Charm Squares Makeup Pouch and a Flimsy

I'm pretty pleased with myself because not only do I have a finish for Friday, but I also have a quilt top together and all four of my goals for this Q2 of #wipsbegone2021 complete with lots of time to spare!

I've made several of these over the years, most recently three to sell in my Etsy shop, SandraJaneQuilts. I sold the aqua one in short order. In early September I had one of those days when you just feel like going off-topic and playing a bit, I grabbed what was left of a Gooseberry by Bonnie and Camille mini charm pack, and made the two sides. I'd used half of it in a little pouch I made for my friend Tish. And there it sat. Why?

No matching zipper!

So, I did a little research and found an Etsy shop out of eastern Quebec who sells packs of zippers of varying colours and sizes, DeCousuCa. I ordered a pack of 25 and two singles, one lavender and one mint green. They're great, a great price, and arrived quickly.

This is one of four mini charm packs I bought from Fat Quarter Shop several years ago, one of which I turned into one of the three makeup pouches in my shop. I thought I'd turn another one of them into a pouch as well.

I like boxed bottom on bags. These hold a fair bit as you can see from the video I made on the listing. I'm glad I'm in the PHD Quilter programme, and now the #wipsbegone because I knew I had to finish this little project I'd started.

It didn't take that long. I used a bit of the leftover Gooseberry Tish had sent me to line it. Not enough of any of the prints was left, so I took two matching ones in different colours and made the lining with them. I like this!

Here's the other side, similar, but not identical. Such happy fabric!

It is quilted with turquoise variegated Aurifil, which works well on all the prints.

Quilt Stats:

Pattern: Mini charm pouch by Moda Bakeshop

Size: 9.5" wide at the top by 6" high
Fabric: Gooseberry by Bonnie and Camille for Moda Fabrics

Backing: as above
Batting: Hobbs 100% polyester scrap
Quilted: on my Bernina

Threads: pieced with Aurifil; quilted with Aurifil variegated 50 wt

I said at the beginning of the post that I had completed all four of my goals for this quarter:

The only one left is the RSC Bow ties quilt top. Those who follow me on Instagram would have seen this yesterday, but here it is for my blog readers.

I absolutely love how it turned out. I tried a few iterations of the rainbow effect.

Warm colours on the diagonal through the centre (on the left) or yellow in the centre, surrounded by warm colours, radiating out to the four corners in cool colours (on the right):

Since I had no hard and fast plan with the quilt (I usually don't with RSC quilts, which can lead to some really fun surprises for quilt tops), I had to work with the blocks I'd made (49, so one will go on the back since I decided on a six by eight layout about three-quarters of the way through the year). In the end, I went with the layout you see, top right half warm colours, bottom left cool colours, having the 'light', the yellows mainly along the diagonal. I had 25 warm blocks and 24 cool, not bad for not much of a plan! This is out of the book, Classic to Contemporary String Quilts by Mary M. Hogan. I made Delia from it too. Both of my quilts are different layouts than hers, not that hers are not pleasing! I used her designs as a jumping-off point. This will appear on another #wipsbegone list, as it has to be totally finished by the end of the year in order to qualify for my PHD Quilter!

Linking up

My Quilt Infatuation

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Quilt Fabrication

Quilty Girl

TGIFF at Slice of Pi Quilts

The Madd Quilter