My Patchwork Pouch

This post follows on from the previous one.

This is the zippered pouch I made for myself.

The patchwork is a little more uniform this time as I used

mainly squares & rectangles of fabrics.

The patterned fabric was from a bag of Cath Kidston scraps.

 I didn't have enough floral pieces to

complete the rectangle so included a couple of 'odd' pieces

- football players and part of a bird -

I put them at the bottom so they wouldn't show on the 

finished pouch.

This is the back of the pouch.

I had another go at some cotton reels - and attempted

some scissors.

 

Another rubber stamped mannequin on some linen

and freehand stitched fabric over the top.

The box corners give it a flat bottom and enable the 

pouch to stay upright.

I lined it with some co-ordinating fabric.

I'm all pouched out now!

Thanks for looking :)

Playing with Patchwork

I've been having a go at some patchwork lately.

Not proper or precise, just piecing together some fabric

in a haphazard way and seeing what develops!

I got inspired to do this originally when I saw

this pin on Pintrest

It is from a site called Just Bunting

and has been freehand machine embroidered.

How cute, a little sewing machine made from fabric pieces!

I made one of my own so it could become one

of the pieces in my patchwork.

I rubber stamped a mannequin image onto some linen

and added some fabric for another piece.

I had a go at some cotton reels based on this image

also found on Pintrest

 This is from Jo Melrose Designs.

I didn't like how my version turned out originally,

but decided it was OK in the end.

So, having assembled and stitched together my

pieces I had two rectangles of fabric

I decided to make them into a little bag

and found a great tutorial for making an

'Open wide zippered pouch' by

Noodlehead

I also found this YouTube video, which although

I didn't follow, found it contained some useful info.

How to sew a lined zipper pouch - 

great for beginners!

Here's some pictures of the finished pouch

 

 

I was really pleased with how it turned out

and decided to give it as birthday gift to a

blogging friend.

I made a card to go with it - I just love those

little fabric sewing machines!!

 

I liked the pouch so much - and chuffed with myself

at having inserted a half decent zip so decided to make

one for myself ..... I'll show that in another blog post.

Thanks for looking :)