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Thursday, August 30, 2012

and I'm done!

I was so excited to finish the pouch for the Pretty {little} Pouch Swap that I broke my own rule and sewed past 9pm.  
On the plus side, I finished the pouch and I absolutely love how it turned out!  I kept waving it around in front of my husband who was also duly impressed.
On the down side... I broke my rule and as usual, something happened.  I cut my finger with my rotary cutter.  Typical.

Remember, I chose to join the advanced ranks?  I was a little nervous about this pouch meeting advanced specifications, so I made it using three different challenges for myself. 


1. I did some relatively difficult (at least for me) piecing with lots of parts.  Not a perfectly straight result, but still looks good.


2. I did some paper pieced applique - something I very rarely do.  I do paper piecing often, but not much hand stitched applique.  Again, not perfectly lined up, but lets just focus on the colour here, and you won't even notice.


3. I added some hand stitching to both sides.  I was a little stumped on how to add hand stitching to the star, but I think it worked out good.  On the back side, I tried a stitch other than the simple running stitch to embroider my partner's name on the pouch and I also love how that turned out.  
Course, I can't show that part yet because she might just check my blog and that would ruin the surprise.

It is a square pouch finishing at 8.5" on all sides.  

I really hope it meets my partner's expectations of an advanced pouch swap.

7 comments:

  1. Gosh it is fabulous.
    *sobbing a little bit because I am not in the advanced group so this can't be headed in my direction*

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  2. You did an amazing job & definitely more than meet the advanced requirements. Way to go! It's absolutely gorgeous & I can't wait to see your stitching for the name.

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  3. Wow I wish I was part of that swap!! The pouch looks amazing. If your partner doesn't love it there is something wrong with them! =D

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  4. Wow that looks wonderful!! I think you did a great job!! Love the star you handstitched and the wavy lines in the back! It looks great!

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  5. I can only hope it's coming to my house! This is one of my absolute favorites! You really did a wonderful job.

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