In praise of Sewing Workshop Videos; a better bodkin technique

I have had my issues with Sewing Workshop over the years, but damn if they aren't giving us goodness ago go on the interwebs

https://youtu.be/vGA6jZS7-Yw

This video is nominally about matching pattern motifs, and it is, but it's also just a really nice 'this is the process I used to get what I'm wearing' video.

But this is five minutes that could change my life

https://youtu.be/vGA6jZS7-Yw?t=987

(time marked to start)

https://sewingworkshop.com/shop/Ball-Point-Bodkin-p38176295

You sew the thing you're turning to the eye so it doesn't slip out along the way.

This video has a lot of good stuff in. Most of them do. You can put it on in the corner and stop and rewatch something when it strikes your fancy.  This one is just my jam, and does answer some pattern matching questions (mismatch on purpose, what point to match on the sleeve/body join, when to break the rules)

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My term project is done. 

We'll be back with sewing next week.

Added:

at the start mark of this video, Linda Lee talks about her history with the Sewing Workshop, and their "first" pattern

Ear bud bag

The old ear buds had a tragic accident and sparked me when I used them, so they had a more tragic end.

Replacing them, I decided I should give them a safer form of transport than wadding them up in my coat pocket.

Of course I traced it. I'm making a pattern for it.

My goal is to keep the bundle from tying itself up. If I put a snap or a button in the middle of that wound-up cord, I should be in good shape to keep it from tangling.

Paper pattern made, pinned out

Making a square hole is easier to trim to the edge to turn it.

Sewed that square, cut it, turned it.

Turned it

This is the ugly half burrito. Yes, I had to turn it first, and then flip it back to stitch the sides and top seam. I know, I used a fabric without a visible right/wrong side, but this light nylon is what I had on hand to make this out of.

And after a quick light press (with a pressing cloth cause SINGE)

It worked.

I went back and snuck a piece of interfacing in the center section. Should have added piece of interfacing on center spot for other side of snap. Could have done this for the hole, but didn't need to as yet.

This is a test model, we'll see how this works out long term.

Snap one (centers in hole)

Snap Two, needs interfacing under it.

it gets some bias trim at the seam to cover and finish it.

Roll it up and stick it in.

Snap it shut

It's in there. As long as I put it in with the ear buds at the bottom of the pocket, I think it will be okay. It may not need to be a three fold, it might just as well be an open top pocket. Or maybe a zipper? 

I'm testing this out. I don't think I will need another one, and my fam are all wireless ear bud people.

Ya never know.

It's been working pretty well so far