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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.