Happy Tuesday! Today I wanted to share two zipper pouches I made recently with my new Strawflower Quilted Zipper Pouch Pattern!
I've still been feeling a strong pull towards repurposing textiles and also with working on older works in progress. These two pouches scratch both of those itches! First I knew I wanted to use these vintage napkins that I thrifted. It's a set of five, I believe, and I used two for this pouch. I love collecting (and using!) cloth napkins, but these are noticeably smaller than most in my stash and I wasn't using them. For the second pouch I pulled out this random block that has been languishing. I made this block using offcuts from my first Triangularity Quilt, which I made more than ten years ago.
With the texture of this napkin, this pouch reminds me a little of a carpet bag (in a good way!). This is the largest pre-set pouch size in the pattern, it finishes at 12" square. I'm thinking about picking up an old english paper piecing project and that's what I'll store in this pouch! For the quilting I did some simple wavy lines.
I love using a zipper that is a pop of color! I keep coming back to this mustard/gold zipper in my projects, it's such a great color.
Used some older Carolyn Friedlander for the lining. It was a little bit of a challenge to find something in my stash that worked well with the napkins!
For the smaller zipper pouch I used the custom bag instructions in the pattern. I'm not sure yet what I'll use this pouch for, but I'm just glad that block is out of a drawer and finally turned into something! For the quilting I did random straight lines, mostly on the diagonal to mimic the blocks.
I like using the lining fabric for the zipper end tabs as a little tease of what's inside. I also almost always make little quick zipper pulls, because why not!
Even though these fabrics are many years old, I managed to find some matching fabrics for the lining and the back in my stash and scrap bin. Sometimes it pays to hold onto things!
The Starflower Quilted Zipper Pouch Pattern is available as a PDF download in my online shop.
Pattern: Starflower Quilted Zipper Pouch Pattern
Fabrics: Stash
Notions: Zippers
Happy Sewing!
