Fabric Sunglasses Case

The summer is a great time for free easy sewing projects...and what better way to get your summer crafting started than with this Fabric Sunglasses Case from Lelanie Denso?  You'll be sporting styling sunglasses even when you're not wearing them!

Materials:

• Fabric (for inside and outside)
• Iron-on interfacing
• Lace
• Faux pearl bead
• Scissors
• Sewing machine and supplies
   

Instructions:

1. First and foremost, iron-on your interfacing on the wrong side of all of your fabric.
   
   
2. Take a round item (I used a roll of packaging tape) and trace onto one of the edges of your fabric pieces.
   
   
    
3. Following your traced round edge and cut it carefully with a pair of scissors.
   
   
    
4. Get your outer fabric and sew on the lace.
   
   
    
5. With the remaining lace, you can create a flower by creating pleats and had handsewing it on the fabric and adding a faux pearl bead on top.
   
   
    
6. Place your fabrics right sides together (so the interfaced sides will be facing you). Sew them together with straight stitches leaving an area unsewn (2") so you can turn your piece later.
   
   
    
7. Cut the tip of the these edges.
   
   
    
8. Clip the rounded edges.
   
   
    
9. Carefully, turn it inside out.
   
   
    
10. Mark until where you would be sewing it close.
    
    
     
11. Topstitch the top of your sleeve (with the rounded sides) but only until 1" after the blue mark.
    
    
     
12. Fold in half, inner fabric facing you, and sew two straight stitches with backtracks only to close the side.
    
    
     
13. Lift your foot with the needle down and turn your fabric until your fabric's side is parallel to the length of your presser foot.
    
    
     
14. Sew all the way down.
    
    
     
15. And the bottom.
    
    
     
16. Turn it inside out and you now have your sunglasses or eyeglasses sleeve!