Before starting to make my Noughts and Crosses quilt I had a trial run of sewing curved blocks using all the patterns I’d pulled out of my stash, which left me with a very colourful test run. And as I don’t like to see anything go to waste, I was sure that I could do something with it.
And sure enough I could, even though it took a little while for the idea to materialise, let alone come to fruition. But as you’ll see, it’s the answer* to a question I regularly have, and so it’s a wonder it took so long.
It’s fair to say at almost 33cm by 30cm it’s the largest pouch I’ve made, but `I didn’t want to cut into the circle, which if you look close enough is just about visible in the jumble of patterns.
It also uses the same pale green backing material as the quilt, and I’ve frankenbatted some offcuts of wadding to give both the front and the back some extra oomph, even though that’s meant I’ve ended up with some wonky zigzag lines - but I’m ok with that, and will call it character!
THE ZIGZAG QUILTING FOLLOWS THE SHAPES OF THE OFFCUTS OF WADDING
*Yes, the answer is invariably ‘you need a pouch for that!’ - but unusually in this instance I’m not exactly sure what the question is, though I have plenty of projects which I’m sure will soon make themselves known.