{"id":635,"date":"2012-10-22T06:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2012-10-21T22:54:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T05:54:20","slug":"handmade-pouches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Handmade Pouches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-637\" title=\"pouch-1\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-1-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Hello, hello! I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s nice to switch things up a bit and sew some quick and satisfying non-clothes projects. I made several pouches as birthday gifts for friends this weekend (two grown-up birthday parties in one weekend &#8211; so fun!).<\/p>\n<p>The first pouch you see above is made from a sturdy burlap-esque fabric with a variety of colorful animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-648\" title=\"pouch-3\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-31.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-31-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second pouch is made from one of my favorite fabrics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittersco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bitters<\/a>, a fabulous store which sells all manners of amazing things including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heathceramics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heath ceramics<\/a>. It&#8217;s a beautifully textured basket-weave cotton &#8211; I&#8217;m planning on making one for myself with this fabric.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-636\" title=\"pouch-2\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pouch-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last one is a whimsical cotton print and is slightly smaller than the other two, measuring at about 4&#215;6 inches whereas the others are about 5&#215;7 inches. My favorite way of sewing these types of zipper pouches is from this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sew-Skills-Simple-Sewing-Projects\/dp\/0811876497\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1350875588&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=123+sew\" target=\"_blank\">book<\/a>. I also made a teeny matching pouch for K using the same fabric as this glamorous <a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=481\" target=\"_blank\">dress<\/a>\u00a0from a couple of weeks ago. She immediately proceeded to fill it with her favorite trinkets.<\/p>\n<p>I love making these and may have to create at least a dozen more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, hello! I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! Sometimes it&#8217;s nice to switch things up a bit and sew some quick and satisfying non-clothes projects. I made several pouches as birthday gifts for friends this weekend (two grown-up birthday parties in one weekend &#8211; so fun!). The first pouch you see above is made from a sturdy burlap-esque fabric with a variety of colorful animals. The second pouch is made from one of my favorite fabrics from Bitters, a fabulous store which sells all manners of amazing things including Heath ceramics. It&#8217;s a beautifully textured basket-weave cotton &#8211; I&#8217;m planning on making one for myself with this fabric. This last one is a whimsical cotton print and is slightly smaller than the other two, measuring at about 4&#215;6 inches whereas the others are about 5&#215;7 inches. My favorite way of sewing these types of zipper pouches is from this book. I also made a teeny matching pouch for K using the same fabric as this glamorous dress\u00a0from a couple of weeks ago. She immediately proceeded to fill it with her favorite trinkets. I love making these and may have to create at least a dozen more! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}