Bathroom Pocket Organizer

The first step is Cuttin

1.Fabric

• For the front and the back cut 2 pieces 16” by 16”  
• For the wide pockets: 

Cut 4 11.25” by 8” pieces

Cut 2 9.5” by 8” pieces  

• For the upper pockets cut 1 piece 18” by 9.5”

2.Interfacing

• For the wide pockets

Cut 2 11.25” by 8”

Cut 1 9.5” by 8”

• For the upper pocket cut 17.5” by 4”
• For the hanging straps cut 2 1.5” by 1.5”

Preparing the fabric

1. Fuse the interfacing to the wide pocket pieces. 
2. Center the upper pocket interfacing to the bottom of the pocket piece and fuse in place. 
3. Using 1/8” SA baste the foam to the back of the front piece. Trim any hanging foam pieces. 

Sewing the wide pockets

1. Cut a 3” by 3” square from the bottom of each pocket piece (there are 6 pocket pieces). We would use two of these squares, later on, so don’t throw them away.
2. For each pocket piece, match the edges of the cut square and sew to create a 3D piece.
3. Take two pieces – one with interfacing and one without interfacing and put RST. Pin in place and sew around leaving an opening at the bottom. 
4. Turn inside out, press well while tucking the opening inside. 
5. Topstitch 1/8” from the edge all around, which will close the opening. 
6. Take your front piece and mark some lines for positioning of the pockets – 
7. 1” from each side edge
8. 1” from the bottom
9. 5” from each side edge
10. 4.5” from the bottom
11. Pin pockets in place according to the markings and sews using 1/8” SA

Sewing the upper pockets 

1. Fold the side edges of the upper pocket piece ¼” to the WS and press
2. With RST fold the piece in half so the top and bottom edges align and sew in place 
3. Turn piece inside out. It should look like a tube. 
4. Make a mark 7” from each side edge
5. On the bottom edge measure and mark 1” and 2” from each edge, and also from the marks you made in previous step
6. Pleat the fabric between the marks you made in previous step and sew in place using 1/8” SA
7. On the front piece, mark the positioning of the upper pocket - 
8. Mark a horizontal line 3” from the top
9. Mark another horizontal line 4.5” beneath the previous line
10. Mark a vertical line 1” and 5” from each side
11. Place the pocket piece on the markings, and sew in place using 1/8” SA

Sewing the hanging straps

1. Take two of the 3” by 3” squares you cut from the wide pockets. Fold in half and press
2. Open the fold and now fold each edge to that mark and then fold again. You should have a strap 3” long and ¾” wide
3. Slid an O-ring on each strap and fold the strap in half, enclosing the ring
4. Take the back piece, find the center and mark where you want your straps. Mark the position of the straps on the RS and the WS of the fabric
5. Mark ¼” down from the top and fuse the 1.5” by 1.5” interfacing pieces to the WS of the back piece. 
6. On the RS, pin the straps ¼” down from the top and sew in place. I like to make an X for extra reinforcement. In order to get as close to the O ring as possible, I use the zipper foot on my sewing machine
7. Don’t bother to make it look perfect, this piece is going to be facing the wall…

Finishing

1. Press well the front piece and the back piece. 
2. Erase all the markings. I’m using heat erasable markers, so the markings are erased while I press.
3. Pin both pieces RST and sew around leaving an opening of about 5” at the bottom. 
4. Clip the corners and turn inside out, make sure you pop out the corners
5. With your fingers, smooth out the seam and clip all around. I like to let the fabric relax for at least an hour before I topstitch
6. Topstitch around while closing the opening using 1/8” SA

The organizer is ready, now hang it in place and fill it with your stuff …