Little reading, while also avoiding twitter as much as I can (because the world is on fire, and I am struggling to cope), means more making things. And these days, it mostly means sewing. So, here’s another image-heavy post for you.
Fair warning, I had the devil of a time trying to get a good picture of this one, because it’s shape is…Let’s go with “challenging” to photograph–for me.
Using some more of the fabric from old work shirts, old jeans, and leftover chintz fabric from oh…thirty five years ago?, I decided to try my hand at a different form factor for a pouch, with a vertical zipper and a square base.
As I quilted the denim with burgundy thread, the interface (aka, fabric from an old t-shirt) is red.
You can see that I used a blue t-shirt as interfacing for the top half, because that way the royal blue thread used in the quilting would not stand out through the chintz.
I had to redo that part, though. Originally, I wanted to add an apliqué, just for the hell of it, so I did:
However, once I folded the top inwards, my folly was instantly evident.
There was grumbling and unpicking, and grumbling and stitching, but it’s better without it, to be honest; I think that was a bit too much blue.
I did not quite give up entirely on using blue fabric, though.
The little bit of blue in the binding at the top brings it together, I feel.
I like how it turned out, though I’m annoyed because I can’t seem to manage to get even one decent side photo where it doesn’t look, well, lumpy and distorted.
I like the finishing on the inside, though it’s not likely it will see much light of day, as the construction makes it quite impractical to turn it inside out
Behold, the top:
The front (more or less):
And the bottom:
The photographs are misleading; the finished pouch is 6in (15cm) across and 6in (15cm) top to bottom, and about 3in (8cm) front to back at the bottom.
The difference from the top (almost flat) to the wide bottom is what makes taking good photographs pretty much impossible for me.
If you’ve made it this far, thank you! The rest is a couple more bad photographs using different backgrounds and lightning angles, none of which really worked, more’s the pity.
Her Hands, My Hands 
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