✨The Extra Pocket sewing pattern!✨
Ever feel like you don't have enough pockets?! Not enough places to put your doodads when you need your hands free? Make an extra pocket to wear with any outfit, and free up your hands for more important tasks like combing your grandpa's beard hair or walking with your gerbil on the beach at sunset. Make them in multiples, gift them to friends, and play around with infinite possibilities for embroidery designs!
 
✂️ This is a great scrap-buster project! 
 
🦋 The Pocket design:
Inner pockets nestled inside to hold pens, credit cards, and cash securely
Adjustable button closure, to wear high on the waist or low on the hips
Customizable to your personal waist size
Cozy, soft, flat, and washable (no harsh zippers or buckles)
Perfect size for phone, keys, wallet, and even a small water bottle
Quick to sew

👖Fabric recommendation: 
Woven, non-stretch (check out my plant-dyed linens!) + lightweight fusible interfacing.
Pre-wash and dry your fabric using the same care instructions/ machine settings that you will follow for the finished pocket. 
 
🔽In your instant download, you'll get: 
PDF sewing pattern optimized and adjustable for any waist size
Illustrated (printer-friendly) instructions for every style variation, written with the beginner in mind
Video tutorial detailing every step
Tutorials for applique and embroidery designs (+ bonus ideas!)
 
📏Digital File Print Sizes: 
US Letter (8.5 x 11 inches)
A4 (21 x 29.7 cm)
A0 (33.1 x 46.8 inches)
 
📐Sizing:
The waistband is the only pattern piece affected by your body size. This piece is just a rectangle and will be self-drafted by hand (don't worry, it's easy!). Instructions provided. 
 
🪡Required Supplies:
All versions (plain and embroidered)
Outer fabric
Lining fabric
Fusible interfacing (I use Pellon 911FF Fusible Featherweight 20" Interfacing White)
Matching double-fold bias tape (store-bought or DIY with matching outer fabric)
4 Buttons (I use 7/8" or 1" diameter)
Scissors, pins, ruler
Sewing machine
Hand-sewing needle

Applique and embroidery (optional):
Embroidery thread (I use DMC 4000 (2403057))
Moon fabric 1 (white color)
Moon fabric 2 (grey color)
Cardstock or cereal-box type of cardboard

😎 Sewing Skill Level:
Plain pocket: Beginner
Applique and embroidery: Intermediate
 
🗣️Instructional Language:
English
 
📸 Pleeeease share your new creations with me via email or Instagram! I can't wait to see what you make! @Charli.e.Darwin #ThePocket
 
🗝️ This design is based on historical European pockets of the 17-19th centuries. 
Historically, pockets are a symbol of one's access to economic trade, privacy, craftsmanship, and style; they are a place to hide stolen and secret items, to transport currencies and love notes. The pocket has been handmade, secondhand, it has been borrowed and gifted. Throughout history, the pocket has been placed under petticoats, sewn into pants, placed on a rope around the shoulder, and sometimes nested within, as a secret heartbeat inside of an even larger pocket. To learn more about the history of pockets like these, I recommend the book The Pocket - by Barbara Burman & Ariane Fennetaux. 
 
I do not accept returns on digital products, but please reach out if you have any questions or concerns! CharlieDarwinCo@gmail.com
 
Copyright and Terms of Use: This pattern is for personal use only. You may not share or sell the digital pattern, and you may not sell the finished product that is sewn from this pattern.