Tarot Pouch

Without the drawstring.

Well, this is my first tarot pouch.  (Did I ever mention I collect tarot decks?  Well, I do; 112 decks and counting!)   I have many in pouches and many in their little boxes.  But some decks come with neither pouches nor small boxes (so frustrating!) and right now I have several decks that could really use some protection from dust and whatnot.

This pouch was borne of that need.  It was custom made for the The Witch's Tarot.  I did several searches, and found this tutorial at The Purl Bee, but had to customize it for the size of this deck. 

Since this was my first, I can tell you I would certainly do it differently next time.  First, given the small size, I would do the channels before the sides next time - it was tricky doing all that stitching without catching other parts of the bag with the sides already stitched up!  Also, having purchased my fabrics before I'd ever laid hands on a sewing machine (which I did for the first time just a few days ago), I might not have chosen to use this fabric for a first project; I had to use a lot more stitching since this fabric wouldn't press under the iron easily.  Perhaps the fabric would be better suited to a lined pouch (which I plan to try soon)?

In any case, take a look at some of my pics and notes:

Some of the channel stitching was clearly the work of a novice.  :)

Did some gusseting on the bottom.

Inside out.

Note that the zigzaging is different on one side than on the other; I was trying things out on one side with my new machine, experimenting with different widths in stitching.  By the time I did the other side, I'd determined what stitching I wanted to use.

I'm going to pick up some cord, but for now I'm using bits of ribbon I had about.