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| Finished 'Accordian Pouch', tutorial by Bookhou on Youtube, I added the hand stitching. |
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| One of my new projects, Craft Bag by Kwik Sew, pattern 'C'. The butterfly cotton canvas will be the outside. |
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| My Accordian Pouch inside pockets. |
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| Inside pockets view, I think it's a clever design. |
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| Zakka Style book, compiled by Rashida Coleman-Hale from my local library, fun useful projects. |
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| Another view of my Accordian Pouch, running stitch in pearl cotton. |
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| This is a page in the book, Zakka Style, the Patchwork Pot Holder Project, I intend to make up a lot of these! |
Hello Quilt Friends! And Happy New Year!
We've had clouds and rain off and on for several weeks now.
During the quiet down times of the holidays I managed to finish a fun small project by Bookhou, tutorial on Youtube. Arounna calls it an 'Accordian Pouch' referring to the unique design of the storage pouches, very clever. I added some of my own piecing, by sewing a strip of butterfly cotton canvas on the outside cover and then embroidering running stitches by hand on the outside cover.
My local fabric store has had a good sale on cotton canvas. I bought some intending to use it to sew up a project 'craft bag', pattern by Kwik Sew and to make up potholders using the tutorial, Patchwork Potholder in my library book Zakka Style compiled by Rashida Coleman-Hale. We do a lot of our own cooking and baking and we put to good use our potholders.
I'm looking forward to the new year and working on small useful projects, the finishes are uplifting, right? The small finishes help me through the longer hand quilting process. I need to mix it up and stay challenged with color and design.
That is the quilt news from the valley, where we have so much to be thankful for!
Have you planned any small new projects for the coming year?
I'll be by to visit.
Well that is a fun project. I am hoping to make a needle book soon. Just finished up my Bramble Blooms #2 and started cutting fabric for the Redwood Tote from Noodlehead. Working on using more of my fabric stash.
ReplyDeleteI love small projects too and Zakka Style is definitely an old favorite source. I participated in a sew along with the book years ago and made every project! This post has links if you're interested: https://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/2012/09/goodbye-zakka.html
ReplyDeleteOh; like your accordion pouch. It looks very useful. The next bag will also look great with the butterfly print on the outside. Pot holders are great gifts. One should give some to oneself too as they are in constant use and can get a bit stained over time.
ReplyDeleteI’ve been in bed with a nasty head cold so have neither stitched nor made any new plans. The ones I made late last year still stand.
Keep up the good work.
Queenie
I'm sorry to hear you have a cold! Stay warm and rest Queenie. I just got over a cold and I think I gained a little weight eating to 'feed a cold'. But I'm sure it helped now I'll put away the extra treats and stick to the basics, which are good too.
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