Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Le Challenge - Mix


This month's theme for Le Challenge is Mix. So I mixed some scraps, techniques, patterns and sizes. The result is pretty good if you ask me :) and I'm trendy with Xses which happen to be November theme. Inspiration for you maybe?


I tried sort of matchstick quilting which gives the pouches really nice texture. There is no front or back. They are double sided.


If anyone is interested in dimensions: the tall one started as 45x21cm and the other 31x24cm.


Yes, they are made out of one exterior piece so there is no seam at the bottom.


The inspiration comes from Leanne @ She can quilt. She is the queen of matchstick quilting and texture. She currently hosts Scraptastic Tuesday which is filled with scrappy projects and you can also join monthly link up there. It is worth checking out!


Not only I prefer to match zippers, I also like when the lining goes well with the exterior. Yeah, I'm that matchy orientated. Since these are my current fav pouches I'll link them up with Purse Palooza as well.

**Update; I put together tutorial for this type of pouch. You can find it here.

Plus TGIFF and Crazy mom quilts.

Le Challenge Sew Fresh Quilts 

28 comments:

  1. How cute are those?! I'm still trying to improve my bag skills. :)

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  2. Your bags are beautiful! I like the idea of a seamless bottom.

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  3. Those improv X's have my heart!

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  4. Lovely pouches, the quilting really does make all the difference.

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  5. LOVE LOVE LOVE these pouches, Vera! The matchstick quilting is awesome. And what a pleasant POw! when you showed the linings!! And how totally sweet is that button zipper pull cord??!!
    susie

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  6. Super cute, and your X's are very chic right now! :)

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  7. Love this color combo. I really need to try matchstick quilting

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  8. I love them all!!! I have been meaning to try making different pouches but I either don't have the right fabric nor a matching colour zipper. You will make me ditch quilt making and make lots of pouches instead!! LOLL

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  9. Sweet and Stylish, especially the X pouch!
    Thanks for the lead, I linked up with Leanne as well :-)

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  10. Oh I really like those, Vera - you've done such a great job with fabrics and quilting and zippers (gotta love zippers) and even fun zipper pulls! Pinning for stealin ... I mean pinning for inspiration! :)

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  11. Love the pouches - cannot believe it fits with next month's theme as well. Thanks for participating in le challenge!

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  12. VERY nice indeed! I love these. The fabric, piecing and lining are wonderful.

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  13. Gorgeous! Love the match stitch quilting!

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  14. I really want to make some of these Vera. Is it easy to just alter the pattern so there is no bottom seam? And do you use interfacing or just batting? Thanks :-) They look so great!

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  15. Love all the beautiful detail the matching zip, the zip pull - thanks for linking up to Scraptastic Tuesday!

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  16. I'm not a bag making kind of girl but darn it! Yours are so darn cute! I may have to take the plunge. . . consider me paid back for the snowflake ideas I put in your head ;) Speaking of snowflakes - what about red and green backgrounds for a Christmas table runner????

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  17. These are really adorable. I love your design AND your fabric picks. Lovely.

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  18. Really, really nice, Vera! Both pouches are beautiful. You are such an inspiration to me! Love the little buttons on the pull tabs, too.

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  19. Cute, great for a present.

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  20. These pouches are wonderful! The fabrics you selected play really well together and I love the pouch lining. Thanks so much for linking up with TGIFF!

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  21. I was going to say you have the X already down, love the matchstick quilting, it is amazing at how much time that takes to do.

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  22. They are so beautiful and I love the quilting!

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  23. So cute, and I love that they use up scraps. The quilting is really nice, I like the way you made these!

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  24. those X's look interesting.

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  25. I wish I had seen these with their snazzy matchstick quilting before I finished my two pouches. I like it.
    Of course the lining has to match! Doesn't everyone?

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  26. Awe, I love these! Great fabric choices and I love the zipper pull!

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  27. I love these pouches and really all the pouches you have been making this month. Matchstick quilting works so beautifully on these smaller projects as do the little scraps!

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