I found this cute pattern at my local quilt fabric shop and thought it would be a great project to practice a little free-motion quilting. (https://www.sewnwyoming.com/shop/zipit) For the fabric, I chose Wonder by Carrie Bloomston from Windham fabrics, which has pretty collage butterflies and little colored triangles. Then I found some coordinating bright solid fabrics and zipper to add some pop. The pattern is fairly easy to cut and assemble, so I spent most of my time concentrating on the free-motion quilting. I quilted in my favorite loopy squiggle, and included some flowers…
I found a cute pattern tutorial, the Mini Card Wallet, on a great blog website called loganberryhandmade.com. This website by Susie Ledadom has lots of projects with beautiful photos to inspire an afternoon of sewing fun. The Mini Card Wallet is the perfect way to play with the trend of a neutral duck canvas fabric paired with colorful quilting fabrics. And topped with a cute shiny brass snap closure. For my version of this little snap pouch, I decided to make the pattern a little larger, partly because the snaps I found at the store were kind of big…
This is the second project in a series using the patterns in Virginia Lindsay’s book, “Sewing to Sell.” It has great crafty sewing projects and inspiration for taking your sewing creativity to the next level. Project #2 Zipped Pouch I decided to try the Zipped Pouch because I was looking for a last-minute hostess gift, and I thought it has a great combination of cute and useful. And by using fun fabrics with gold accents along with a cream canvas and a metallic gold zipper, it will have a great stylish look. I made mine a little smaller…