Firstly, material.
I started with linen from the scraps box, ironed and cut into a neat rectangular shape and then hemmed all around.
Next it was folded over to approximately half a pencil length and sewn up both sides.
Lastly, the "pockets" for the pencils were created one by one using a particularly chunky pencil each time to get the snuggest fit, leaving some bigger pockets at the end for large pens and markers.
All sewing was done by hand as I don't currently have a working machine (see the first post) and also because it is much harder to mess up hand sewing.
I was a bit indecisive about the cover, I first considered more plain linen (I have 4 colours to choose from within easy reach before going digging into The Chaos) then secondly an embroidered cushion cover that I had from a bedcover set.
I settled on leather in the end as it will take the most punishment, can be put down on damp grass without worry and is the most hard wearing.
It has the bonus of being authentic to have out at gigs if need be and also it turned out looking like it could be in a late 1800's adventure / steampunk-y expedition kit, so woot on that too.
The leather was cut to the size of the linen plus approximately 1cm all around (with a fold down from the top of the inner linen part accounted for to keep the pencils in and clean when closed).
The linen was then sewn onto the leather at the two shorter ends and a scrap of long, tapering leather sewn onto the middle of one of the short sides as a tie when it is closed which can also be used to hang it up on a wall or chair if needs be.
Overall I am very happy with this item, I hope that it will lead me to actually bringing a sketch pad and pencils to interesting places I will to be visiting in the future. :)
Best of all...
Cost of finished item: €0.00
PS. I'm going to have to figure out how to make etsy quality pictures, everything on there looks so perfect!
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