Quilted pencil pouches and more

Custom made quilted pencil bags

Finally these pencil pouches are done and delivered! I love to gift handmade stuff to family and friends. Few weeks ago I gifted a quilted pencil pouch to my friend's daughter and she called up a few days later placing order for 5 pencil pouches. Apparently her daughter's friends wanted one too. Alhamdulillah! 

She leaves it up to me for the fabric choice, so I went ahead and made 7 pouches. Actually I started with 8 pouches but I cut one a little but wonky so I cut and made a small coin pouch with it! 

These pencil cases measured about 8" W x 4" H. It's perfect size for pencils and other stuff too, like crochet hooks and spectacles! It's multi purpose. It's fun and easy projects to make. I made a work flow video HERE when I was making the previous pencil pouches. 

To make this pencil quilted pouch, here's what you need:

Exterior fabric - 9" x 5" - cut 2 

Lining Fabric - 8.5" x 4.5" - cut 2

Batting - 9" x 5" - cut 2 

Lightweight fusible interfacing 9" x 5" (only if you are using lightweight fabrics- optional)

9" long all purpose (size 3) zipper. 

If you want to make Non quilted version, you can skip the batting and use all purpose fusible woven interfacing instead. 

For the construction, please refer to THIS VIDEO of making coin purse. Well, quilted pouch takes a little bit of time to make but I find the result is better. 

Quilted Zipper Pouches

I will put these zipper pouches in my Website as well as Etsy for custom order. These pouches make a great birthday party favors too, don't you think? 

Last week of January highlights: 

Made linen Kodomo wallet for a repeat customer early this week. 

Alice in Wonderland Wallet

And with the leftovers I made simple coin purses.

Coin Purses

Received a wonderful feedback for the mini keychain wallets
 

Finally added a few hand woven (handloom) cotton fabrics in the shop!

That's all for today, thank you for stopping by!

Happy sewing,

Elvira

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Indigo Patchwork Table Runner

 

Indigo Patchwork Table Runner

This table runner took a bit longer to complete than expected. It's sidetracked so many times because I have to complete other works first and sometimes the mood to quilt is taking vacation! 

Actually I was inspired to make this table runner after cutting fabric bundles for the shop. The bundles are sold out now but I have a few more indigo blue bundles in the shop. For the backing I am using this pretty indigo fabric with white floral. It's just a perfect match. 

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Since the fabrics are hand block printed and some of them are screen printed, I pre washed the patchwork top and the backing before quilting it to get rid of the excess dyes. I used mild detergent and added color catcher too.

The quilting is my all time fave serpentine stitch just like the green patchwork runner in my previous post.  I think serpentine stitch is the most effortless good looking stitch! It's my go to stitch. I am using cotton batting for this table runner too. 

I personally love how this table runner turned out. Especially love the mix of Indian floral and geometric pattern. When arranging the pieces, I try my best to balance dark, medium and light. A friend of mine suggested long ago, to take photos after arranging the pieces and set the photo in black and white to see the color balance. This trick always worked for me. 

Here's a short video of making this table runner. I hope you enjoy it!

I have a few more table runners to quilt. They are all basted and ready, hopefully I will have time (and mood) to quilt at least one next week, if I am not tempted to do other stuff ! 

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Sewing and have a nice day!

Elvira

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