterfacing 40x40 cm / 15x15 inches 30x30 cm / 12x12 inches
Lining fabric 40x40 cm / 15x15 inches 30x30 cm / 12x12 inches
Zipper min. 42 cm / 16.5 inches min. 25 cm / 10 inches
• Thread in a similar colour to your main fabric
• Sewing pins
• Scissors
• Sewing machine
BEFORE YOU START
• Be sure to wash and dry all your fabric before cutting to avoid shrinking your final pouch
• Seam allowances included are 1 cm / 3/8 inch unless otherwise stated in the instructions
DEFINITIONS
• Basting: A long, temporary stitch used to hold pieces of fabric in place until the final stitch-
ing is done
• Topstitching: A line of stitching close to the edge designed to be seen from the outside of
the garment, either decorative or functional
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Test Square
3 x 3 cm
1.2 x 1.2 inches
grain line
cut
SEWING PATTERN BY MASIN
PIPA THE POUCH (TALL)
1x interfacing
1x lining
1x fabric
place on fold
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PIPA THE POUCH (SMALL)
SEWING PATTERN BY MASIN
grain line
cut 1x fabric
1x lining
1x interfacing
place on fold
Here is how I quilt mine: Fold your main
INSTRUCTIONS fabric and interfacing in half lenghtwise and
mark the center line on your fabric. Sew a
straight line along the marked line. Then,
move your sewing needle to the left (most
sewing machines have this as the “B” set-
Main fabric ting). Sew presser foot wide along your first
line of stitching. Repeat along the length of
your fabric until quilted like shown in the il-
Fusible interfacing fabric lustration below. After you finish, reset your
presser foot to the center.
(Stitching will not be shown on the follow-
Lining fabric ing illustrations.)
1. CUTTING
Cut out the pattern on your main fabric,
your interfacing fabric and your lining fabric.
Iron the fusible interfacing to the wrong side
of the main fabric.
3. ZIPPER
Clip into your zipper every 2.5 cm / 1 inch
from both sides. Make sure to only cut 5-6
mm / 1/4 inch into the sides of the zipper and
not further.
2. QUILTING
Quilt your main fabric and the interfacing in
your desired way with the right side of the
main fabric facing you as you sew. I normally
go for straight lines.
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4. BASTING
Open up the zipper and pin it around the
curved edge of your main fabric, right side
of the fabric and right side of the zipper
facing each other. Make sure that the zipper
teeth are facing inwards and the zipper pull
is facing towards the main fabric.
Baste stitch the zipper to the fabric within
the 1 cm / 3/8 inch seam allowance either by
hand or very slowly with the longest straight
stitch on your sewing machine.
6. SEWING
Once everything is neatly basted, you can
finally sew all the layers together. Sew as
close to the zipper teeth as possible, using
a zipper foot or simply moving your needle
to the left before you start sewing (on most
sewing machine this is setting “B”). Try to
feel where the zipper teeth are through the
fabric as you sew. Finish the seams using an
overlocker or a zigzag stitch.
7. TOPSTITCHING
Turn it inside out and iron it flat. Topstitch
close to the edge with the main fabric facing
you whilst you sew through all the layers.
5. LINING
Place the lining fabric on top of the main
fabric and the zipper, right side of the lin-
ing fabric facing the right side of the main
fabric. The zipper is now sandwiching in
between the lining and the main fabric. Pin
along the curved edge. Hand or machine
baste stitch all the layers together within
the 1 cm / 3/8 inch seam allowance.
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Pin everything in place and mark a straight
line with a fabric pen as a sewing guide 1
8. LOOPS cm / 3/8 inch away from the raw edge. Re-
peat on the other side of the pouch.
Take your main fabric and cut out two Sew over the opening (you might want
8x8 cm / 3.2x3.2 inches squares for the to carefully sew backwards and forwards
tall pouch or two 6x6 cm / 2.3x2.3 inch- over the zipper, perhaps twice just to re-
es squares for the small pouch. Fold the ally secure it). Trim back the fabric and the
squares in half with the right sides facing overlapping zipper. Finish both seams with a
each other and press flat. Sew along the zigzag or by sewing a piece of binding over
edge with a 1 cm / 3/8 inch seam allowance. the raw edge.
Trim back seam allowance and finish raw
edge. Turn inside out. Fold the tubes in half
and press with a hot iron.
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3.
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Place the loops on the main fabric as illus-
trated below. Baste stitch within the seam
allowance. 10. FINISHING
Turn your Pipa inside out and fill her with
whatever you wish. Take a photo of your
brand new Pipa the Pouch, share it on insta-
gram with the hashtag #pipathepouch and
tag me (@[Link]) in the photo so I
can see your pretty Pipa.
9. CLOSING
Close the zipper halfway with the lining fab-
ric facing out. On one side of the pouch the
zipper is closed and on the other side the
zipper is open. This is to ensure you can turn THANK YOU!
around the pouch after sewing.
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