Scrappy Fun

17 Jul 2019

Scrappy Fun

Happy Wednesday!

I spent Tuesday relaxing and doing some mindless sewing. I pulled out my scrap bag of 1.5 inch wide strips and got busy. I recently joined a book club that meets on Friday nights at one of the local Starbucks. I wanted to make something to keep everything I need for the book club in one place.

I went to my trusty “someday” list and decided to make the Fat Quarter Shop Simple Zipper Pouch. I altered the pattern to use my scraps and went with a broken herringbone design. I made 3 panels for the front, using a QAYG method. The panels were pieced directly onto a 4 x 11 inch scrap of batting . Once I joined the panels I followed the Fat Quarter shop tutorial in its entirety. My pouch finishes at 11 inches tall and 12 inches wide.

I really liked this pattern and would make it again. You can see the video here.

After I got in the groove of making the herringbone design I made a matching cover for my IPhone and a cozy for my water bottle. My kindle, journal and phone all fit comfortably in the pouch. Do you have a favorite pouch pattern?

Herringbone zipper pouch — Scrap Accessories

quilted zipper pouch
quilted I phone cover
simple zipper pouch

Below are pics from the weekend with two of my kids and son in law.

Happy Sewing!

Posted in New Projects and tagged broken herringbone, quilted cozy, quilted phone cover, simple zipper pouch

27 thoughts on “Scrappy Fun”

Sylvia anderson on July 17, 2019 at 11:42 am said:

Thanks Karla for sharing your latest scrappy projects, along with the link to the herringbone pattern. I love all 3 of your pieces and have tons of scraps with which to make a number of these for family gifts. Our 10 grandchildren range in age from 40 to 24, along with 11 great grandchildren, so I’m always on the lookout for relatively simple projects that will be suitable for a number of family members.

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 12:33 pm said:
  
  Thanks Sylvia — the link is for the pouch — I didn’t use a tutorial for the herringbone — but here is one that is similar to what I used
  https://shop.mybluprint.com/quilting/article/how-to-make-a-french-braid-quilt/
  Hope you give it a try!
  
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piecefulwendy on July 17, 2019 at 12:12 pm said:

That’s a cute, bright little ensemble! Aren’t those quick projects fun?

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 12:34 pm said:
  
  Thanks Wendy, I wish I could start finish all of my projects in one day 🙂
  
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rl2b2017 on July 17, 2019 at 12:27 pm said:

Hi Karla! This whole post brought a big smile to my face. Those pictures are just the best!! It looks like everyone was smiling and having a good time, and if they were I know you were as well. {{Hugs}} Book Club on Fridays sounds like loads of fun. It keeps you motivated to read and maybe takes you outside your normal genres with new reading topics. Your quilted pouch and iPhone cover are so darn cute. Nice and bright and happy, plus helpful as well. ~smile~ Roseanne

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 12:41 pm said:
  
  Thanks Roseanne, we had a great time–lots of laughing and drinking! Book club is allowing me to meet new women, the book is “Messy Beautiful Friendship” by Christine Hoover, its about developing and maintaining friendships with women. It is bible based and so far pretty good.!
  
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  - rl2b2017 on July 17, 2019 at 1:04 pm said:
    
    Sounds like I need to add that to my library list – heading to do that right now!
    
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lindaglovinghome on July 17, 2019 at 1:02 pm said:

You are a busy creative butterfly. Loving the colors and pattern. I don’t have a pouch pattern but I made a craft bag with inside pockets. (On my blog. “Have bag will travel”) It’s working well but you just gave me the inspiration for a tote. I love this pattern for a tote as you made. Family looks great having fun. Sun sea sand and family fun. :-)…Beautiful.

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 2:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks Linda — I love having the time to sew almost everyday ♥ The kids and I had a great weekend together! I’ll go check out your craft bag post!
  
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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 3:02 pm said:
  
  I just read your craft bag post — wow I love that bag– the fabric is beautiful — so chic and elegant– the butterfly pillow is GORGEOUS♥
  
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artisticsharon on July 17, 2019 at 1:44 pm said:

Hi Karla – I love your herringbone accessories! You make very smart fabric choices ❤ 🙂

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 2:54 pm said:
  
  Thanks Sharon!
  
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quiltinggail on July 17, 2019 at 2:17 pm said:

Your pouch is wonderful!!! I love how you used your scraps … sew creative!
Happy Quilting! 🙂

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 17, 2019 at 2:55 pm said:
  
  Thanks Gail!
  
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Needle and Foot on July 17, 2019 at 7:39 pm said:

Super cute projects. Nice bright colors and a fun herringbone pattern. Yay for quick projects. So fun.

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 18, 2019 at 11:25 am said:
  
  Thanks Bernie –I love quick projects!
  
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Riceford Streams on July 18, 2019 at 10:36 am said:

Wow, I love this set! The colors and herringbone pattern are so fresh and happy.

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 18, 2019 at 11:26 am said:
  
  Thanks — the herringbone pattern has been on my to do/learn list forever. I’m really happy with the results!
  
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dezertsuz on July 18, 2019 at 11:16 pm said:

Now THAT is some fun sewing! It looks great, used scraps, and is really useful!

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 19, 2019 at 8:35 am said:
  
  Thanks Susan!
  
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Vicki in MN on July 20, 2019 at 10:09 am said:

Love your bright fun colors in the chevron pattern. Great little useful project.

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- My Sewful Retirement on July 20, 2019 at 2:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you Vicki!
  
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Jocelyn Thurston on August 9, 2019 at 7:22 am said:

Hi Karla, I am always envious of clever people like you who can make useful things like tote bags and pouches. You make it look easy. Anyway lovely beach photo of your beautiful family. Happy Stitching from me.

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- My Sewful Retirement on August 11, 2019 at 9:36 am said:
  
  Thanks Jocelyn!
  
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tierneycreates on September 25, 2019 at 3:27 pm said:

You are having a very sewful retirement indeed. Nice scrappy projects! Lovely photos of your family.

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- My Sewful Retirement on September 26, 2019 at 9:45 am said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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