Pencil case with 24 pockets for 24 colour pencils. Use each pocket for a different colour and find the right colour quickly!
Materials
24 strips of fabric measuring 1 1/12 x 11 inches
24′ x 7′ for the pocket, folded in half
24′ x 11′ for the back
24′ x 11′ one sided fusible interface or flannel
Stitch strips together and iron resulting rectangle with seams open.
Fuse to the fusible interface.
Fold pocket fabric in half and stitch the top at 1/4′ from the top.
Elastic band
Button
Place backing and stripped and pocket side facing together.
Place elastic band on one side with hoop facing inside.
Pin and stitch leaving a 1/4 seam allowance and leaving an opening in one side of about 8-10 cms.
Turn inside out and iron flat. Top stitch around the rectangle very close to the edge.
Make pockets for each pencil following the strips and stitching up and down in a continuous fashion.
Sew a button on the back, close to the elastic band.
This tutorial is based on ideas and instructions collected from these sites:
- Nested – very detailed tutorial
- Pink chalk studio
- Skip To My Lou
Tutorial in French: Housse à crayons
Sewn Up 
So cool!!! The OCD side of my personality loves that the color of the pocket coordinates with the color of the pencil! I posted a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-rainbow-pencil-roll/2009/06/20/
–Anne
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I think finding the right pencil colour in my daughter’s pencil case was the most difficult thing in the project! Thanks for the link.
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Hello!
I really like your how to. I was wondering if I could translate it in French and add it to my list of how to as explained in my french post (http://www.petitcitron.com/index.php/form_howto.html)
Of course, your website would be quoted and there would be a link!
Thank you,
Perrine
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Thanks for a great tutorial check out therainbow roll that i made for my daughter 🙂
http://sewchicandunique.com/2009/09/for-the-girl-who-loves-red/
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