{"id":1394,"date":"2016-04-26T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pescapresents.com\/blog\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2016-04-25T23:02:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:02:01","slug":"2016-pouch-swap-stash-and-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pescapresents.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/2016-pouch-swap-stash-and-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Pouch Swap – Stash & Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"

My second swap for this year was the #2016pouchswap<\/a> organised by Kristi @sugarndspice77<\/a><\/p>\n

My partner mentioned ByAnnie’s Stash & Dash bag as pattern that they liked, I’d come across it a few times so decided to go for it. \u00a0I’ve enjoyed working with Soft & Stable when making the Social Tote<\/a> so I was looking forward to using it in this project to.<\/p>\n

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Outside (left) with the wrap around strap and clear vinyl slip pocket. Inside (right) has 3 zippered mesh pockets, all stashed with goodies for my swap partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I picked out 4 Fat Quarters from a Tula Pink bundle, my partner’s favourite fabric, one each for the inside and outside main fabrics. I then chose to use the third for the zipper binding and wrap-around strap, and the fourth for the outside pocket & binding (these are often the same fabric but I couldn’t squeeze all the pieces out of one fat quarter).<\/p>\n

Overall I enjoyed making this bag. It wasn’t too hard, quite a number of steps but taking it one at a time you get through it all. I’m pretty comfortable with zippers and binding but hadn’t sewn with mesh or vinyl before and my last attempts at machine binding were less than great. I made things a little more difficult for myself by having darks and lights and wanting to match my thread on both sides but I think it was worth it.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s hard to capture in photos but I found glitter flecked vinyl in Bunnings of all places (purchased off a roll, designated for table coverings I’d guess).<\/span><\/p>\n

A sew-a-long on the ByAnnie blog<\/a> was a big help if anything in the pattern wasn’t entirely clear. As with any new pattern I picked up a few handy hints as well, I was a bit skeptical about not ironing the binding in half, instead matching the raw edges to sew down but then when you fold it over you can smooth it out which I think really helped with sewing it down neatly – I’m stoked with how neat my machine binding turned out.<\/p>\n

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I’d be keen to make another one of these, they’d make a great travel sewing kit, make up or toiletries bag. I’d consider using vinyl for some of the inner pockets next time (handier for stashing little, skinny or sharp things). The slide clip came in a pack of two so I’m sure there will be at least one more.<\/p>\n

Thankfully my partner loved the pouch! And here’s the cute boxy pouch I received in the swap, I’m even more keen to make a boxy pouch now.<\/p>\n

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Hey @ollieandsophie1 your #2016PouchSwap arrived! Thank you very much, lots of funky geometrics and I really appreciate the extras! Mark me as received @sugarndspice77<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Jessica (@pescapresents) on