As usual, my scrap bin overfloweth! So I've been making lots of patchwork the last few days:
This was made using the pouch size pieces from the Card Wallets pattern. Because the flap is longer on this pouch than most of my other patterns, it's a good one for patchwork. There's more room to work with the pieces and you can see more of them on the finished pouch.
FYI: When I make patchwork for smaller pouches I foundation piece the fabric to flannel. Batting can be too thick and puffy for smaller things. I think many of us have been to the thick and puffy point of ruin where the project no longer works because there is just too much stuff inside.
Someone also asked me about interfacing patchwork, and I don't use interfacing on patchwork. I thought I'd mention it because she was under the impression interfacing was being applied to the fabric scraps.
This was made using my beloved zipper pouch template #5. Just looking at it makes me want to sew another right now.
I think I like #5 so much because it's square, which makes it easier to make log cabin style patchwork. It also doesn't look square (at least to me), so I find it sort of visually interesting. Maybe the zipper at the top draws the up eye upward and that's why it seems taller than it is wide, even though it's actually not.
I also made some coasters. These three were all made using the largest circle template in the Patchwork Coasters pattern.
