Create a beautiful, soft roll-up pouch using felt, silk, and simple hand-sewing techniques. We'll explore working with naturally dyed fabrics, celebrating the subtle, organic colours that nature provides. Perfect for storing sewing supplies, jewellery, or special treasures, your pouch will feature a gusset for extra space and structure. You'll work intuitively with textures, colours, and stitches to make a one-of-a-kind piece. This is a relaxing, creative project suitable for all skill levels — a perfect way to slow down, connect with natural materials, and craft something both beautiful and useful.

 Materials

Fabric and notions:

• A piece of undyed wool felt, measuring at least 50cm x 13cm / 20” x 5.5”
• Fabric scraps that will measure total same size as the wool feft, or one whole piece
• Thin quilt batting or soft flannelette for the lining
• Threads – I’ve used a variety of Sashiko threads, but you can use embroidery thread / floss or thick crochet cotton
• Needle to match your thread – we will be doing blanket stitch, so consider using a shorter needle
• Fabric marker
• Pins
• Fabric and embroidery scissors
• Printer paper to make your template and a pencil
• A dinner plate
• A glue stick (optional)
• Lengths of fabric to make string, or some ribbon or twine approx. 50cm / 20”

If you’d like to dye your fabric, then you might need:

• A dye pot
• A mordant if you’re using a cellulous fabric. The wool felt and silk will probably not need a mordant; but please do what you already know to do
• Gloves, tongs, large spoons
• Dye stuffs – I have used eucalyptus leaves, coreopsis flowers, and cochineal powder. You could also try onion skins, marigolds, maple leaves, for easy and quick outcomes. But the beauty of this project is that you can experiment or dye exactly how you want

*Please note that these dye supplies are provided with the understanding that you practice safe processes. Only dye in a well-ventilated area, never use any equipment for your dyeing that you also use for cooking. Make sure that you know any toxicity levels of the plants or watch for any allergies you might have.

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