First, I started by purchasing .75 meters of this fabric ($2.50) and 1 meter of vinyl ($3).
I
ironed about an inch and a half around the edges, and flipped itover a
second time, to get a crisp edge without having to do too much sewing:
Then, I took the vinyl, and cut out four strips,that were the length of the fabric and about 7 inches tall. 
When it was all cut, I laid it out on the fabric to eyeball everything (very hard to see!) 
Next,
I cut out some small vinyl pieces to act as little slots to place tags.
After everything was cut, I pinned on tape binding to all of the edges.
This is what it looked like once the vinyl pouches were sewn onto the pockets.
Sewing
the vinyl to the fabric was a bit of a task. It's difficult to sew
because the vinyl tends to get caught on the presser foot of the sewing
machine. Finally, I ended up pinning paper towel to the top of all of
the vinyl, so that it would slide easily. 
It
just took forever, but really made the process so much easier. When I
was done the sewing, I just ripped the paper towel out. It came out
quite easily.
And, that was really it! I just had to sew, sew, sew, all along the corners and edges until I had pockets (basically wherever you see paper towel in the picture.) I'm really happy with how it turned
This is what it looks like stocked! (there's still some goodies
missing from the more "expensive" pockets.. not sure what to put in
those, yet!)
The entire thing cost under ten dollars. I will definitely be making more!
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