Dresden Pouch

A couple of days ago I was leafing through a book I have called Sew Gifts.  A few months ago I made a pencil-case from the book.   I decided that I was in the mood to sew another zippered pouch when I saw the Dresden plate one.  

It was an easy matter to zip up some petals--- i just used my handy dresden plate ruler and cut ny pieces from 2-1/2" strips...

I decided to sew an arc for each side of the pouch, using 19 different fabrics,

I also added in a layer of quilt batting to give the pouch a bit more body.

Not much quilting, just some pink hand-stitching to echo the shape, and a few rows of machine stitching in light grey.

I was pretty happy with how it turned out.   It was just the day for a quick and easy project. 

Fabric Friday

yesterday, opening a big cardboard box or two, 

we found the cotton and steel fabrics,

we set to cutting fat quarters...

but had to pause and notice how fun these diagonal strips of dots can be,

now it is time to mull over possibilities, 

these prints are seriously starting to grow on me..