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Tiny S-O cospod in Nordic Noel stripe

 by Linda Theil

Spencer-Ogg cospod front

I reduced the Spencer-Ogg "Cosmetics Pod" pattern to 85-percent so that the fancy stripe from the Jim Shorr "Nordic Noel" collection for Benartex would fit nicely into the one-piece-pattern design. 

By laying out the pattern carefully between the stripes, the fancy figures in the stripe fall neatly across the back of the little pouch. You have to layout the pattern so that the featured stripe is upright across the large section of the pattern. Everything in that section will be the back of the pouch; everything below the large section will become the front of the pouch, everything above will become the top of the front. Please see the photo below that shows the correct placement of the pattern on the "Nordic Noel" stripe.


Fortunately, the bottom section of this "Nordic Noel" stripe is non-directional -- except for the little birds, that are hidden on the bottom of the bag. If the rest of the stripe was one-directional, we would have to seam the pattern piece so it would be right-side-up on the front. For a detailed explanation of this seaming process, please see the "Holiday Gift Pod" post in the AppletonDance weblog. Laying out the pattern in the fashion shown above on the "Nordic Noel" stripe results in a pretty design on the front of the bag, and a fancy stripe showing Jim Shorr's signature figures upright across the back of the pouch.

Here is the back of the S-O "Cospod" featuring the "Nordic Noel" stripe.

The finished pouch measures six-inches-wide, by four-inches-high, by two-inches deep at the base. The bag requires iron-on interfacing, a 10-inch number-five zipper, and a three-inch piece of grosgrain ribbon for two pull-loops.

Resources

"Spencer Ogg Cosmetics Pod" Appleton Dance web-log post at http://appletondance.blogspot.com/2020/09/spencer-ogg-cosmetics-pod.html#.X9d5zkJKjGY

"Easy Zippered Box Pouch" video tutorial by Diane Spencer Ogg at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_HE3X43ws

Spencer Ogg free pattern for Cosmetic Pod at https://www.spencerogg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cosmetic-Pod.pdf

"Free sewing pattern -- cosmetic pods" Spencer Ogg blog post at https://www.spencerogg.com/free-sewing-pattern-cosmetic-pods/

Jim Shorr's "Nordic Noel" for Benartex, https://benartex.com/fabric-gallery/?search_term=nordic+noel

Comments

Cathy said…
Beautiful, as always, and such a detailed explanation! So Linda Lee!
12/09/2022
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