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If you have a young sewist in your house, or just want to be inspired by what a young sewist can do, then check out Super Stitches blog. All of the posts and projects are by a 9-year-old sewist with mad sewing skills. Check it out and you’ll agree – this girl’s got talent! Go to Super Stitches blog.
[photo from Super Stitches]
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I love a good patchwork project but I’m not always wanting to take on making a whole quilt. Sometimes I want to just make some patchwork squares and turn it into something pretty. That could be lots of things besides quilts. Like this adorable patchwork fold over pouch! Quilted clothing and accessories have become super trendy lately. Melissa at Polka Dot Chair created this project and she has a tutorial showing how you can sew this pretty patchwork pouch.
If larger patchwork blocks on a quilt are pretty, these smaller scale patchwork blocks in this pouch are sending me over the moon. They’re just so sweet! And because they’re made from half square triangles, they’re actually pretty quick to sew together. Her tutorial includes how to create 8 of these half square triangles at a time.
This is a great project for using up your scraps! This project uses a ½ yard of a solid fabric and then a total of ½ yard of scraps of various prints. As long as your scraps are big enough to cut a 5 ¾” square then you can use them. And pairing the scraps with a solid color in all of your blocks helps keep the look both scrappy but also cohesive.
And while the small pinwheel blocks are perfect for this project, I think you could also substitute other quilt blocks – or even some orphan blocks left over from quilt projects.
When you’ve got all your blocks made, it’s easy to sew them into a fold over pouch. It’s basically a larger version of a simple zipper pouch. If you’ve ever sewn a zipper pouch before, you know how satisfying they are to sew. Quick, easy, and always useful! And in this case, a stylish patchwork pouch!
Go to Polka Dot Chair to see how to sew this adorable patchwork pinwheel fold over pouch.
[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]
none of those is the right link. I found it by a search engine. The correct link is http://sewingsister.blogspot.com/
The links take you to Shiny Little Things instead of Super Stitches.
The links are taking me to Shiny Little Things and not to Super Stitches.
Thank you for featuring my daughter, but the link to her blog is wrong. It goes to Shiny Things. The correct link to Super Stitches’ blog is http://www.sewingsister.blogspot.com
So very sorry!!! I had a bunch of windows open when I was posting, and I obviously copied and pasted from the wrong window. My apologies!!
You link does not lead to Super Stitched it links to Shiny Little Things.
the link sends us to Shiney Little Things blog not super stitches blog. just and FYI
All your links are wrong. They should go here: http://sewingsister.blogspot.com/
Is this link right? I went to silly little things and it doesn’t look like a 9 yr old poster or her projects. Thanks.
Thank you all for letting me know about my incorrect link! Sometimes I think I’m the master of multi-tasking, and then I go and post the wrong link. I’ve got it corrected now.
gosh I can understand how that could happen. Thanks for all you do!!