To Vancouver with love
July 4th, 2012
The Portland Modern Quilt Guild and Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild is in the thick of a pouch swap. All of our projects have been made and sent, but we’re all eagerly awaiting for our respective July guild meetings to enjoy the fruits of our swappy labors (and labours) of love from our secret pouch pals.
I can’t say who I made a pouch for, but I will say I had a blast making it for her! I had just ordered Camille’s new Spools pdf pattern, and I KNEW I had to some how use the pattern in the pouch. Something about Camille’s spools that are so cute and different. Maybe because they’re a little chubby, squishy and soft. <—- the spool version of me?! I danno, I just know they’re so dang cute!
I made my secret swap pal a tall pouch (a modified/smaller version of Camille’s spool).
From my own experience, I never have anything tall and narrow enough for bottled stuff.
Hope me secret swap pal has tall stuff!
I decided I needed a pouch for myself that was tall as well as wide.
I got a little carried away.
My scraps were begging to be used.
So yummy is the black Kaufman Essex yarn dyed. Looks like linen, sews like butter.
An excuse to do some hand quilting (and not have it take 2 years to finish).
Front.
Back. Or visa-versa.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to need a cooler next. Thank you Camille for my new spoolobsession!
Resources:
Black linen: Robert Kaufman’s Essex Yarn Dyed
Spool block: Camile Roskelly’s Spools pattern
Bag pattern: Elizabeth Hartman’s Perfect Zip Bags pattern
(both spool and bag patterns I modifed in size to suit my project)
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Farting around with needle & thread and then blogging about it.
Amazing!! And scraps for the spools… Genius!!
July 4th, 2012Honestly Monica! I am so far behind on everything..just finished the binding on a quilt and the baby is 13 mo old! And that darn katy has me hooked on MF hexies or is it hexy MF? And now you have panting to run into the sew room and start on spools because of course Camille makes it possible with PDF patterns! I may have to give up my blog reading for months at this rate!
July 4th, 2012I love your little pouches. What a great idea making a taller one.
July 4th, 2012These are so adorable. I love everything about them both! Your swap partner is going to be so excited. I can’t wait to see what you get too!! xoxokma
July 4th, 2012Those pouches are adorable. Great sizes and I love the rainbow of spools with the black linen. I’ve been using the Essex linen a lot lately - I agree with you - it’s great.
July 4th, 2012Lucky, lucky partner! What a grand idea to make a long tall pouch. Brill!
July 4th, 2012YOUR SPOOLS ARE ADORABLE, AND I LOVE THE FABRICS…ARE THEY FROM ONE LINE? I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FIRST ONE WITH THE PURPLE SCRAPS..YOUR BLOG IS A DAILY STOP, AND I AM WAITING FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS FABRIC TO GET IN MY FAVORITE SHOP.I MUST HAVE THIS PATTERN, AND THE OTHER ONES SHE AND CAMILLE HAVE JUST INTRODUCED..
July 4th, 2012Love the colours! They really just pop! Great idea
July 4th, 2012Those are gorgeous! I wish I was your swap partner!
July 4th, 2012These are beautiful. The colors are great. I like how bright and cheerful they are.
July 4th, 2012Awesome pouches!
July 4th, 2012What a lucky swap partner! I’ve been admiring that spool pattern too (but I can’t get it until I do my Swoon quilt).
July 5th, 2012These are gorgeous!!
July 5th, 2012Oh cute! Lovin’ those spools!
July 5th, 2012Really cute pouches ~ love the spool pattern. Thanks for the link to get my very own pattern!
July 5th, 2012Great job Monica! Great idea for a pouch and very Hawaiian looking too!
July 5th, 2012I love your spool pouches! They are really fab.
On the other hand, I’m not sure about sewing through butter… got to be a bit messy??
July 5th, 2012LOVE LOVE LOVE your spooly pouches! Do you have a pattern that I could purchase for the tall water bottle one???
July 5th, 2012I’m loving your scrappy spools.
Great idea to have a swap with a neighbor guild.
July 5th, 2012These are so dang cute I can hardly stand it! I recently bought Camille’s pattern and now I’m going to have to make some pouches too! Any hints on the dimensions that you cut??? If not, that’s okay, I can figure it out. Thanks for sharing these awesome spool pouches that you made. I love them sooo much!!!
July 5th, 2012Made my whooooole day. :-)
xxC
July 5th, 2012too cute for words.! You did a great job on both pouches. It is unlikely that I am your swap partner, but a girl can hope, right?
July 5th, 2012I went to check out the pattern. I have the swoon, but did not start it. What size are the blocks? They look big! Which is cool. thanks for sharing…
I LOVE that spools pattern too! Your spools look fabulous! Love the colors and fabrics!
July 5th, 2012You’re partner is soooo lucky! I am jealous of a member of my guild (VMQG). I’m sure I have an awesome pouch on the way … I hope my partner likes the one I made!
July 5th, 2012I’m in spool love now. Can you make a pouch for me since you are an expert?! ;)
July 5th, 2012The spool pattern caught my eye too… really love your bright colors!!!! Great pouches!
July 5th, 2012So cute! I love these bags, they are just so perfect :-D
July 6th, 2012Somewhere out in the blogosphere, I saw a version of this block that had selvedge strips where the “thread” goes. I love to play with selvedge, and I want to shamelessly steal this idea. I just have to find time to sew more so I can use more fabric so I can buy more fabric to get more selvedge. Life is hard that way. (!)
July 6th, 2012Love your work! They look so cute and so neat!
July 8th, 2012OMG YOUR PARTNER IS THE LUCKIEST EVER and if it’s not me, then I’m going to dissolve into a puddle of big, huge crocodile tears of disappointment. I have lots of tall things I could put into this gorgeous spool pouch. LOTS, I SAY! I adore all things spooly. Especially this pouch. xox
July 10th, 2012Those spools are pretty awesome. Love the bright colours with the greys.
July 16th, 2012This is divine! I need to get some of that linen too…
November 8th, 2012