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Mini Pouches, Fabrics and The Goats


Blue Floral Keychain Wallet


This week I am a bit relaxed. I did a lot of cleaning and organizing in the sewing room and finished a couple of wallet orders. Clean table makes me more inspired to sew. Actually I tried to clean up after making orders,  but when working on several orders and projects, it's just too bothersome to clean up everyday. I tried, but always failed. So now I stop trying haha. I will put the piles aside and will clean it up at least once a week. 


Once in a blue moon, my table is clean


This week I made several Twinnie pouches, a few for orders and the rest to keep as ready to ship in my Etsy Shop. Even though it's quick to sew, but it's really helpful when I have a few wallets ready to ship. The pink patchwork pouch is one of the best sellers. I have one more set in the shop now. 


Mini wallet

Mini keychain wallet
Floral Keychain Pouches 

I also finished Nuno Wallet order in this lovely green floral. The fabric is from Rifle Paper co. Sometimes I posted a short video on my YouTube Channel when I am hand stitching the wallet binding and a few weeks ago someone asked why I hand sew it. Sewing the binding by machine makes me nervous actually and frankly, I prefer to hand sew the binding as it always turned out neater. 


Handmade zipper wallet
Green Floral Wallet


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This week I also take a couple of fabric photos  to be listed in the shop. I still have a few fabrics which I recently procured but have not got time to take photos and edit it. Nowadays I mostly take photos using my iPhone as it's easier for me to edit and upload it. Here are a few that I recently added in the shop. 
These fabrics are 100% cotton. Sometimes I kept aside a few prints that I love, and recently I got a few tops made. I'll take photos next time I am wearing them. 



Red Hand Block Print Fabric

Biscuit Beige Hand Block Print Cotton Fabric

Small Floral Print

Green Floral Cotton Fabric



I shipped a few orders too this week. When shipping out orders, I try to keep it as simple as possible to minimize the cost since most my orders are for foreign buyers. And I try to use more eco-friendly packaging and  use as minimal plastic as possible, but considering the weather and the distance, this is the best I can do right now. My recent favorite is using this honeycomb paper bubble wrap. 






my DIY Packaging for Keychain :)


Minimalist fabric packing - Pink Fabric 



My friend, Eva, also came to visit us this week with her two adorable daughters. The younger one especially loves animal and we took her to feed the goats some breads. The goats (Karan and Arjun) loves eating bread. In the end, she also gobbled up a slice of bread. She's just too cute. Many children scared of animals, but this little one was just rushing and eager to play with the goats and the cows. It was one fun afternoon. 





That's all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy reading my blog. 

Have a nice day!

Elvira






VIDEO TUTORIAL - making scrappy mini pouch

 



Hello,
Working with scraps is always satisfying. I made these mini pouches using scrap from my wallets and other bigger projects. These mini pouches are really quick and easy to make. They also make a great gift for your family and friends. 

Blue Patchwork Pouch


The finished size is about 5" x 3.5" (13 x 8.5 cm). Just perfect for carrying small items, like chapstick, lipstick, small change or even AirPods and a phone charger. 


Here's the material you need: 

Templates - 6" W x 4.5" H (15.5 W x 11.5 H CM)
The box corners - 1" x 1" (2.5 x 2.5 cm)
Fabric strips in various widths 1" ~ 1.5" wide (2.5 ~ 4 cm) X  5.5" long (14 cm ) 
(the strip should be enough to make 2 patchwork panels measure 7" x 5.5" (18 x 14 cm)
Lining Fabric ( cut 2)  : 6" W x 4.5" H (15.5 W x 11.5 H cm)
Lightweight interfacing ( cut 2) 7" x 5.5" (18 x 14 cm)
Scrap Batting ( cut 2) 
All-purpose zipper #3 - 6" long  (you can use scrap zipper) 
0.5" D-ring 
D-ring tab - 2" x 2" (5 x 5 cm)
Keyring (optional)






Pink Patchwork Pouch



Green Patchwork Pouch


If you have many favourite scraps, this could be just the perfect project. Quick turnaround and satisfying project to make. 
Do let me know in the comment if you have any questions, I'll be glad to help. 


Resources: 





Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Sewing!

Elvira

Scrappy Wallet Video Tutorial

 
Scrappy Mini Purse

Hello,

Over the last month, I've been quite occupied. Although I intended to write blogs on a regular basis, I never got around to doing it. However, with my younger son's half-term exams completed and my elder one returning to college, I finally have some free time to write! 

Today, I just wanted to share with you that I recently made some really cute mini wallets from scraps and even created a tutorial on my YouTube channel! These wallets turned out great and I think they could make awesome gifts, especially with the holiday season coming up. 



I found that using narrow strips with a maximum width of about 1.5" worked best for me. Personally, the narrower the better! All the details on how to do this are provided in the video, but if you prefer to read rather than watch, there's a written tutorial available on my website.



 

When making scrappy patchwork, color combination is crucial. If overwhelmed by choices, it's best to stick to single-color shades or a maximum of two colors, such as pink and green.

small wallet with lanyard


mini wallets with wrist strap


I also created a wrist strap that matches! You can find the tutorial for making the wrist strap on my YouTube channel as well. It seems that mini wallets with short lanyards have become quite trendy these days. What about you? What's your favorite scrappy project to work on?


Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Sewing,

Elvira


Linking up to these wonderful BLOGS

 


Dotty Mini Purse Sew Along Day 2 and 3



I hope you all have fun time sewing along The Dotty Mini Purse with Sequoia! I apologize for delayed post for the Day 2, because yeah life happens :D. 

So here is the Day 2 and Day 3 Videos and don't forget to check out the previous blog posts Dotty Day 1, Dotty Day 2 . Enter the raffle on the BLOG!










Sequoia makes pretty dresses (you must check her Instagram!) and you can learn few things from her blog posts and videos!! I do binge watching Youtube tutorials pretty often and I am really grateful that there are people who shares their tips, techniques and hacks. The world really at your finger tips if you want to learn anything! So go ahead and watched the videos and let's keep creating!!



Dotty Mini Purse Pattern available at:

Etsy
Webshop


Happy Sewing!!

~Elvira~

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