My cute little niece has been making these as gifts for all the girl cousins who are in the Young Women organization at church. They hold a Personal Progress booklet and journal, a pen or pencil, and a For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. I haven't seen them before and thought they were a novel idea! Here is a tutorial for those who would like to make their own.
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Materials needed:
2 coordinating pieces of fabric cut 14x18 inches
1 piece of iron on interfacing cut 14x18 inches
1 yard (36 inches) of 1/2 inch ribbon
Step 1: Iron the interfacing to the wrong side of one piece of fabric. With right sides together, sew the fabric pieces, using a 1/2 inch seam allowance.
Make sure to leave a 3 inch opening along one long edge (18 inch side) for turning the fabric right sides out.
Step 2: Clip corners so you get a nice crisp corner when you turn it right side out.
Step 3: Turn right side out. Make sure to push the corners and edges all the way out. This is where interfacing comes in handy! It makes the edges nice and crisp.
Iron all the edges turning fabric at the opening inside.
Step 4:Top stitch 1/8 inch from the edge along the side with the opening. This will close the opening.
Step 5: Place your fabric with the inside fabric facing up and the top-stitched edge at the bottom.
Fold up the top-stitched edge 5 inches and pin. The top-stitched edge will now become the top of the pockets.
Sew 1/8 inch from the edge all around the packet.
Step 6: Starting from the left side of the packet measure at 5 1/2 inches, 10 3/4 inches, and 11 3/4 inches. Draw lines at these marks going from the top of the pocket to the bottom.
Sew along these lines making sure to back stitch at the top and bottom.
Step 7: Turn the holder over. Place the ribbon so it in is the middle about 4 inches up from the bottom. Measure 12 inches of ribbon and place that at the left edge. Pin.
Step 8: Sew the ribbon at the left edge and at each pocket stitching. See photo above for reference.
This is what it will look like. You should have about 12 inches of loose ribbon on each end. Place clear nail polish or fray check on the ends of the ribbon to keep them from fraying.You are done!
Step 9: Place Personal Progress Book and journal and For the Strength of Youth pamphlet in each pocket. Don't forget a pen or pencil!
Step 10: To fold up, fold left side over, then right side and tie the ribbon with a bow.
Download a pdf file with all the instructions here: Young Women Personal Progress Book Holder
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That's cute! A great way for a young girl to pick up some sewing skills.
ReplyDeleteVery creative and cute. I hope she used this idea for a value experience.
ReplyDeleteThat is TOO cute. Molly is sure she's in love and needs one right away. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Now I just need to convince my mom to make it for my soon to be 12 year-old daughter! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is darling! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Has anyone figured out a Value Experience to go with this?
ReplyDeleteMy other niece and my daughter are sewing some for all those who will be coming in to the Young Women Program. By the time the fabric is cut and then sewn it will be the 10 hours needed for either Good Works or Knowledge (sewing skills) Value Project.
DeleteLove this idea! thank you for the pattern. I will be working on this one with my daughter who will enter the YW program in March.
ReplyDeleteLove these! I want one for myself, too! It is a great project idea.
ReplyDeleteSince being called as the PP advisor to my ward's YW - I have been looking for something to give these girls and I think I just found it!!! AWESOME! thx!
ReplyDeleteI totally pinned this on pinterest! It's crazy since I'm not in YW and my only daughter is 14 and already has something similar, but I love this one!! I hope my friends who are in our wards YW see this and make them. :-)
ReplyDeleteOur YW made these with placemats.
ReplyDeleteWhere can I find that fabric?
The red fabric is from the Gypsy Bandana line. I bought it here: Marie Madeline Studio
DeleteThe outside fabric is called Sweet Tooth Medallions Rock Candy from Anthology fabric. I also bought it at the link above but it appears they are out.
Absolutely the cutest thing I've ever seen for keeping these booklets together. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter sent me this link. I am gong to share it with my Beehives but it is so cute I am going to make it for the few granddaughters who will be turning 12...sometime in the future. Thank you for such a fun, useful, easily doable project.
ReplyDeletethis is a really great idea. thanks for sharing and for the tutorial too... that always helps me tons! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great idea! I modified it to be a little smaller so I can keep my temple cards in it.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a typo on step one. It should say "right sides together" instead of "wrong sides together" right?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary! I have now fixed it in the post and in the pdf file.
DeleteIt seems like you should sew on the ribbon before you turn up the bottom and sew the pockets. Otherwise won't you sew the pockets closed when you add the ribbon?
ReplyDeleteWhen we add the ribbon we are just tacking it down over the stitching we made for the pockets. This reinforces the pockets at the top again.
DeleteIf you want all edges of the ribbon sewn down then you would definitely sew the ribbon on before turning up the pocket.
I'm such a beginner at this so this might seem like a lame question, but how many of these can you get out of a yard of fabric. Just so I know how much to buy.
ReplyDeleteI just made some tonight, and a regular bolt of fabric is 45 inches across, so you can get (6) 14x18 sides out of one yard. I got 1/2 yard pieces of different colors, and 1/2 yard makes (3) sides. The tutorial is AWESOME and they turned out great!
DeleteA regular bolt of fabric is 45 inches across, so you can get (6) 18x14 sides out of a yard of fabric. I got half-yard pieces (which makes (3) 18x14 sides) so I could mix and match patterns. The tutorial is awesome! They turned out super cute!
DeleteI love it so much!!! Even I can't wait, so I have mine right now to show it next sunday to the girls
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. That is very cute!
ReplyDeleteYou can also burn the edges of the ribbon to prevent fraying. :) What a great project! Thank you for sharing it here.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this project! I made one and it turned out great!!
ReplyDeleteI feel that I should thank you. I have made about 15 of these and it has been so fun. I am not a seamstress and they haven't all turned out perfect, but I am so proud after each one. Thank you for making the directions so easy to follow, especially for someone that doesn't know "sewing terms".
ReplyDeleteWhich interfacing did you use? I guess I mean 'how stiff'? Love this idea!!!
ReplyDeleteIt depends on if your want them really stiff or not. We just use lightweight interfacing.
DeleteI made one of these as a trial to see if I want to take on the challenge of making them for New Beginnings next year. The new For Strength of Youth is a little bigger than the old one so it doesn't quite fit. I'm going to make another one and just ad a little to the right side (so maybe 18 1/4 or maybe 18 1/2).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great tut!
ReplyDeleteThat is just adorable!!
ReplyDeleteI just made 3 tonight and 3 more tomorrow. I'm giving these to my beehives and one to myself! I'm not a sew-er at all, so it took a little while, but they are so cute!
ReplyDeleteWe are making these tonight with our YW in preparation for New beginnings. I love these. Thanks for the great tutorial
ReplyDeleteWe made these for our YW activity tonight and it was a hit! The girls made them entirely by themselves and they did a fantastic job. They were so proud of their achievement. Thanks for the great idea!
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