Ava Pouch aka Sanitizer Holder

by poweredbyquilting · January 3, 2023

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone's holiday was amazing and you got some rest and relaxation. I was super busy secret sewing all of my quilts for the next collection. Honestly, it was exhausting but it's my fault for waiting till break to do all of them. I took a small break Saturday and made myself an Ava Pouch by A Quaint Stitch.

There's a backstory to this as I have seen SO MANY sanitizer holders since the pandemic started, but I couldn't find the pattern! I'm not sure if I never asked or if I just didn't search correctly, but the Ava Pouch has been out for a while and it's free! Get the pattern here from A Quaint Stitch.

The pattern comes in 2 sizes for 1oz or 2oz bottles of hand sanitizer. It also has the option to use 3/4" or 1" hardware for the hanging swivel hook. I decided to make a 2oz holder and use 1" hardware.

The only modifications to the pattern were as follows:

I decided to use a rivet instead of sewing across to secure the swivel hook.
I edge-painted the vinyl.
I used a metal spring snap instead of a plastic one.

Things I would do differently:

Edge paint the pocket edge and the hole for the cap before sewing it together. AND add the color coat. I only did the base coat and had to go back and add the color after it was sewn together, it was difficult not to make a mess.
I would attach the metal spring snap before sewing. I don't own a hand press and my table press couldn't get into the pocket so I had to press through the back of the pouch too and it made an indention.

Overall, I really like how this turned out! I actually made a tester version to make sure that the size was correct for my sanitizer bottle. I used leftover scrap cork to test and it was such an easy, quick project.

Here are the back and the edges of the pouch.