05 November, 2015

Road 15 Zippy Pouch


Cute zippy pouch from the Road 15 fabrics which were still out.
Doing a Bag It series with Elm Street Quilts this month.

Check it out. Great inspiration & great prizes.













 This little cutie patootie is only 6" x 4". I had my scraps out still from making my autumn table runner and decided to use some of the blacks in this line.

Evidently, I was not done with  matchstick quilting.
Although this little bag is so tiny, it went super fast with no insanity breaks needed.



 This is my jade plant. I married into it. Poor, sad, excuse for a house plant, I stuck it outside on the back porch intending it to move on to composting pastures. Every time,  Daisy, our new golden retriever puppy, brushed her tail against it as she gamboled around in the way new puppies do, another branch would come off.

A weird thing happened, as in you should prune your houseplants! -- new growth popped up all over.


I've had this jade plant now for 25 years. It started blooming a few years after it's metamorphosis when I brought it inside for the winter and I've nearly killed it once as you want to leave them out until the first frost (Willamette Valley banana zone - late october/early november). But it came back. You should prune your jade plants. Amazing things happen.

The blooms last 3 -4 months and are star white with a hint of pink. Tiny little things and all the more surprising because people don't expect it
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11 comments:

  1. Your pouch is super hip and millennial looking! Your jade plant is amazing in that it blooms. I have a young one growing from one I left outside to die over the winter as it was awful looking.. the next spring one leaf had one tiny growth on it.. so I gave it a reprieve and planted it now it's looking pretty good! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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    1. Great summer for the jade plants. I trimmed mine way back and I'm growing babies - 4" pots. In the garage for the winter. If you need one - I got you covered.

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  2. I'm crushing on red and black these days. Gotta get with the program and make mine soon!!

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  3. Awesome bag! I love that it continues the matchstick quilting theme! My fingers are currently sore from hand sewing the ends of casings

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  4. ...hand sewing the ends of casings on my corset. The coutil fabric is tough to sew through!

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    1. I wish you would blog your creations or at meat instagram them.

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  5. Cute! I pulled a red zip last night, but then I saw the day3 post & thought I might make a bigger rendition of my first bag next. Your little extras are great, I like the pull with pins!

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  6. Fab purse, I love that the zip and the lining are in such contrast to the outside!

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  7. Great job on the bag! I love the fabric - I'm a big Sweetwater fabric fan. Thanks for quilting along with the Bag It series.

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  8. I saw your picture @ Bag It! this morning and came over for a peek - that's an adorable zippy - I love the patchworked outside and the matchstick quilting - the red zipper adds just the right kick of colour :)

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