I made a pouch! With a zipper. I am quite proud. 
There’s only one small mistake (which, if you stare hard enough, you can probably find), so this is pretty good for me. Normally when I sew something there are at least 5 mistakes, haha…but I am really happy with this one.
Right now my knitting notions are inside, and this pouch will go inside my knitting bag. I plan to make many more of these pouches!
I used twelve22‘s tutorial – very well-written – and fabric by Michael Miller in Carnival Bloom (exterior) and Dumb Dot (interior).
Finished dimensions: 8.5″ L x 5.5″ H.
That looks fantastic! I’ll have to check out that tutorial and dig out some fabric too!
I’m still learning my machine; the foot pedal currently notices two pressures. Either nonexistant, or I have to have pressed all the way down, which results in the machine running at a million miles an hour. I think once I get the pedal broken in, it’ll be easier.
I’ve got so much stuff I want to make, and my machine isn’t letting me!
Becca: thanks! The tutorial is very easy
Marissa: hmm I wonder if that’s normal? Maybe you just need a new pedal?
it’s a brand new machine. a friend of mine who is a big sewer, and one who is a not to big time sewer, told that, eventually, it’ll get broken in and then it’ll be a dream machine.
oh good!