Jewelry Roll

This one is for my mom.
It´s a little mobile storage solution for jewelry, with from top to bottom:

• a roomy pocket with elastic top
• a zippered pocket
• a mesh pocket that can be used to store stuff inside it, or to hang earrings
• loops for hanging bracelets and necklaces

It all rolls up into a neat roll and can be tied with little straps while en route, and hung from a hook upon arrival!
Materials:

• 8"x16" piece of fabric for outer
• 8"x16" piece of fabric for lining
• 8"x16" piece of interfacing

• for the pleated pocket: 10"x 4.5" piece of fabric and 8" piece of elastic
• for the zip pocket: two 8"x4.5" pieces of fabric and 9" zipper
• for the mesh pocket: 4"x8" piece of mesh and 8" piece of bias tape
• for the loops: 8" piece of bias tape
• for the hanger: 18" piece of bias tape (this is the only bias tape from the outer fabric, all other strips are from the lining fabric)
• for the straps that hold the roll together: 18" piece of bias tape
• for binding: two 16" pieces of bias tape

My first step was to iron the interfacing to the lining. This gives the stability needed to support the weight of the jewelry.
Then I made a drawstring for the loops and basted it across the lining, about an inch up from the bottom.
Stitching vertical lines about an inch apart over the drawstring gave me the loops for hanging necklaces and bracelets. First part completed!

For the mesh pocket,  I sewed bias tape onto one long side of the mesh using a zig zag stitch.
After stitching the bottom part onto the lining, and basting the short sides to the lining peace, I sewed down the vertically to create two pockets. And that was it for the mesh pocket!

The third part was the little zippered pocket.  I sandwiched the zipper between the two pocket pieces to form the outer and lining of the pocket:

After turning right side out and topstitching the zipper,  I basted the pocket with the its outer facing the lining fabric, then flipped it up and topstitched the bottom seam to encase the raw edge and create a neat seam inside and out.

The final step was the pleated pocket on top. I basted the pleats and then stitched the pocket bottom in place right onto the zipper. This seam holds the pleated pocket as well as the zipper in place.

After folding over the top of the elastic pocket about 1/4", I folded over another 1/2" to create a casing for the elastic. This keeps the top of the pocket from gaping despite the roomy bottom.

To assemble the jewelry roll, I joined the outer and lining fabric, right sides together, on the short sides. The drawsting for the handle and closure need to be inserted at that point as well. So I sewed drawstrings out of the bias tape for the hanger and closure. Then I pinned the loop from which the roll will hang to the left and right upper corners of the lining. And the drawstring for the closure is folded in half and the fold is pinned to the upper center of the outer fabric. When sewing the outer and lining together, all of the drawstings are sandwiches between the layers and caught in the seam.

To finish the jewelry roll, I used the remaining two fabric strips and double folded both long sides to encase both unfinished edges. After basting everything in place, I handstitched the fabric strips to 

the lining.

 This is the roll in its transport state. I hope it will get lots of use!