A two-sided tissue holder pouch is perfect for cold and flu season. One side can hold a pack of tissues, the other side can hold a mini bottle of sanitizer and a lip gloss! This post was sponsored by GOJO Industries, the makers of Purel and contains affiliate links.
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How to sew a two-sided tissue holder for your purse or backpack.
Supplies:
- Fabric Scraps
- Thread
- Measuring Tape
- Tissue Pouch (2×4.5″) (affiliate)
- PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- Lip gloss, optional
Directions to make a fabric tissue holder.
1. Cut your fabrics. You will need 1 main fabric for the body and 1 contrasting fabric for the pocket.
Body: (cut 2) 5 3/4″ x 7 1/2″
Pocket: (cut 1) 4″ x 7 1/2″
Seam allowance 1/4″
5. Pin sides and stitch both sides closed, leaving the top and bottom open.
7. Press seams flat.
9. Fold the top down 1 3/4″.
12. Stitch sides closed and trim close to seam.
13. Turn right side out.
You’re going to love this double-sided tissue holder so much you’ll want to make a few more to keep on hand for gifts!
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Theresa @DearCreatives says
April 21, 2016 at 9:07 amSeriously love the double sided tissue pouch! I need to make mine like these. Pinning for later.
Brandy says
April 21, 2016 at 9:22 pmThank you, Theresa! They are so fun to make!
Candice Schenk says
April 21, 2016 at 5:21 pmReally cute ideas!! I love that the tissue holder has a pocket!
Brandy says
April 21, 2016 at 9:22 pmThanks so much Candice!
gracefulcoffee says
April 21, 2016 at 5:34 pmThis is such a cool idea! I love that it’s a multi-purpose pouch 🙂
Blessings,
Edye // Gracefulcoffee
Brandy says
April 21, 2016 at 9:21 pmThank you, Edye! They are fun to make!
Organized 31 says
April 29, 2016 at 4:41 amWhat an adorable and entirely useful sewing project. Can’t wait to give it a try. Congrats, you’re featured this week at the #ThisIsHowWeRoll Link Party.
Brandy says
April 29, 2016 at 9:59 amWow, thank you so much!
WesTXGrl13 says
May 20, 2016 at 3:12 pmPERFECT for us germ-a-phobes!!! Pretty, fast, and useful–can’t beat that!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Janet Vinyard says
July 11, 2016 at 6:27 pmCute idea! I’ve made a fabric tissue case before but not with a pocket! I look forward to trying this one! Blessings, Janet
angie says
July 13, 2016 at 9:13 amvery cute love how they are created makes it easy to carry items without a large bag.
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CJ Huang says
July 14, 2016 at 9:44 amLove how you’ve got these doublesided! So convenient to keep a few things together. 🙂
Linda says
July 14, 2016 at 7:41 pmThis is very awesome. I love the colors, too. Pinned to Pinterest. Best wishes for a wonderful summer, Linda @Crafts a la mode
Living in Mommywood says
July 15, 2016 at 7:38 amI love your shares! Found you on Creative link 🙂 Great and compact for easy access and carry along.
Charlotte says
July 16, 2016 at 7:37 amAwww, this is adorable–thanks so much for sharing 🙂 I love a cute and creative idea that doesn’t look TOO terribly challenging (as I am not the biggest DIY’r!). Following over from SITS Sharefest and hope you’re enjoying the weekend 🙂
Ana from The Lost Apron says
July 18, 2016 at 9:22 amI love what you have done to make this simple project multi-functional. I think that tissue packs are one of the gateway projects in learning to sew. I have found you on Inspire Me Monday/Create with Joy. See my post on How to Run Your Own Summer Sewing Camp: http://www.thelostapron.com/2016/07/sewing-camp.html
Kim says
July 18, 2016 at 6:06 pmReally cute!Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Pinned! Have a great week!
Kim
JESS44903 says
July 19, 2016 at 1:38 pmYou’re so talented and you always make everything look so easy! 🙂
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Mary Jo Munsey-Tyree says
August 28, 2016 at 10:19 amSuch a great Christmas gift for all of the girls in the club.
vrmm26 says
July 23, 2017 at 6:06 amSuper cute! Great gift idea for anyone on your list. Visiting from Happiness Is Homemade party.
MrsMcD918 says
July 24, 2017 at 3:35 amAdorable! Great way to use up scraps! I’ll be making one!
roseannmhampton says
July 25, 2017 at 7:04 pmLove this idea! Thanks for the tutorial!
Lisa // Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing and Crafting says
July 30, 2017 at 3:25 amCute and convenient idea! Pinning! 🙂 Lisa
Katharine in Brussels says
August 7, 2017 at 12:14 pmJust made two for my dogwalking friends – with a loop of twill tape at the top to clip to the leash. Very cute! There’s space for tucking in a doggie doo bag next to the hand sanitizer.
