A stack of vinyl pouches

You’ll know that I did a bag making course earlier in the year, and I even completed the pouch that I hadn’t quite finished before our holiday. I wanted to get more confident with zips, and since then have gone a bit zip crazy, what with those garden cushions I’ve shared recently, and now this stack of little pouches.

It started with a kit I picked up a while back after seeing them online and deciding I couldn’t live without them. Before the bag making course I sat down to tackle it but got stuck at the first tip, which was to put the interfacing on the whole fat quarter before cutting out - but there was more fat quarter than I needed for the little pouch, and much more than the amount of interfacing included. The other tips for sewing the vinyl put me off too - it recommended using tissue paper, which makes a lot of sense - and a zipper foot. Neither of which I used making these - so the course has been a success as it’s given me the knowledge and confidence to follow what I’ve learnt in practice.

But anyway, they are rather cute - I made the small and mini versions from some of the materials provided in the pack, which are probably ones I wouldn’t have chosen myself, but I like nonetheless.

Following the instructions, and using the materials provided in the kit I ended up with a small vinyl pouch which I’m very pleased with - and definitely benefited from having the experience of a tutor-led session previously, even though it wasn’t for this exact item as there was lots that could be applied to this pouch.

I realised after I’d finished that while I’d used the fleece lining on the pocket’s lining (the insect fabric) I hadn’t used the thinner interfacing anywhere, and it probably would have benefited from it, at least on the strip below the zip.

I decided to have another go and make a mini version - that one didn’t go quite so well, but it does have the interfacing below the zip. I added some ribbon embellishments to the sides as afterwards I worked out that I’d attached the backing piece the wrong way round - doh! I was pleased to find the zigzag strip in my stash as it covers a stitching mishap - but you wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t told you.

Even at this stage I could see how useful they would be, both for crafts and elsewhere. But I didn’t want to leave it there on my ‘embellished’ version, as I was sure I could master this little pouch, and I’d also been saving some red-checked vinyl which had (strangely) come as packing, all scrunched up between bottles, and I was keen to see if that would work.

Turns out it did, and I’ve now made ten of these pouches, learning and adapting as I’ve gone along - and I’ve got a stack of pretty pouches too!

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Post Comment Love 11 - 13 October

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

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This week I’m sending much love to Suzanne and her family, and I know you will too.

It turns out that when you have nothing planned, you can still have quite a busy week - who knew?

It’s been a week to keep busy with chores around the house and parcels to drop off - no soon as one lot is gone another purchase or two takes place and I’m back dropping off parcels, not that I’m complaining, but it would be more helpful if those eBay and Vinted sales were a little more coordinated. But it is good to see things we’ve loved go to new homes!

There’s been walks in the unexpected sunshine, conkers to collect and display, a pub lunch, pears from the next village up from someone’s garden - the same place we bought the chilli plant from, and as it turned out two unexpected and quite entertaining visitors to the garden.

We spent some time watching and chuckling at the antics of these two red legged partridges which wandered past the patio doors, explored the garden and found the small crab apple tree with its fallen fruit and had a bit of a feast. I guess, as we didn’t have a pear tree they had to improvise!

Thankfully though they didn’t stay for long, or make themselves too comfortable - we’ve no idea where they came from, or why obviously, but I can’t help but smile that they arrived the very same day we brought the local pears home!

Have a good week!

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Post Comment Love 4 - 6 October

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

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Thanks for all your love on my sunflowers last week - they’ve had a tumultuous week, what with the wind and the rain. They were blown over, stood back up and then blown over again - they’re currently still laying low (and I don’t blame them) but trying their best to flower. Even in their laid low state a couple of the smaller sunflowers have made an appearance, but with more weather forecast I’m tempted to let them do their own thing, at their own angle for the time being, as the bees are still managing to find them!

I think there’s no denying that summer is well and truly over, even though yesterday was a gloriously sunny day, but our heating is almost on, almost. The radiators upstairs are starting to come on each morning as it’s chilly enough, and we’re upping the temperature of our underfloor heating downstairs gradually.

But more importantly my cosy slippers are out, and they’ll be here for the winter and honestly, I’m not sad about that - just look at those pom-poms.

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