Quilted boxed pouches tutorial - adjusted for sewing with directional prints

If you’ve ever made a zippered boxed pouch and ended up with your cute directional fabric turned sideways (or upside down… oops), this one’s for you!

I’ve updated my go-to pouch tutorial with a smart little fix: free downloadable template that helps you easily work with directional prints—no more guessing or flipping pieces around. Whether you're making one for yourself, as a gift, or to use up those irresistible fabric scraps, this version keeps things tidy, professional-looking, and beginner-friendly.

You can watch my video on You tube with a process—from cutting the fabric to sewing the boxed corners—so you can make these pouches with confidence (and style). 

The only difference is in size (the non directional one-like this above ditsy floral burgundy one is a bit larger and the main fabric was all one piece and that I didn't cut the corners immediately.

Also, in THIS post you can find more info about embellishing the fabrics and pouch with ribbon details.

As Adventale fabric collection has a lot of cute panels that can be very inspiring and unique for gift-giving projects and has that Alphabet panel  that can be such a beautiful way to turn initials into stitched art. 

*discard the numbers on this first paper template-that was a first test, so it's not perfect and was improved

I started with cutting the letters M and R in 7.5" squares. I added 7.5" x 3.5" rectangles in Twinkle Little Stars Sky fabric on both sides and sew them together. 

Then I added 1.5" x 14" rectangles in Jolly Ribbons Festive fabric at the top, where the zipper will be sewn to both rectangles and there should be added another 2" x 14" rectangles of another fabric for the bottom ( I added that small ditsy floral from my Plentiful collection).

Here are quilted and sewn together both sides. My lining is Twinkle Little Stars in Ruby.

I also did the other pouch but all in one fabric, using another fun letter print from the collection called Letters to Santa.

I hope that this was helpful, but I am sure that watching the video will make the process even easier.

I can't wait to find time to make another video in horizontal format!  Hopefully soon.

Happy sewing,

Katarina

If you’ve ever made a zippered boxed pouch and ended up with your cute directional fabric turned sideways (or upside down… oops), this one’s for you!

I’ve updated my go-to pouch tutorial with a smart little fix: free downloadable template that helps you easily work with directional prints—no more guessing or flipping pieces around. Whether you're making one for yourself, as a gift, or to use up those irresistible fabric scraps, this version keeps things tidy, professional-looking, and beginner-friendly.

You can watch my video on You tube with a process—from cutting the fabric to sewing the boxed corners—so you can make these pouches with confidence (and style). 

The only difference is in size (the non directional one-like this above ditsy floral burgundy one is a bit larger and the main fabric was all one piece and that I didn't cut the corners immediately.

Also, in THIS post you can find more info about embellishing the fabrics and pouch with ribbon details.

As Adventale fabric collection has a lot of cute panels that can be very inspiring and unique for gift-giving projects and has that Alphabet panel  that can be such a beautiful way to turn initials into stitched art. 

*discard the numbers on this first paper template-that was a first test, so it's not perfect and was improved

I started with cutting the letters M and R in 7.5" squares. I added 7.5" x 3.5" rectangles in Twinkle Little Stars Sky fabric on both sides and sew them together. 

Then I added 1.5" x 14" rectangles in Jolly Ribbons Festive fabric at the top, where the zipper will be sewn to both rectangles and there should be added another 2" x 14" rectangles of another fabric for the bottom ( I added that small ditsy floral from my Plentiful collection).

Here are quilted and sewn together both sides. My lining is Twinkle Little Stars in Ruby.

I also did the other pouch but all in one fabric, using another fun letter print from the collection called Letters to Santa.

I hope that this was helpful, but I am sure that watching the video will make the process even easier.

I can't wait to find time to make another video in horizontal format!  Hopefully soon.

Happy sewing,

Katarina