Crazy quilting: another zipper and/or drawstring pouch

(Self-indulgent, image heavy post ahead)

I have been trying to avoid the news lately, because, after years of watching tRump destroy democracy in the USA, watching Democrats in control of the House, the Senate and the White House, do little to nothing to protect what’s left from a hard-right Christofascist-majority SCOTUS–let alone fix any of the myriad institutional systems that kill marginalized people by the dozen, every single day, is just…

Exhausting. Dispiriting. Soul destroying.

So hey, here’s some sewing for you.

After sewing the little patchwork pouches for the #RomancingTheVote auction, I was left with a pile of small offcuts from the different fabrics I was using, which were in fact from old cotton and cotton-blend clothes. Trying a bit of crazy quilting was an easy choice.

Because I’m still on “all handsewing, all the time” mode, I chose to make another smallish zipper/drawstring pouch, similar to the ones in the shot above (you can see the also image-heavy posts on making the small one on the right here, and on making the larger one here).

I tweaked the pattern a bit, to have only one seam; given the many smaller seams already involved in joining the patches together, this reduced the bulk on the corners around the bottom.

And I am very pleased by the contrast between the colors outside and the delicate light purple flowers of the drawstring section. It adds a lot of charm, I think.

It took me a bit to find wooden beads that fit in my stash of bits and bobs; I ended up using these green ones, which I first thought were just a bit too large, yet fit perfectly.

I’m really happy with it.

Here’s wishing you all something you can focus on to rest your mind and lift your spirits in these terrible times, as a restorative before heading back to fight.