Taking your beads and baubles on vacation can result in a tangled mess by the time you unpack – but you can avoid most or all of the hassle by planning ahead. This jewelry pouch, with eight wedge-shaped pockets, is perfect for holding necklaces, earrings, bracelets and probably more. The pouch gathers up tightly, protecting your jewelry from most, maybe all, miscellaneous mixing and matching.

Pattern:

You need three different size circles. The size of the large circle will determine the finished size of your pouch. An example set of ready-made circles is listed below:

– A dinner plate for the large circle – approximately 12 inches
– A lid from a saucepan for the medium circle – approximately 9 inches
– A glass for the small circle – approximately 3 inches

Supplies:

½ yard each of two print fabrics
Seam gauge
Fabric marker or tailor’s chalk
small piece of batting
1 ½ yards of drawstring cording or ribbon

Cut two large circles – one circle from each print fabric.

Cut two medium circles – one circle from each print fabric.

Cut one small circle from batting.

All the cut materials.

Directions:

1.  Make a small (about 3/8 inch) buttonhole on the right-side of the large exterior circle fabric. The distance between the end of the buttonhole closest  to the raw edge of the circle and the raw edge should be approximately 1 1/2”.

2.  Center the small circle of batting on the wrong-side of a medium circle.

3. Machine baste around the batting as close to the edge as possible.
4. Pin the two large circles right-sides together. Pin the two medium circles right-sides together.

5. Using a 1/4” seam allowance, stitch each circle-pair together, leaving a 1 inch opening for turning.

6. Trim around circles with pinking shears OR make small clips about every inch around the seam allowances of each sewn circle. Be careful not to cut into the seam stitching.

7. Turn each circle-pair right side out through the opening. Use a chopstick or a long blunt end tool to help round out the circles.

8. Fold in the raw edges so they are flush with the sewn seam and press all around.

9. Edge stitch around each circle-pair.
10. Divide the medium circle into eighths and mark stitching lines with fabric marker from the basting stitch circle to the outer edge of the circle-pair.

11. Place the large circle-pair exterior-side down (buttonhole side down) on work surface. Center the medium circle-pair, stitch line markings up, on the large circle-pair. Pin in place.

12. Stitch the two circle-pairs together following the batting basting circle.

13. Stitch on the marked eighth lines, starting from the batting circle stitch line and working to the outside edge of the medium circle-pair.

Drawstring Casing:

1. Create two circular lines of stitching, one on each side of the buttonhole, for the drawstring casing. With the medium circle-pair up, start sewing the inner casing stitch at the inner end of the buttonhole, using the medium circle-pair edge as a guide. Do not catch the edge. Sew all the way around. Sew the outer casing stitch, starting at the outer end of the buttonhole, and maintaining the spacing from the inner casing stitch. Sew all the way around.

2. Use a safety pin to pull the cord or ribbon through the casing.

The completed project should look something like this: