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Sew a confetti pouch: Colorful and wipeable!

12.01.2020 by Sabine Schmidt

Konfetti-Tasche nähen: Kunterbunt und abwaschbar!

Sew a confetti pouch: With my instructions and free sewing pattern, you can sew yourself a practical vinyl pouch filled with fabric confetti.

Ever since I first saw them in the vastness of the internet, I’ve wanted to sew myself a confetti pouch!

And now, the time has finally come! While we were at it, we also quickly made a sewing pattern for this lovely cosmetic bag, so that you can easily sew one yourself.

Sew a confetti pouch

Practical & beautiful: Scrap pouch with a vinyl cover

What’s special about the confetti pouch? It is reinforced with vinyl film! This makes it easy to wipe clean and wonderfully sturdy. Between the outer fabric and the vinyl, small fabric scraps, a bit of glitter, and a few little stars are scattered, creating visual highlights.

The bag is constructed in a similar way to my cute pouch with glitter and fabric print.

I had a large piece of clear film leftover from my vinyl bags, and this was a wonderful way to use it up.

As a bonus, you can also use up your beautiful, solid-colored fabric scraps for this bag.

The seam that connects the vinyl and the outer fabric keeps the fabric confetti in place, while also adding a lovely texture and a fantastic look!

For the outer fabric, you should choose a woven fabric that isn't too heavy. I picked one of my favorite fabrics for this: a nice, simple chambray linen fabric*.

Sew a confetti pouch

You will need these materials for the confetti pouch

You can use our sewing pattern or simply cut rectangles measuring 20 x 25 cm.

Note: If you would like to use this or other sewing patterns for commercial purposes, you are welcome to do so at any time. You just need a license, which you can easily download from my shop.

So, how do you like my sewn confetti pouch?

I like it so much that I've already firmly decided not to give it away as a gift.

I’d better sew a few extra confetti pouches right away! ;)

Happy simple sewing,

your Sabine

Sew a confetti pouch

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Step-by-step instructions

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Sew a confetti bag

With this tutorial you'll sew a handy vinyl bag with fabric confetti between the outer fabric and the vinyl. The vinyl layer makes it wipeable and sturdy — perfect as a cosmetic bag.

  1. Step

    Cut the fabric

    Use the walking foot of your machine when sewing, because the vinyl sticks strongly to the presser foot and the fabric won't feed evenly otherwise. A Teflon foot also works very well as an alternative.

    Layer the wadding, cotton fabric and vinyl and use the pattern to cut out two three-layer pattern pieces.

    Tip: only cut out the bottom corners after filling and quilting.

    Cut the fabric
  2. Step

    Prepare the fabric confetti

    Cut scraps of yarn-dyed fabric into small snippets with the rotary cutter. These will be your "confetti".

    Prepare the fabric confetti
  3. Step

    Fill the pattern pieces with confetti

    Close the cut pieces on three sides within the seam allowance using pins or fabric clips.

    Fill the pattern pieces generously with the fabric snippets, adding a little glitter or sprinkles if you like.

    Fill the pattern pieces with confetti
  4. Step

    Topstitch the outside

    Topstitch the filled pattern pieces in a pattern of your choice. Lines or waves are easy, but you can also go for a spiral.

    Take your time with this seam. Stop every now and then, turn the fabric a little and then carry on sewing. The width of the presser foot works well as spacing.

    Topstitch the outside
  5. Step

    Secure the sides

    Once the outside is fully quilted, close the sides within the seam allowance with a longer straight stitch so that no snippets can fall out.

    Secure the sides
  6. Step

    Cut out the bottom corners

    Now use the pattern to cut out the bottom corners (3 x 3 cm).

    Cut out the bottom corners
  7. Step

    Prepare the zipper

    Shorten the zipper so that it is about 1.5 cm shorter than the upper edge on each side.

    Finish the zipper ends with bias binding.

    Pin the zipper right sides together, centred on the first outer piece, and sew it on with a straight stitch.

    Prepare the zipper
  8. Step

    Sew the lining to the zipper

    Sew the first lining piece right side to wrong side to the zipper, sewing from fabric edge to fabric edge.

    Sew on the second side of the zipper in the same way.

    Then edgestitch along the zipper from the right side, sewing only from bias binding to bias binding.

    Sew the lining to the zipper
  9. Step

    Pin the outer and lining pieces together

    Open the zipper halfway.

    Fold the two outer pieces and the two lining pieces right sides together.

    Pin everything in place well. The seams next to the zipper lie on top of each other with the seam allowances open.

    Pin the outer and lining pieces together
  10. Step

    Close the side and bottom seams

    Close the side and bottom seams.

    Leave a turning gap of about 10 cm in the bottom of the lining.

    The corners are not sewn yet in this step.

    Close the side and bottom seams
  11. Step

    Sew the bottom corners

    Open the corners and fold them so that the side and bottom seams lie on top of each other, opened out.

    Sew all four corners with a 1 cm seam allowance. Don't forget to backstitch well at the beginning and end of the seam.

    Sew the bottom corners
  12. Step

    Trim the seam allowances

    Trim the seam allowances at the corners and next to the zipper so that the bag can be shaped nicely later.

    Trim the seam allowances
  13. Step

    Turn and close the turning gap

    Turn the bag right side out through the turning gap.

    Fold the seam allowances of the turning gap to the inside and edgestitch them closed with a straight stitch.

    Push the lining into the bag and shape all the corners well. Done!

    Turn and close the turning gap

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Sabine

I come from Siegen-Wittgenstein, where I spent my childhood breaking in cows, jumping off haystacks and scraping a D- in needlework class.

Today, being creative feels like indescribable happiness to me – and it grows even more when I can share it with others. Since 2016 I have been celebrating my passion for sewing on this blog, and I love that sewing connects so many people.