Burwood Tool Roll Sewalong: Part 1 - Inner Flap

Welcome to the first instalment of the Burwood Tool Roll Sewalong!

The Burwood tool roll has all the jeans-making techniques we want you to learn and practice, but comes together as a gorgeous tool roll that can be used to store your sewing and patternmaking tools or even the tools for any of your other creative pursuits.

The Burwood tool roll has been designed for you to practice sewing techniques and tweak your machine settings. You will sew a fly front, patch pockets, and a front curved pocket with coin pocket - all are functional and will be used to store your tools. You will sew a range of different seam finishes so that when you sew jeans, you will feel confident. There will be opportunities to test your machine settings, try topstitching and install hardware.

Please remember: As the Burwood tool roll is asymmetrical, is it important that you cut all pieces with right side up, except the BACK YOKE [7] that is cut as a pair. This means that when you lay out the fabric, the right side of the fabric is facing up and the pattern pieces are placed on the fabric with the printed side up. We recommend leaving the pattern pieces pinned to the cut fabric pieces until you are ready to use each specific piece.

Are we ready? Let's dive right in!

INNER FLAP

The purpose of the inner flap is to test out stitching specific to jeans making, namely topstitching and bartacks. You may need to tweak settings on your machine to achieve optimal results, and you may require a sturdier, denim-weight needle for more robust fabrics.

The inner flap is the perfect opportunity to ease into techniques which may be new to. It's a great opportunity to have a play around and test everything out in a non-intimidating way, since the flap will ultimately be concealed inside your tool roll. This inner flap will provide a lovely, honest, visual documentation of your process.