Bag It 2016 and a Give Away

I've been working with a quilty friend

one day a week during the summer months,

teaching her little tricks of the trade!

When she asked to learn how to make a zippered bag,

I jumped at the chance to refresh my memory

and make a giftie!

I was trying to make the Open Wide Zippered Pouch
from a tutorial by Noodlehead
but I confess,
I messed up.
Worked out okay, because it showed her two
different ways to finish the end of the zipper.

I'm also teaching her how to finish her own quilts,
so I took the opportunity to quilt the front and back
differently so she could see she has
options besides sewing a simple grid.

I apologize for the poor pictures. I only snapped them real fast

to show her from the back, because after the pouch was sewn up,

it was difficult to see.

I'm proud to say,

her first zippered pouch was gift worthy!

Success.

I'm linking up to
Elm Street Quilts.

Speaking of Elm Street Quilts,
I continue to have fun with Patty's Chunky Alphabet.

This 14" x 24" pillow cover

was posted in the mail yesterday to my step-cousin.

An intellectually disabled adult,

she recognizes her name in lower case letters,

so this was a fun project

that she will just adore!

I stitch my letters in the evenings, after I clean up the supper dishes.

It's like having a delicious dessert,

without the calories!

I did say there would be a give away!

Patty is graciously supplying a PDF copy of her 

Chunky Alphabet Paper Pieced

as a give away today!

As an extra bonus, Patty just happens to be having

a birthday sale in her Payhip shop through the end of the month!

Just use the coupon code BIRTHDAY

for a 20% discount!

What a deal!

So take a minute and go check it out!

Thanks, Patty!

Just leave a comment to enter the give away.

The Random Number Generator

will choose a winner

one week from today!

Thanks for popping in!