Pencil Case

In addition to the messenger bag below, I made a pencil case in matching fabric. I followed this tutorial but made the case approximately 2cm taller in order to fit more pencils.

This was my first time actually working with a zipper, and I thought I could get by without a zipper foot on my sewing machine, but ended up breaking a needle! Let that be a tip to other sewing newbies. As frustrating as that was, it all seemed to work out in the end.