Since learning how to make zipper pouches a couple weeks ago at the workroom, it’s pretty much all I do/think about. They are a fast, easy project and use up small bits of fabric that we all seem to have hanging around taking up precious crafting space. I know I have made more than this (one got accidentally left behind in Virginia but it’s being mailed back) so this is really just an idea of what I’ve been up to:
They all have stuff in them, yes.
Speaking of fabric scraps, I sorted all my small bits and pieces by colour today and actually tossed some of the smallest, least useful, pieces:
They went into three separate ziploc bags, red/orange/yellow, green/blue/purple and brown/black/grey/white. I know, even to me it seems funny to use plastic bags when I’m clearly obsessed on zipper pouches, but that’s the way of the crafter. Ziplocs are my friends, I use them constantly.
Ok, and before anyone asks, I won’t be posting instructions for your very own pouches here or anywhere. I paid Karyn to teach me how, I supported a local business and I got out and rubbed shoulders with other crafters and had lots of fun doing it. If you look I’m certain you will find similar patterns and instructions pretty much anywhere, but I won’t do it here. I don’t think she’d mind me selling pouches I made using her pattern though, but I will ask first.
In exciting mail news, I got my zipper order from etsy. I got a mix of colours in different lengths (and some small bits of cute fabric for small change purses) and I’m super happy!! The smallest ones are only 3″, so cute!
Sorry. I realize these pictures aren’t the greatest. I’ll try harder next time.
wow, we seem to have simultaneous phases in crafting. I just crocheted a tiny pouch for which I now have to make a lining and I have to find a zipper that fits. THEN I have yet to learn how to sew it all together…
Caitlin,
I have been creeping your blog for a while now and I wanted to let you know how cool I thought it is that you are promoting classes. I’ve recently taken a knitting course offered from my small community yarn and fabric store. I now strongly encourage people to learn from their peers. I spent too long trying to do magical crafty things without instruction, with so much frustration. Classes have really brought me to the next level. Your work is so fun to look at, keep posting!
Thanks for the comment, Erica. I think about community a lot, about what it means to go out and see people irl and interacting and all that stuff that the internet seems to cancel out. Ashley told me that the Amish don’t have phones not because they are anti-technology (which they are) but because they believe that face to face interaction is more important. And it’s true!
I’d also be happy to teach any person any of the skills that I have acquired but only irl.
I had more to type but I’m distracted by television, haha.