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There is a box, in the corner of my sewing[br]room.

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It is a box whose contents have not seen the[br]light of day for many a month.

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Many crafters will be familiar with this box,[br]in all of its forms:

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There’s the ever-growing amorphous lump[br]that lies underneath your desk…

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The monster underneath your bed…[br]The stuff you vacuum-packed in a fit of organization

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and stuffed into your garage in the hopes[br]that you’d never have to deal with it again…

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This, my friends, is the UNFINISHED SEWING[br]PILE.

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The item that I pulled out of the box for[br]today’s episode is this thrifted dress.

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Now it's a pretty nice simple floral dress[br]with a gathered skirt… but it really annoys

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me that more of my clothes don’t have POCKETS.[br]I've decided that I need more pockets in my

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life. So, I’m going to add some.[br]Now, you can do this to any item of clothing

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that has side seams – dresses, skirts, pants,[br]jackets – basically anything that has a

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seam that you can rip open.

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To make a pattern for my pocket, I grabbed[br]a piece of paper with a straight edge, and

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then I put my hand flat on it, and then angled[br]my hand slightly downwards like this.

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Then, I traced around the shape of my hand,[br]with roughly 1 inch extra all the way around,

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turning it into a pocket shape that looks[br]like this. And then I cut my pattern out.

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The fabric that I’m using for my pocket[br]is this thrifted cotton pillow case. The pillow

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case fabric is already in two layers, but[br]if you’re just using a regular piece of

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fabric then fold it over before this next[br]step.

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I put my pocket pattern on top of the fabric,[br]traced around it, repeated this, and then

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cut them out. Now if you remember, I was cutting[br]through 2 layers of fabric here, so this gave

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me 4 pocket pieces in total and I will use[br]2 symmetrical pieces for each pocket.

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Back to my dress, I tried it on and then I[br]figured out roughly where I wanted the pockets

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to sit. Then, I turned the dress inside out,[br]lined up the pocket pattern with the seam,

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and then I made 2 marks, using chalk, at the[br]top and bottom of the pocket, on the dress material.

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Then, I ripped open the seam in-between the[br]chalk lines. I used some small, sharp scissors

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and a seam ripper to help me out here, and[br]I actually opened up the seam to one inch

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above and below the chalk lines.

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Then – and watch carefully because this[br]is a little bit tricky – when I sew it on,

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my pocket is going to end up facing in a downwards[br]direction like this. So, I line up the straight

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edge of the pocket with the open seam, right[br]side of the fabric facing down, and then,

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on the dress at the open seam, I fold back[br]the top layer like this. Then I carefully

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place the pocket material on top, right-sides-together[br]with this folded-back dress fabric - and then

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I insert pins to keep it in place.[br]That was a little bit confusing, so this is

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what it looks like from the other side, once[br]it's all pinned together.

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And then, I sew this piece of the pocket to[br]the dress like this.

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I just use a basic straight stitch and I sew[br]the pieces together about 1 quarter of an

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inch away from the edges.

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On the other side of the open seam, I’m[br]going to do the exact same thing to attach

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the other half of the pocket.[br]So, I line up the pocket, fold back the dress

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material at the seam,

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pin, and then sew the[br]pocket to this side of the dress using a straight stitch.

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And once both the pocket flaps are sewn on,[br]I place them right-sides together. With the

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dress still inside out, I sew the seam back[br]together where it’s been opened above and

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below the pocket material, and also all the[br]way around the pocket like this.

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It’s also a good idea to pin everything[br]in place to hold it together while you sew!

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Again, I’m using a basic straight stitch.[br]When I was done I turned my dress the right

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way around, and I admired this cute new little[br]pocket!

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I then gave the pocket a good iron and then[br]I repeated the exact same thing on the other

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side to end up with two pockets, and I’m[br]done!

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And this is how it looks![br]The addition of pockets to this dress makes

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it about twice as interesting, and also infinitely[br]more useful because this dress can hold things!

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I also like how the pockets are hidden - they're[br]really subtle and you can’t really see them

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- but when you do, BAM, they’re super cute[br]and polka-dotty!

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So, now that I know how easy it is to add[br]pockets to an item of clothing, I’m going

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to go ahead and add pockets to every pocketless[br]item that I own. Thanks for watching, and

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I’ll see you all later! Bye!