Travel Curling Iron Sleeve Sewing Pattern

Time needed: 2 hours.

Curling Iron Travel Sleeve Sewing Instructions

1. Prepare Exterior Piece​

   Layer your Insulbright, cotton batting and exterior fabric (right side up) in that order. Use basting spray or pins to keep in place.
   Quilt all three layers together.
   Trim down the quilted exterior piece to 8”X 13”

2. Prepare Cord Strap​:

   Place your two 2” X 4 ½” strips of fabric right sides together.
   
   Sew around all 4 sides, leaving an opening of 1-2” on one long side to allow for turning.
   
   Next, clip the corners and turn right side out. Press well, turning under the seam allowance of the opening.
   
   To finish, topstitch around the cord strap.
   
   If you are using snaps: measure in ¼” from each short side and mark the center. Place your snaps at each mark, with the male and female ends up on the same side of the strap.
   
   If you are using hook and loop tape, cut a piece 1 ¼” long of both hook and loop pieces. Position one piece along one short side of the strap, sew around all 4 sides. Put the other piece of tape on the opposite end and side of the strap (hook will be on one side of one end, the loop piece will be on the other side of the other end) and sew around all 4 sides

3. Sew Strap to Exterior​:

   Place the strap 2” down from the top of the exterior piece. It should be perpendicular to the long edge of the exterior piece.
   
   Mark the center of the strap and sew a ½” wide rectangle starting at the center mark and going toward the outside edge of the exterior. (the picture shows the stitching a little further over, but I like the look of centering the stitches better.)

4. Finish Travel Curling Iron Sleeve​:

   Place the lining right side down on the exterior of the sleeve.
   
   Sew along the top seam using a ¼” seam allowance. Press the seam allowance toward the exterior.
   
   Fold the sleeve in half along the length. Snap or secure the cord strap closed to keep it out of the seam allowance as we sew around the sleeve.
   
   Sew around the three raw edges, leave an opening in the lining for turning. Again, use a ¼” seam allowance.
   
   Clip corners and turn the whole sleeve right side out. Press out all seams and turn under the seam allowance of the opening.
   
   Sew the opening in the lining closed.
   
   Push the lining inside the sleeve. I find it helpful to use a long blunt tool, like a dowel, to push the lining all the way into the bottom of the exterior of the sleeve.
   
   Press your sleeve well and you are done!