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Split Pouch Sew Along: Week 5

November 16, 2023 by carolyn friedlander 4 Comments

Split Pouch Sew Along Week 5

It’s week 5, and I can’t believe we are already to the end of the Split Pouch Sew Along. I’m glad that I now have a big batch of pouches to hand out to some of the people in my life, as well as some to keep on hand for when the need arises.

Split Pouches

Week 5 Video

In the video this week, I took a look at my list of people to sew for as well as my list of techniques to try out. This guided my makes.

Quilted Split Pouch

The first pouch that I made has a quilted exterior made from a quilt scrap. When cutting it to size, I realized that it was a scrap from my quilted couch! How about that? Clearly I’ve been hanging on to this snippet for a few years…

split pouch

It’s soft and blue, and I love the structure. The exterior is made from a quilted panel of quilting cotton fabric, batting and a backing fabric.

open split pouch with woven "you are loved label"

I added lining and a label. The lining fabric is a hand-printed piece from Valori Wells. The Label is from Kylie and the Machine.

open split pouch

I’ve wanted to try out this composition with quilt batting, and I’m happy to report that it’s a good one! It has structure and softness. Plus, this is a great way to use up those batting scraps.

open Split Pouches

Embroidered Split Pouch

My second pouch for the week started with a canvas fabric from Rifle Paper Co. It’s such a pretty print that can stand up on it’s own, but as I was reviewing my list of techniques to try during this Sew Along, I realized that I hadn’t tried any embroidery. So, here we go!

Split Pouches

Embroidery is pretty easy on a beautiful fabric like this. You can be as creative or basic as you want. I grabbed pretty threads and just followed some of the motifs as I pleased.

embroidered split pouch

Then I added some French Knots too. They add such a pretty texture.

embroidery supplies

The threads I used are mostly from Snuggly Monkey (here and here), but I also used some Aurifil 12 wt cotton.

Split Pouches

On the inside, I worked in this “Handmade” label from Sarah Hearts. It’s bright and cheerful.

Split Pouches

The canvas fabric is nice and sturdy, but I also used Pellon SF101 woven fusible interfacing to beef it up just a bit more.

Split Pouches

Sew Along Posts

Thank you for following along! I hope you’ve enjoyed this Sew Along. Let me know what you think in the comments below. You can catch up on previous posts here.

Split Pouch Sew Along 1

Split Pouch Sew Along 2

Split Pouch Sew Along 3

Split Pouch Sew Along 4

Split Pouch Pattern and Workshop

Split Pouches

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Comments

  1. Rebeca says

    November 16, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    thanks for posting another episode of the split pouch. the colors are perfect and I love the extra embroidery. best.

    Reply
    • carolyn friedlander says

      November 21, 2023 at 3:01 pm

      Thank you so much, Rebeca!!

      Reply
  2. Carrie says

    February 27, 2024 at 7:17 pm

    The ideas for the split pouch are nice, but I think they missed the mark as far as being actual “sew alongs.”

    Reply

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