Charging Station

Hi guys!

Welcome to my first sewing tutorial!!

So I saw a photo of a charging station from this website and decided I wanted to make my own version. Hope you like it!

You will need:

Thread

Scissors

Two different fabrics (you could use just one, but it looks nicer if you use two)

Fusible interfacing

Sewing machine*

Iron*

*not shown

EDIT: Fusible interfacing is also known as fusible fleece. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

You might be able to do this with just a needle and thread or a hot glue gun, but the sewing machine makes it good and strong and it also looks nicer. :)

Don’t forget to iron out your fabric before starting.

Time to measure out your fabric! You want your fabric to be 3 times the length of the phone. Use a pencil or chalk and make a mark at the bottom of your phone, then move it down below the mark and repeat 2 times. Be sure to leave some seam allowance!

To figure out how wide you want the fabric to be, turn your phone sideways and make a mark at the end of it. Remember your seam allowance!

Once you’ve cut out your first piece lay it on top of the second fabric. Cut it to be the same size as the first piece.

Now iron the back of your lining fabric to the interfacing. This helps you to make sure your cuts are accurate.

Once you cut everything out lay fabric A on top of fabric B with the good sides together.

Sew on the black line. Make sure you leave an opening on one of the long sides.

Now cut a rectangle out of the top of the fabric. Mine was 2in x 1in.

Now stick your hand between the two fabric layers and turn it right-side out.

Pin the hole in the side and top stitch around the edge.

Now to finish off the hole I did a very small zig-zag around the edge. Unless you know your sewing machine extremely well you are going to want to test this on a scrap piece of fabric. Once you have all the settings right you can sew around the edge of the hole. I went around two times to be safe.

You are almost done! Now take your phone and measure how big you want the pocket to be. Sew up the sides of the pocket.

And you are done!! I really like the way mine turned out and I think it’s nice to not have to put my phone on the floor when it’s charging!

When your phone is done charging just unplug the cord and put it inside the pocket for easy storage. :)

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Like I said this is my first sewing how-to so feedback on how I did would be appreciated! Have fun sewing!

P.S. If your cord is too long for the pocket (or if you just want a shorter cord) you can wrap it tightly around a screwdriver and blow dry it on high for 5 minutes or on low for 15 minutes.

The result is this:

:D

Taken from here: 1000 Life Hacks