XL Maple Street Pouch

When hubby asked if I'd make him a small tool bag this week, it was the perfect chance to go and sew. I had in mind something like the Maple Street Pouch I'd made recently, but the largest size in Svetlana's @sotakhandmade pattern was 9" x 4" x 3", where I was looking for something more like 12" long. I looked around at some other options, but finally just went with my first instinct, deciding it would be easy enough for me to enlarge.

Hubby liked the overall shape of the large version, so I just drew out a template extending it a few inches. Copying the same template for the lining was a cinch, as was figuring out how long my zipper by the yard needed to be.

For this version, though, I used waxed canvas for the exterior, which meant no need for interfacing. The only other adjustment I needed to make was leaving an 8" gap in the lining bottom instead of just 4" as called for. The waxed canvas is so stiff that you really need some extra room to pull it through to the right side near the end. Not sure it was necessary, but I did use a size 100 needle on this bag, and when I stitched two layers of waxed canvas together, I bumped my stitch length to 3.0.

So the final size of hubby's tool pouch is 12" x 4" x 3", and gotta say, I think it'll serve him well.

Just for fun, I took a photo of this elongated pouch with the large one I'd made previously per the pattern, so you could see the difference. The longer one looks skinnier, but that's just because it's made of waxed canvas, thus is stiffer, and I creased it at the corners along the sides. Either way, they're both proving to be plenty useful.