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Pretty Box Pouch

August 10, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 11 Comments

With a few hours to spare yesterday afternoon, I sorted through my stack of pretty fabrics and stitched up another box pouch. I love all the pretty colours in this one and added a French motif that was left over from this project.  I used some osnaburg for the top panel which contrasts nicely with the floral, gingham, and polka dot prints.
I quilted all the panels onto cotton wadding, 1/2 inch apart, and love the texture and structure it gives to the pouch. I added some ecru cotton lace on the back and some stripey aqua grosgrain ribbon for the tabs.
The fabrics are a mix of Darla, Ruby, Atsuko Matsumaya 30’s Collection, Folk Heart, and Flower Sugar. The pattern used is from Patchwork Please! (with some modifications).
You can check out my other Box Pouch here.

Filed Under: Sewing Tagged With: bag, patchwork, zipper

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Comments

  1. La Pecora Nera says

    August 10, 2013 at 12:24 am

    I love it!!!
    Greetings from italy, Emanuela

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  2. Ladyfée says

    August 10, 2013 at 1:15 am

    un petit bonjour de la fée ! plus beaucoup de temps pour me promener sur les blogs ! toujours aussi joli ce que vous faites ! plein de fraicheur ! bravo ! bon week end ! amitiés, Ladyfée

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  3. ruthplustwo.com says

    August 10, 2013 at 3:04 am

    It looks lovely – such a sweet colour combination!

    Reply
  4. ~Carla~ says

    August 10, 2013 at 7:38 am

    Beautiful!! Question please: I read a review which said that many of the directions in this book were either incorrect or difficult to understand.. did you find that to be the case? I’d love to buy it, but not if i’ll have to redo most of the projects myself. Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Lisa in Port Hope says

    August 10, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    Adorable! Makes me want to dig out my 30’s fabrics…

    Reply
  6. Debbie says

    August 10, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    These both turned out realllly cute!

    Reply
  7. Our photos says

    August 10, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    Beautiful!!
    Greetings from, the Netherlands

    Reply
  8. Tatkis says

    August 15, 2013 at 5:40 am

    Adorable box pouch, fabrics are so sweet!

    Hugs,
    Tatyana

    Reply
  9. Jane Green says

    August 25, 2013 at 5:11 am

    Oh – how sweet!! I wish I had your fabric stash.
    Another hit! Thanks for sharing so much with us.

    Reply
  10. Heidi says

    April 1, 2014 at 6:52 am

    Wow! Those fabrics are really cute. I shop at Hobby Lobby, and I can never find fabrics as cute as those. where do you buy such nice material?

    -H

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    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      April 1, 2014 at 4:39 pm

      I live in Australia and buy most of my fabrics online. I bought a number of those fabrics from Sew Deerly Loved https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/sewdeerlyloved They have lots of sweet Japanese florals.

      Reply

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