I am going to be working on these the next couple of weeks. I am making them for an event I am attending. I have no idea how many I will end up making, but I got a good start on them this weekend. Here is the pouch I am making.
I needed a place to put the layered units - lining, batting, outside fabric - so I set the folding table back up.
I needed batting, so I went thru almost all my batting scraps and ended up with a nice pile of pieces. Geeze, I had a lot of scraps!
Next was quilting the units. I didn't take the time to see how long it took me to quilt the fabric for one pouch. I will have to do that.
I would quilt a few pieces, then change up jobs and cut them.
I now have a nice stack of 15 pouches ready for zippers and finishing.
I would rotate jobs - quilting, cutting, and making units - which helped keep me focused. After quilting fabric for the 15 pouches, which was almost 26 square feet, I was too tired to quilt anymore. I then switched to just cutting fabric and making the units. I went thru most of my novelty fabrics to try and find some fun fabric for pouches rather than just prints. I figure I used around 23 yards of fabric and of course I have a new pile of scraps. Here are the 45 units I have waiting for me to quilt them.
I have fabric for 9 more pouches that I need to cut batting for.
I don't know how many hours I put in on this project on Friday and Saturday, but I did spend 11 hours in the studio on Sunday working on these. I want to get a few more layered up before I put in my zipper order. Saturday morning, I woke up to this. It was mostly gone by noon.
Monday, March 10, 2025
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I have the top and lining fabric pulled for one, just need to get into my batting scrap bins and get going.
We didn't get enough snow to cover the ground on our last storm. It has been a dry winter.
wowser! that is an awesome stack of productivity!!!
i 'm glad you didn't have to shovel snow - we had a bit of RAIN and i didn't have to shovel, either, but i don't have anything to show for the time spent not shoveling...
Those are going to be some great gifts!
I still have my pattern(s) under my desk calendar mat. I bet mass producing pouches is like making scrappy blocks for me. Just when you finish one you smile and say to yourself "that one's cute" and then go to the next one and say it over and over again. So satisfying! You're definitely a worker, Patty. I love seeing your production process. You definitely have it down to a science to be efficient. Happy zipper installing.
Oh, and yes, it's also fun to see pics of the new morning snow.
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