After my husband’s sunglasses got bent and mostly broken in my purse over the weekend, I decided that he needed a case to keep his new pair safe and sound. Sure, we could have picked up a sunglasses case from the store, but most of these are made with conventional cotton, polyester, or straight up plastic. Boo! Instead of buying new, I decided to whip up a sunglasses case using supplies that were already in my craft room. Hurrah! This case was a surprise for him, so those are my giant, white sunglasses in the photos. He wears pretty big glasses, too, so I modeled the size on my huge pair. If you wear less chunky sunglasses, you might want to size this sunglasses case tutorial down a bit to accommodate, so they’ll fit snugly. The outside of this case is burlap, but I chose a vintage cotton fabric for the lining. Burlap is a bit on the scratchy side, and you don’t want your snazzy new case to scratch up your lenses! Materials
2 pieces of burlap cut to 8 1/2″ X 5″ 1 piece of lining fabric cut to 17″ x 5″ Sewing machine and thread Vintage button 5″ scrap of ric rac or ribbon
Directions
- Place your pieces of burlap wrong sides together and press.
- Fold your piece of fabric wrong sides together so that it’s 8 1/2″ x 5″ and press.
- Use your zig zag stitch to sew around three sides of the burlap, leaving one short side unsewn.
- Sew up the two 8 1/2″ sides of the other fabric.
- Flip the burlap right side out and press, then fold in the unfinished edge by 1″ and press again.
- Take your other piece of fabric, and fold out the unfinished edge by 1″ and iron.
- Shove the fabric pocket into the burlap one, and pin around the top.
- In the center of one side, sandwich the unfinished edge of your ribbon loop between the burlap outer and fabric lining.
- Use a zig zag stitch to sew around the outside of your sunglasses case.
- Sew on the button, and you’re done!
