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 Stow all kinds of gear in this quick-serged bike pouch. Attach to handlebars with durable Velcro tabs. This is a must-have item for bikers young and old alike. Kids especially like these and will want you to serge them for all of their friends!
Materials
- 1/3 yard of lightweight cotton print fabric
- 1/3 yard of HeatNBond Lite
- 11" of Velcro
- Three cones of serger thread or woolly nylon
- Printable Pattern
Serger Setup
Narrow, 3-thread, short-length, balanced stitch, serger thread or wooly nylon in loopers and needle.
Instructions
Enlarge pattern on photocopy machine. Cut two pouches from fabric and one from HeatNBond, Fuse HeatNBond to wrong side of one pouch. Place pouches wrong sides together; fuse, forming one reversible piece.
 Serge-finish upper edge, upper sides, and lower edge. Stitch 5" Velcro strip, hook side, 4-1/2" from lower edge. Place 3" Velcro strips on pouch, hook and loop ends opposite each other, with ends 7" from upper edge and 2" in from each outside raw edge as show (Fig. 7-18). Stitch ends only.
Fold bottom portion of pouch in half crosswise; right sides together, and serge side seam. Stitch 5" Velcro Strip, loop side, to inside upper edge of flap, centering between finished sides (Fig. 7-19a). Box or miter lower corner, stitching 1: from folded point. Turn bag right side out (Fig. 7-19b).
Place pouch on handlebars by wrapping Velcro "loop" strip over handlebar, then lapping "hook" strip onto "loop" strip, fastening tabs tightly (Fig. 7-20).
By Cindy Cummins
From Serge it in an Hour or Less
Krause Publications
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