Happy Little Pouch Hop: Day 9 - Kaelin & Beth

Today we have Kaelin / The Plaid Scottie here to share an awesome pouch tutorial! Kaelin is one of those bloggers that I’ve been following for ages. I originally met Kaelin through flickr swaps, but met her in real life at Sewing Summit last year. She’s a real hoot! Besides being an overall awesome person, Kaelin is really talented. She’s been in several cool magazines, and has some awesome tutorials available on her blog too!

Find her brand new tutorial here!

Today we also have Beth / Plum and June with us to share a sweet tutorial for a multiple pocket pouch. If you aren’t familiar with Beth’s blog be sure to take a look around, she has some really fabulous stuff going on there! Not to mention that she makes some really awesome pouches!

Check out her tutorial here!

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Don't forget to start working on your own pouches and add them to the flickr group. All finished pouches can be added to the Week 2 Finishes discussion to be eligible to win our awesome prizes!

Happy Little Pouch Hop {Challenge} ... Progress!

Drawstring pouch

Alright alright. That accountability thing that was happening when Elaine and I were making the same pouch each day....

lol

To use less words and more pretty pictures I'll explain it simply: we've both skipped a day or two here or there. However, in the end we have both finished a wild amount of pouches so far!

Makeup bags

Yesterday I completed a whopping 4 pouches! I made three using Sew Like My Mom's Makeup Bag Tutorial. I made three at a time since I figured several people on my christmas list would enjoy them. They turned out really great and the instructions were nice and clear. The only thing  I did differently is that instead of sewing down the sides of the lining and the outside all in one line, I first sewed each part (lining and then outer) individually up the side until I was close to the zippered part - then layered them together to back-stitch a bit and then sew the rest of the length of the sides... this gave me much more room to sew those boxed corners individually, and didn't effect the finished pouch. (I'm sure that made no sense but it really did make a difference, I should have taken a picture though!)

I also sewed another of Jeni's Drawstring Bags. I really love how cleanly these come together! I used some sweet Laurie Wisbrun bunny fabric which I thought to be fitting to use on Jeni's pattern, since Jeni's sweet bunny George makes appearances on her blog all the time. :)

It turns out that I seriously love that little bunny drawstring - I want it for myself. Is that bad? I really made it with my niece Rosemarie in mind... but I have another project in mind for her too, does that mean she won't miss this pouch? :) I haven't decided. lol.

Happy Little Pouch Hop: Day 8 - Shruti, Liz, & Cherie

Today we have a guest post from Shruti / 13 Woodhouse Rd! I’ve been reading Shruti’s blog for years, and she was even my swap partner for a Doll Quilt Swap a while back! Shruti is everyone’s most exotic bloggy friend - she’s from India! The time difference makes it perfect for us to chat on facebook early morning (her) which is late night for me! She makes some really excellent projects and is always hosting a blog hop or blog series! She and I have co hosted a couple hops now, and she really knows how to pull together some talented people!

Today Shruti is sharing an update post on her Samosa Pouch Tutorial. Check it out here!

Next up is Liz / Dandelion Daydreams. Liz has made a lot of great projects recently - I hope you’ll take a look at her site.I especially love her tutorial for the Union Jack quilt block! I only recently “met” her online, but she seems pretty awesome! Very cool!

Liz has a brand new tutorial for us today! Read it here!

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Don't forget to start working on your own pouches and add them to the flickr group. All finished pouches can be added to the Week 2 Finishes discussion to be eligible to win our awesome prizes!

Happy Little Pouch Hop: Day 7 - Elizabeth & Emily

I’ve had the joy of having met both today’s guests in person!

First off, have known Elizabeth for a couple years now. I’ve read her blog for a long time, and I’m lucky enough to be in her bee (Sew Beautiful) - seriously I’m not sure how I lucked into this bee! Elizabeth blogs at Don’t Call Me Betsy and we met in person at Sewing Summit last year. Elizabeth is wildly talented - you’ve seen her work all over the place - my favorite? Her bee quilt (the spiderwebs) made the cover of “International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene”! Check out her finished quilts here. She’s sure to inspire you too!

Check out what Elizabeth has to show us here!

Next we have a post by Emily (or as my daughter calls her “friend Emily”). Emily is my closest quilt friend, and we sometimes find ourselves up sewing/chatting very late at night. Although she doesn’t have a blog (yet), she shares her quilting and sewing journey on flickr. She is a huge Oliver & S fanatic and makes tons of pretty dresses for her cousin’s kids (and Allie too!). Her personal style and eye for color are exceptional. Here’s a great example of her eye for color - her “Mine!” quilt - the intentionally paired groups of color in each block blows my mind!

Emily’s guest post will be hosted here on my blog (unless she starts her own by then!!). Read it below:

 A Squirrely Pouch and a Review:

Hello everybody and Happy Tuesday!  My name is Emily and today I am here to share with you a pretty little pouch I made using a Purl Bee tutorial called Lovely Liberty Coin Purses.  

