How to Make an iPhone Latch
- 1). Place the first fabric section right side up, on top of the fusible batting. Iron the fabric to the fusible batting.
- 2). Pin the second fabric section, right side down, on top of the first fabric section -- creating a rectangular sandwich of fabric and batting. Insert the pins loosely, so you don't create any pocks or bumps in the material.
- 3). Sew the pinned rectangle of material together with the sewing machine, around three sides of the rectangle. Allow approximately 1/16-inch margin from the edge of the fabric to the stitching.
- 4). Snip off the four corners of the rectangle at a 45-degree angle. This will prevent the corners from bunching up from extra fabric, when you turn the rectangle right side out.
- 5). Turn the rectangle right side out by pulling the material through the unsewn opening. Insert a knitting needle or other long, blunt tool inside the rectangle, and gently jab the inside corners. This technique flattens the inside of the corners and eliminates the corners from bunching up.
- 6). Iron the rectangle flat.
- 7). Sew the fourth side of the rectangle shut by folding in the material at the unsewn side -- creating a smooth seam that matches the other sides of the rectangle. Iron the fourth side flat, to keep your folded material in place. Topstitch the fourth side to sew it closed. All sides of the rectangle are now sewn shut.
- 8). Place the rectangle flat on your work surface, with the shorter, 5-inch sides situated at the top and bottom of the rectangle and the 15-inch sides flanking to the left and right. Grasp the bottom of the rectangle at the 5-inch portion. Fold it over itself -- approximately 5 1/2 inches. This creates a long, narrow pouch to hold the iPhone, along with a flap that folds over the pouch to secure it closed. Pin the pouch in place.
- 9). Topstitch the pouch and the flap all around the edges of the fabric, allowing a 1/16-inch margin all around.
- 10
Snip two small squares of hook-and-loop fasteners. Position the barbed side of the fastener onto the pouch and the soft side onto the inside of the flap, where it meets the pouch. Iron on each side of the hook-and-loop fastener squares.
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