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I was asked by a friend if I could make one of these zippered wristlets for a friend of her's.

I got started on the wristlet last night. The first thing I needed to settle on is whether to use iron-on fleece or batting. I decided to go with the fleece. I marked it with a few lines and quilted it - that would be the fabric and just the fleece. Next, I added one of the zippers.  After that was the fabric for the side pocket. I edge stitched that and trimmed it to the same size as the bottom pocket piece.  In the picture I have the second zipper laid out with the lining fabric. I had to think a minute on how I was going to sew this together, but it finally dawned on me to sew it together like I was making one of those boxy pouches. Constructing the rest of this ought to go a bit faster now.

The contractor dumped a huge load of dirt in the neighbor's front yard. The contractor doesn't show up very often so this project is taking a while!

My California Poppies were putting on a show for me when I went to the mailbox. It has taken them some time, but they are finally filling out the flower bed.