TGIF y'all! For the first time in forever (any Frozen fans out there?), I get the ENTIRE weekend off! I plan to use that lovely time off for sewing and reading since the weather is supposed to be less than superb in my neck of the woods. Despite that, I stayed up late Thursday night to finish this pouch for today! I used
this tutorial to use the slab I showed you guys from Wednesday.
I ended up adding some more to it to make it taller because I was a bit of a dum-dum and bought too big of a zipper. Derp!
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| I found another little bird in my scrap bin! |
I was also a bit lazy and didn't pin or baste my zipper in place before sewing because my pins were downstairs and I was tired of tromping up and down the stairs getting this-n-that. And, surprisingly, I don't think it looks too bad. I could have gotten a bit closer to the zipper teeth, but I was worried about hitting the teeth and destroying my only zipper. I also trimmed a little off the ends of my zipper thinking it would reduce bulk, but it actually made it sit kind of funny afterwards. Lesson for the books when I make another one!
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| Aren't those polka dots darling?! |
I knew exactly what I wanted to use for the lining of this colorful bag! I wanted it to look like a rainbow puked on it, inside and out, so these cute dots were the perfect choice for me. It was a fat quarter I picked up at...well...Walmart. Do quilt bloggers buy fabric from Walmart? Most of the bloggers I follow seem to be online shoppers or buy from their LQS. My budget isn't quite up to that standard yet. When I saw this little fat quarter, I couldn't pass it up, it was just too darn happy!
One last shot with a little pitcher I made in a college ceramics class. It helped the pouch catch the kitchen light juuuuuuust right I feel like. It made that blue zipper pop too! So what about you, any fun plans for this weekend?
Linking up with
Needle and Thread Thursday ,
TGIFF, and
Finish it Up Friday
What a sweet little pouch!!! It's very satisfying to get quilty goodness with a quick little project.
ReplyDeleteIt is! I love quick quilty projects! :)
DeleteYour pouch is so cute! Congrats on a fabulous finish!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lorna! :)
DeleteGreat little pouch! I hope all your wild sewing plans for the week-end come to pass! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting TGIFF, Jenn! And the sewing plans are about to begin, I just have to decide on a movie to put on while I cut some fabric for my next quilt. :)
DeleteI love your blog and your cute pouch. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer! :)
Deleteadorable little bag and your pitcher is nice too. I always wanted to play with ceramics. someday......
ReplyDeleteI had an absolute blast learning and playing with ceramics! My only regret was that I took it my last semester of school and wasn't able to pursue it further. Mine and my parents' house is dotted with ugly mugs and bowls from my final project. ;) I did work hard on two pitchers though so that Mom and I could have a twins, such a fun decoration.
DeleteVery cute and love that a rainbow "puked" in your bag! Yes, I used to buy some of my fabric from Walmart until the ones near me stopped selling fabric. The starter "palette" for my first bed quilt was made of fabrics I got off the $2 sale table! It's seven years old and still in use! Thanks for sharing this at Val's and keep on quilting!
ReplyDeleteSome of their fat quarters are just too darn cute, I can't resist it! Lol. I actually have a bunch of baby safari themed fabric stowed away from there when I first started sewing. I still swear I'm making my child a quilt out of it whenever I decide to take that leap (into having children, not making baby quilts!). :)
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