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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.

Little Leather Gem Pouch

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For a while now, I’ve been wanting to try out a project combining leather and crochet. And here is my first experiment. I shared this little pouch over at Eighteen25 a couple of weeks ago, and I’m pretty happy with how it came out. I’m sure there will be many more leather experiments in the future.
To make this little pouch you will need:
  • leather scraps
  • cotton crochet thread (I used size 3)
  • a small crochet hook (I used 1.3 mm)
  • needle
  • mini leather punch and hammer
  • button
I started off by using a straightedge to sketch out my gem shape. I ended up with six pattern pieces – three on top and three on bottom.
I didn’t want to leave pin holes in my leather, so I used washi tape to keep the pattern pieces in place while I cut.
When I had my six little pieces cut out, it was time to piece them together. The plan here is to piece the top three together and the bottom three together, and then have the pouch open between the top and bottom halves.
Using the crochet thread and needle, I started off by working a blanket stitch around each of the two middle pieces (remember, blanket stitch is worked left to right!). I did not want any stitching around the outside of the gem because that is where the front of the pouch would be connected to the back.
To attach the side pieces to the middle piece, I worked used a blanket stitch worked through the blanket stitch on the middle piece. You can see what I mean in the picture below.
I pulled the needle up through the blanket stitch on the other piece before working the next stitch. It think it ended up going a little Frankenstein, but it did the job and pretty soon my top three pieces and my bottom three pieces were stitched together! Yay!
It was time to cut out a piece of leather for the back. I used my stitched together front pieces as a template to make sure the front and back matched up.
Next it was time to give my new leather punch a try! Punching holes around the outside of the punch allowed me to crochet the front and back together. Using the punch, a hammer, and a cutting mat, I spaced my punches about a quarter of an inch apart.
The bottom of the pouch was a bit tricky because with the small tips, there wasn’t any place to punch holes. My solution was to punch through the back piece only with the plan being to work the crochet stitches through the blanket stitches between the front panels.
When I had punched holes all the way around the pouch, I grabbed my crochet hook to finish up this little pouch. I started crocheting on the bottom of the top half of the front. I worked about two single crochet stitches in each of the blanket stitches I had previously worked along that edge.
When I got to the middle of this top panel, I worked 20 chain stitches and then continued working single crochet all the way across. This created the button loop to close the pouch.
When I reached the end of the top panel, I just kept crocheting around the pouch, but now I worked my single crochet stitches through the holes I punched around the edges. I worked three single crochet stitches into each hole, except for holes on the corners, which got five.
Pretty soon I was done crocheting, and all that was left to do was sew a button onto the front of the pouch. And… Voila!

 

It’s a perfect little pouch for coins, lip balm, or any other small little treasures that need a special place to hang out.

 

April 10, 2014 12:00 pm Alexis Middleton Filed Under: Crochet

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  1. anu says

    April 10, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    This is so cute! Love the crochet detail!

  2. Onellyantie Chuah says

    April 11, 2014 at 8:17 am

    I've always felt leather is a manly material, adding the crochet gives it a sweet fix! 😉

  3. Amy @ Homey Oh My! says

    April 11, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    So adorable and unique. Feeling so inspired to do something with leather! Looks so good combined with crochet.

  4. Amy W says

    April 14, 2014 at 3:19 am

    Honestly. Your crochet skills are amazing!

  5. Corey W. says

    April 21, 2014 at 5:24 pm

    Love this idea and your new blog look is amazing!!! <br />

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