Eye Glass Case Tutorial

Materials:

2 pieces of coordinating fabric measuring 8"x9"

1 piece of thin  quilt batting measuring 8"x9"

Thread

pattern for sewing glass case can be printed off from the following link:

http://sewing.about.com/library/glasscaseattern.pdf

First, decide which piece of fabric that you want on the outside of the case, and which you would like for the inside.  Here's what I chose for the sake of this tutorial:

Cut the outside fabric and the batting with the pattern, then flip the pattern backwards to cut the inside fabric so that it will match the outside fabric when right sides are pressed together.

As you can see, my batting is very lightweight.  Thin felt works nicely as well.

Here are all three of my fabric pieces.

Here they are in relation to the pattern.  Note that the pink fabric has the curved edge facing the opposite direction.

Next, layer the pieces in the following order:

Bottom: batting

Middle: Top fabric with right side facing up

Top: Inside fabric with right side facing down.

(Hint: the two fabrics should be right sides together on top of batting.)

Using the edge of the presser foot as your guide, sew up the side, around the top curve, and down the other side of the three sandwiched layers.  LEAVE THE BOTTOM OPEN.

 After sewing the layers, trim the fabric close to the seam.

OK, here's where it gets tricky. Take the corner with the rounded edge(right side), and push the seam in so that it meets up with the seam on the left side which has the squared edge.

When the two seams are pushed together, it will form a tube with your inside fabric.  Make sure that the fabrics line up closely and as straight as possible all the way up the left hand seam.  You may want to pin it in place.

Here's what it will look like when it's in place. Now lay the tube flat so that it looks like the picture below.

Sew a seam all the way up the left side.  It will be close to the original seam.  Make sure your seam catches the fabric that you tucked in.

Next, you are going to open the tube of inside fabric, and flip the case so that the inside fabric is now showing on the outside.

Here's my tube, and I'm going to push my material through when I flip it.

Now, my glasses case is inside out, as shown in the picture below.

Notice that the bottom is open.  Sew a seam across the bottom.  I sewed two seams close together for good measure. :)  Next, trim the fabric close to the seam.

Now flip your eye glass case right side out, and you are finished!

 This is a quick and easy project that can be completed in under 30 minutes!

 Happy Sewing!