#Crochet and #Sewing folks, I need your help.
I'm making a crochet pencil case. I'm planning to line it with some cotton fabric.
There are three separate panels (two in the images) to be sewn together. Should I line the crochet pieces before I sew them together or after?
I will be doing the work by hand as I don't have an easily accessible machine.
My sewing experience is limited to reattaching a button and making one or two wonky pouches, so assume I know next to nothing about it.
I'm a sewist with a bit of crochet experience but not with bags or pencil cases.
IMHO it would be easier to make a free hanging lining. Is there a pattern piece diagram you could show? It might be possible to simplify the number of lining pieces to one or two.
Furthermore, I'd consider crochet the pieces together rather than sewing them together, but that's just because I hate hand sewing. 🙃
Happy sewing!
@proscience thanks :)
No diagram as I'm going with a short YouTube video as a tutorial. It's basically the two in the photo, and one longer thinner one in between that comes up to the top (not sure that makes sense). The video is https://youtu.be/wzq5asS_nVU?si=eKyDtXqiDc4X21kN
I think I know what you mean by free hanging lining but I'm going to have to look this up :) It gives me a starting place.
Do you just use the slip stitch to crochet the pieces together?
Will have to watch the video later. 🌞
Re: joining crochet pieces: Yes, you can join them with slip stitches or single crochet stitches.
The great advantage of crochet (and knitting) is that you try what works and looks best for you and frog if you don't like it.
Hello, watched the video now, and you could absolutely crochet the pieces together, or even crochet the case as one piece instead of seperate ones. And you can make the lining out of one rectangle!
OTOH, if you happen to have small fabric scraps, this would be a great way to use them as lining pieces.
Have fun!
@proscience thanks :) I'l think about crocheting the pieces together.
I have some fat quarters I picked up around December but I've done nothing with them yet. I'm planning on using one of them for this.
Allysse Riordan
ProScience 🇪🇺