So..... Zakka Zippies. Yes, this is what I made from the leftovers after finishing this on retreat. I love making zippy pouches, actually. These are going to be for sale in the members boutique at my guild quilt show in early June.
To make these, I free cut my scraps with scissors into random pieces, sewed them together into a fabric 'sheet', sliced the sheet and inserted some longer strips, then cut rectangular sections the same length as the zippers I wanted to use (umm, was that clear?). Most of the Japanese linen sections were bordered with a natural organic cotton/linen blend.
In some cases, I felt like adding a little more zip to the zippy, so using my machine's triple straight stitch and a light blue Aurofil 30 wt thread I topstitched a 1/4" from the seams. I like the weight of this stitch and by extending the stitch length to 3.5, you get a Sashiko-y sort of machine stitch. Nice.
That's not all folks! More retreat finishes coming. In the meantime, tune in tomorrow to see who wins the selvage mini and what the heck is on the back!!
13 comments:
Oh Krista! I fear all of my money will be spent at the boutique the minute our show opens!!! These are fabulous - I have to have at least one and my Christmas list is coming with me. I can see the checkmarks now!!!
These are fantastic. I love the extra zip you added to the zippies!
I wish I lived near you! ;-( I want that middle one with the red dragonfly fabric so bad!!!! These are wonderful!
Those are so nice! And that triple stitch is so smart! Why haven't I tried it yet?
You were a project-making machine this last week. Anything else you've got to share?
They look wonderful; I love your stitching! Please beam just a little love for zippy pouches my way; I would love to make some but zippers still intimidate me. Yours sounds so easy when you describe them.-)
I love the little pouches. They are so cute. I'm so jealous of your sewing retreat. I definitely need one. Love your table runner.
These pouches are great. I went straight to my machine so see if I could triple-stitch and I can. Yippee!
These are completely gorgeous!
Heart these ....
Cheers
Those pouches are great. You seriously made more than all of those and a table runner this past weekend? How did you fit it all in???
Krista,
Another fabulous boutique item! How can the rest of us compete?? Can't wait to see the rest of your projects. Did you sleep on retreat, or did you just have lots of red bull with your coffee?
Nice idea to lengthen your stitch to get that look! Great fabrics too!
You do great work! May I ask where you get the tags with your name on them? My 16 year old daughter recently started her own sewing biz and I would love to get some of those tags for her. You can see her work here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saltillo-MS/Hip-and-Sassy-Boutique/112688552095921?ref=ts
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