Description
This product bundle is for the hugely popular Curious Tote and the new Curious Pouch. These sewing patterns for confident beginners and more experienced sewers make the perfect pairing. A go-everywhere analogue bag, with a fabulous utility pouch to put inside it.
The Curious Tote gives you the space: roomy, practical and endlessly versatile with thoughtfully designed internal storage to keep everything easily to hand. The Curious Pouch provides a space for all your small stuff with 15 different sized pockets inside and out. Together they work brilliantly for sewing and craft projects, work, travel, or simply carrying your everyday life with a place for everything.
The Curious Pouch – your small stuff sorted
Designed to bring order to everything you carry. The Curious Pouch is a super handy utility pouch that sits inside your Curious Tote (or any bag) helping you keep your small stuff sorted. With different sized front and back pockets for pens and gadgets, a flap pocket with snap closure for smaller essentials, and generous lining pockets, it keeps all your bits and pieces neatly to hand. A hugely enjoyable make for confident beginners and more experienced sewers, this is a really versatile pattern. Whether you use it as a craft and sewing organiser, mum bag, travel or wash bag, or simply to corral the everyday things that end up loose at the bottom of your bag, you’ll no doubt end up making more than one! You can customise the Curious Pouch to suit your needs simply by adding or subtracting the various pocket options.
What you’ll receive
IMPORTANT: This is a digital PDF sewing pattern (no physical item will be sent).
Your download includes:
- A step-by-step illustrated instruction booklet
- Printable pattern files (A4 and US Letter) for you to print at home
- A0 copy shop pattern file
- Projector file
- Materials checklist
The pattern is written in English and includes clear, beginner-friendly instructions with photos to guide you through every step.
Printing information
Print at 100% scale (do not scale to fit). There are files to print on either A4 and US Letter paper which include a test square to check accuracy before printing. Full instructions for assembling the pattern are included in the instructions that come with the pattern.
Materials & fabric
The Curious Pouch works beautifully in a range of fabrics. Suggested fabrics include:
Outer: Light canvas, denim, corduroy or other medium weight robust fabric.
Lining: Quilting cotton or other light to medium weight fabric.
A full materials list, cutting guide and fabric quantities are included in the pattern.
Features
- 15 pockets providing a space for everything.
- Spacious internal compartment which fits an A5 journal.
- Multiple pocket options with and without gussets and flaps.
- Lining panels with two or three pocket options.
- Pouch tabs for easy opening and closing.
- Option to add hardware to pouch tabs to add a strap.
- Flat base with deep gusset for structure.
Skill level
Confident beginner – the Curious Pouch pattern is suitable for beginners who are comfortable with basic sewing techniques and ready to build their skills.
Video support
A full sew-along video is linked in the Instructions, to guide you step-by-step through the process, making this a supportive and enjoyable make.
The Curious Tote – for life lived offline
The Curious Tote is a feature-packed beginner-friendly sewing pattern for you to make a beautifully practical everyday bag. Created for life lived offline, this is more than just a tote. It’s designed to hold the things you love to do that stop you doom scrolling on your phone! Whether that’s sewing, reading, journalling, painting or taking photos …. there’s a place for everything.
Inside, you’ll find a carefully considered layout including a small and large zip pocket, four elasticated pockets and two elasticated bottle loops, alongside a generous main compartment. There’s also the option to add a zip closure flap if you’d like a more secure finish.
The pattern is designed to be flexible and customisable. Choose your preferred strap length (short, long or both), mix and match your outer and lining fabrics, and adjust the structure depending on whether you want a soft relaxed tote or a more structured everyday bag.
What you’ll receive
IMPORTANT: This is a digital PDF sewing pattern (no physical item will be sent).
Your download includes:
- A step-by-step illustrated instruction booklet
- Printable pattern files (A4 and US Letter) for you to print at home
- A0 copy shop pattern file
- Projector file
- Materials checklist
The pattern is written in English and includes clear, beginner-friendly instructions to guide you through every step.
Printing information
Print at 100% scale (do not scale to fit). There are files to print on either A4 and US Letter paper which include a test square to check accuracy before printing. Full instructions for assembling the pattern are included in the instructions that come with the pattern.
Materials & fabric
The Curious Tote works beautifully in a range of fabrics. Suggested fabrics include:
Outer: quilting cotton, corduroy, canvas or denim.
Lining: quilting cotton – with optional contrast fabrics for the zip pockets.
You can choose between using 4oz or 8oz wadding/batting depending on the finish you prefer.
A full materials list, cutting guide and fabric quantities are included in the pattern.
Features
- Spacious main compartment.
- 2 internal zip pockets, one phone size and one laptop size to fit a 14″ model, but you can easily increase the pocket size if your laptop is larger.
- 4 elasticated pockets.
- 2 elasticated bottle loops.
- 2 hanging loops for keys, airpods etc.
- Choice of long and short strap lengths.
- Optional zip closure flap.
- Flat base with boxed corners for structure.
Skill level
Confident beginner – the Curious Tote pattern is suitable for beginners who are comfortable with basic sewing techniques and ready to build their skills with zips, pockets and bag construction.
Video support
A full sew-along video is linked in the Instructions, to guide you step-by-step through the process, making this a supportive and enjoyable make.
Important information
These are digital downloads. No physical products will be posted.
These patterns are for personal use only and can’t be used to create products to sell.
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