Brandy says
August 7, 2017 at 3:15 pmWhat a great idea! Love that. I may have to make another to take with us for our doggie too!
Debbie says
October 19, 2017 at 5:26 pmWhat size sanitizer, mine atrent coming out right. Having a get together with 13 friends and ive made 4 and made them a tad bigger butthe back is split open, doesnt look good.
Brandy says
October 23, 2017 at 7:30 amHi Debbie! The ones I used are only about 2 1/2″ tall. They aren’t the ones that hang from a purse or fit into the silicone carriers that you can find. It was even smaller and I found them at Walmart in the travel section a couple of years ago. Do the ones you have fit without a lip gloss in the pouch too or not at all?
Emma says
December 6, 2017 at 3:55 amHi, in step 6 you say to turn right side out before pressing seams. However, at the end you are told to turn right side out! So do you turn it wrong side out before completing the final steps after pressing the seams? I love the pouch, have started to make it but its so unclear at the end. As a beginner I find it very frustrating when tutorials are not clear enough. Please help!
Brandy says
December 6, 2017 at 11:52 amHi Emma!
In step 5 you will see that the tissue pouch is inside-out. In step 6 you turn it right side out. Then iron the side seams.
Now it’s time to fold it to create the pouch which will essentially make it inside-out again after you make those folds.
In the last photo after it has been folded and the side seams have been stitched you will see that it needs to be turned right side out again.
Hope that helps!
Emma says
December 7, 2017 at 12:36 amThank you for your reply! I went ahead anyway & turned it inside out. It went in the bin. I’ll give it another go, now its clearer ?
Courtney says
January 2, 2018 at 4:32 amI absolutely love this. This is my first thing to hand sew and it wad so easy. I will definately be using thos at school ✔✅☑
Brandy says
January 2, 2018 at 10:35 amYay! I’m so glad!
Deana says
January 6, 2018 at 10:31 amThank you for posting this project! I made 4 of them this morning and featured it on my homeschooling blog! I linked to your page, of course! Thank you for sharing!
B says
February 22, 2018 at 11:00 pmI made one and it turned out really great!
Brandy says
February 23, 2018 at 4:32 amI’m so glad! They are very useful little things!
Kim~madeinaday says
August 28, 2018 at 9:14 amSo cute I love it! This would be so handy for the kids for their backpacks. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
C. Bosmans says
November 7, 2018 at 2:23 pmI find the directions very confusing. Hard to tell from the pictures which sides are finished.I am on my second try and still not right. Apparently Ive sewed the wrong sides. I know thus should be very simple but the directions need to be more specific. I.e. .long side or shirt side.
Brandy says
November 7, 2018 at 3:48 pmI’m sorry that you find them confusing. I’ve gone over them and am not sure how to simplify them more, but if you watch the photos you will see the placement of pocket when you are folding the top and bottom of the pouch. Keep an eye on the pocket piece to make sure your pouch looks like mine before sewing the sides. Hopefully, that helps!
C. Bosmans says
November 7, 2018 at 10:51 pmFinally figured it out. The next one should be a piece if cake. Thank you for the pattern.
Brandy says
November 8, 2018 at 11:19 amOh, good!! I’m so glad.
Kathy French says
February 18, 2019 at 4:46 pmGreat tutorial but I think the pocket measurements are off. My pocket ended up an inch down from the top – Not like the photo. I checked both the video and page measurements before starting. I think I”ll try again with a 3 x 7 1/2 pocket.
Thank you for a great idea! Making a bunch for friends and relatives.
Lynne says
March 14, 2019 at 5:11 pmI made 30 of them and they came together very nicely. Great project! Thank you so much!
Stephanie says
April 14, 2019 at 9:57 pmDo you sell these already made?
Brandy says
April 15, 2019 at 8:54 pmHi Stephanie, I actually don’t, but I’ve had several readers ask for permission to sell them on Etsy. So I think you might be able to find some on there using my pattern!
Phyllis says
May 31, 2019 at 8:30 pmI think the final measurement should be 3.5″ instead of 3″‘. If I do 3″ it overlaps….However, I did the 3.5″ ….it’s very cute and I’m planning on making them as gifts for a retreat…
Brandy says
May 31, 2019 at 8:43 pmHi Phyllis! It is supposed to overlap 🙂 Have fun at your retreat!
Donna says
August 6, 2019 at 10:23 amHi, I love this pattern and made 7 for Christmas gifts last year! I’m making more this year for my Bible study class, but I have a question: what type of tissues in the travel packs did you use, that they pop out like that? The only ones I can find are folded in the pack and don’t come out like the one in your pictures. This is a great pattern, and I know I’ll be using it many times!
Brandy says
August 6, 2019 at 2:42 pmHi Donna! I pulled the tissue out so that it would be visible in the photo. They didn’t pop out like that on their own, but for photo purposes (so that the reader could tell what the pouch was for) I gently pulled one out. So the ones you bought are the same ones that I have!