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Pet Treat Pouch

Go wild with this Pet Treat Pouch! Perfect for holding treats, balls, and any other play or training item.

Pair this pouch with your pet's personality by using bright colored fabrics and your favorite pet embroidery design!

Read below for these free, project instructions!

Supplies Needed:

**1/4 yard canvas, denim, or
twill (we used print canvas)

**1/4 yard nylon (we used rip
stop nylon)

**Medium weight cutaway
stabilizer

**Temporary spray adhesive

**Air-erase pen (or other
marking tool)

**7 inch all-purpose zipper

**1/2 yard (18 inches) - one
inch wide strapping

**One side-lock closure (sized
for one inch wide strapping)

Designs used: Wild Thing (Small) from the Fur-rociously Fun Design Pack. This pack is available in 2 sizes: Lg and Sm.

To begin, lets prepare the front of the pouch for embroidery.

Draw an 8 inch by 8 inch square on the canvas. Be sure to leave a few inches of excess fabric around the shape for hooping.

With an air-erase pen (or other marking tool), mark the center on each side of the square by measuring and dividing by two.

Draw lines to connect the center marks. Where the lines meet is the center of the square. These lines will also be used for hooping.

If you have embroidery software, print a template of the design to use for placement. If you don't have embroidery software, you can cut a piece of paper the shape and dimensions of the design to help with placement and centering.

Poke a hole in the center of the template and align it with the center point on the fabric. Make sure the design fits well within the shape. There should be at least one inch of space between the edges of the design and the outer edges of the shape.

Remove the template. Spray a piece of cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive and smooth the fabric on top. Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric. Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design. Move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric. Embroider the design.

When the design has finished, trim away the excess stabilizer on the back of the embroidery.

Cut out the shape.

To prepare the back of the pouch, cut another piece of canvas 8 inches by 8 inches.

Align the front embroidered piece and the back piece together with the right sides facing and pin in place.

Sew a 1/4 inch seam along the sides and bottom only, leave the top open.

Turn the fabric right side out. Turn the top edge of the fabric in 1/4 inch and press in place with an iron.

To prepare the inner lining, cut two pieces of the nylon 8 inches by 8 inches. Align the pieces together, right sides facing, and pin in place. Sew a 1/4 inch seam along the bottom and two sides only. Leave one side open as this will be the top of the lining.

Leave the lining turned wrong side out. Turn the top edge over 1/4 inch and press in place using a pressing cloth or towel, with the iron on a low setting.

Insert the inner lining into the assembled front and back piece. Align the top folded edges together and pin in place about 1 1/2 inches down from the top edge.

Now, lets prepare the straps. Cut a piece of the strapping 10 inches long and thread it through one end of the side-lock closure.

Fold the end of the strapping over 1/2 inch and align the folded end with the strapping about 1 1/2 inches from the closure and pin in place.

Cut another piece of strapping 6 1/2 inches long and then thread the strapping through the opposite end of the closure. Fold the end of the strapping over 1/2 inch, align the folded end with the strapping about 1 1/2 inch from the closure and pin in place.

Sew the strapping together on both ends of the closure by sewing a 1 inch square starting at the folded edge.

Align the ends of the straps together to form a loop. With the closure facing up, insert the ends of the straps in between the two layers of the pouch at the center of the back of the pouch. Insert the ends of the straps about 1 1/2 inches into the pouch and pin in place.

Now we will add the zipper. Unzip the zipper and insert it between the layers on both sides of the top edge of the pouch. Place the zipper on the inside of the strap so that it will align with the other side of the zipper properly. Pin in place.

Using a zipper foot, sew a 1/4 inch seam along the edge of the zipper on both sides of the pouch. This will attach the zipper and the straps to the pouch and will also finish the top edge of the pouch.

Your Pet Treat Pouch is now complete! Add some snacks and your pets will be doing tricks in no time!

Leo and Lucas can't wait for their tasty treats!

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