Now in the tutorial they talk about the kits that they are selling...they don’t sell those anymore.  BUT they do sell the frames (they come with paper rope and a pattern) and then all you need is some fabric, thread, sew in interfacing and glue and you are ready to go!  When I got my handle in the mail I noticed that the pattern in the package (which is written in Japanese) was not the same shape as the one in the tutorial so I reshaped the bottom of my pattern to look rounded like the tutorial...other than that I followed directions I swear!  

The sewing together the little purse was way easy and then came the gluing (I used this glue).  Mine got a little messy but I used a strong toothpick to help stuff in the purse edge and the paper rope.  Oh and I didn't crimp the frame...I just put in some extra glue and called it a day.  

In the end this project was way super easy and the frames are so nice, I just love the big spheres and the colors!  This was my first ever metal framed pouch and I love it and will definitely be making more.  The many pictures in the tutorial make it super easy to follow and the final product is so cute!

I made my Squirrely Pouch using David Walker’s Squirrels and Nuts fabric in Sea and some Pure Organic solid in Orange on the inside, the clasp color I chose is tortoise shell.  

Happy Little Pouch Hop: Day 6 - Holly & Heidi

Welcome to week two of the Happy Little Pouch Hop! We've got a ton of pouches, tutorials, and reviews to share with you this week, so stick around! We drew for the week one prize winners so go see who won what over there!

Today we start off with Holly of Bijou Lovely. Holly is an awesomely inspiring quilter. Everything she makes just takes my breath away! I would suggest checking out her pages for finished quilts  - as well as her tutorials. I personally have made an entire quilt made using her Herring Bone Block tutorial!

Go check out Holly's review of the LGB Studios Foldover Pouch!

Next we have Heidi of Fabric Mutt. Heidi has made some pretty adorable pouches recently - It wasn't until I flipped through her blog recently that I realized how many of them have made it into my flickr favorites and my pinterest pages! 

Heidi is giving us a review of the box bag from Tacha Bruecher's book Hexa-Go-Go. Go check out Heidi's review!

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Don't forget to start working on your own pouches and add them to the flickr group. All finished pouches can be added to the Week 2 Finishes discussion to be eligible to win our awesome prizes!

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!

I'm so excited to be a part of the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!! 

I'd like to welcome all the new-to-my-blog readers coming from Sew Mama Sew today!! My regular readers already know about the Happy Little Pouch Hop that my friend Elaine and I are hosting right now. This hop is for all you pouch making enthusiasts! So it's only fitting that my giveaway today should be pouch related!

Today I'm giving away a box pouch and the supplies necessary to make your own pouch! 

The pouch I have for you measures 6" x 4" x 2" and is made from a vinyl coated reusable shopping bag. This is the larger size (with a slight variation) of my PonToms pouch tutorial that I shared last week. 

Also included with the pouch will be the supplies needed to make yourself another pouch that measures up to 7" x 3" x 3"! -Perfect for storing your rotary cutter and other sewing supplies!

To enter just drop me a line down there in the comments! You can write anything you want there to be entered - but if you'd like you can also share something fun (your fav handmade gift, something that inspires you, a story that's funny, etc). Seriously though, you can write anything in that box to be entered! 

(Not related to the giveaway, but If you take a look around the blog here and like what you see - by all means click the "follow/join this site" button over there to the right!)

I'll draw a winner December 7th. Check out the other awesome giveaways here.

Giveaway closed! The winner is Ali who said:

AliDecember 3, 2012 8:03 PM

I love that shape, I am not quit successful at box corners yet. I have nothing funny to say right now, because I had 4 cups of coffee and I'm too jittery ;) Thank you for the giveaway!

She'll be contacted soon! Thanks to all those who entered!

Happy Little Pouch Hop - Week 1 Prize Winners!!

Look at what you made this week!

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The above pouches were all entered into this week's prize drawings (note: there are a few entries for which I did not have permission to include them in the mosaic, so there are actually even more pouches that were made by YOU!). I've had so much fun seeing the pouches that you are making and while I thought I'd be whittling down my "must make" list, you have certainly been inspiring me to add more to it!

Okay, so onto the drawings! We are so fortunate to have a wonderful group of sponsors. We used random.org to generate our list of this week's prize winners. Without further ado:

Prize: $10 gift certificate

Winner: #9-- Sarah_L_N

Prize: Gathered clutch pattern!

Winner: #8-- rkpulipaka

Prize: 1 package of fusible fleece
Winner: #14-- Marika

Prize: $25 gift certificate
Winner: #10-- Negligent Style

We also have one new sponsor to add!
Elizabeth Hartman!

Prize: Perfect zip pattern!
Winner: #1 suddenlysandra

Congrats to all our winners! We will contact you via Flickr Mail to obtain any information that we might need in order to get your prizes to you. We'll be back on Monday with more links to pouch enthusiasts and more prizes!!!