Zipping again!

Triple Zip pouches are officially addictive, if you are making one you might as well make two! Maybe that is just me though :)

Once I had made this one 

I just kept going and made this one too!

They are such a great way of using up scraps too, as the accent pieces are only 8" x 1.25".

My stock of zips is rapidly diminishing but I have my eye on these gloriously bright zips from Zipit, they would be just perfect for a host of Triple Zip pouches!

Zipping along to Christmas!

What! We have only just survived St. Patrick's Day and here I am mentioning Christmas????

Well, as my fellow Ho, Ho, Ho'ers will tell you it is never too early to start thinking about Christmas. As regular readers know, we are on a mission to work on Christmas and Holiday projects throughout the year so that by December we are so cool, calm and collected that we can actually enjoy the season!

To help you become cool, calm and collected by December we have gathered together a great bunch of bloggers to inspire you by providing tutorials throughout the year for gift and home decor projects. Check out all of the tutorials here

This month's guest host is Sally, who blogs at the delightfully named Wonky Patchwork, where she shares lovely photos of her stunning surroundings and her gorgeously, quirky craft makes. Do drop by and her check out her Starry, Starry Night mini quilt it is beautiful!

Of course, it wouldn't be Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Link Party without a giveaway and this month's prize, 1m of this great Scandinavian knitwear inspired cotton, has been generously donated by the lovely Alexie who owns the brilliantly named

 Alexie stocks a delightful range of fabrics and the most adorable buttons, the Scottie Dog buttons are definitely on my wish list :)


To be in with a chance of winning, all you need do is link up your Christmas makes over at Wonky Patchwork where one lucky winner will be randomly drawn when the Link Party closes at 23.59 GMT on March 31st.

Last month's winner of the Christmas Ribbons from Crafty Trimmings was Sally!

For my own Christmas make this month I have turned to one of my tried and trusted patterns,the Triple Zip pouch from Debbie at a Quilter's Table.

I found this cute fabric lurking in my stash and decided that it would be ideal for a pouch for my grandniece. All little girls need to have somewhere special for their treasures and, hopefully, this will fit the bill perfectly!

So, now it is over to you, head on over to Wonky Patchwork and share your Christmas and Holiday makes this month.

As ever, I would like to thank all of our generous sponsors who make the monthly giveaway prizes possible!

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Zipping down the list!

Whilst searching through the rather large blue bag that passes for my odds and ends storage at the minute, I came across the printed instructions for the Triple Zip pouch from Debbie at A Quilter's Table. As well as the instructions, there was also nearly all of the cut pieces and zips needed to make one pouch.

Well, as I have at least two pouches to make on my Making Christmas list, it seemed like the right time to finally finish what had been started many moons ago :)

And here it is, the fabrics are all by Amy Butler from my stash so it was a very economical make!

I am filling the pouch with some mineral bronzing powder and the brush to apply it, which I hope she will love as much as I do. If you haven't come across Lily Lolo mineral cosmetics before, I cannot recommend them highly enough ( and I am not being paid to say that!). The products themselves are excellent, free of any parabens, perfumes or dyes, so great for sensitive skin and on top of that their customer service is second to none. My order was dispatched a couple of hours after I placed it and arrived in the post the next day!

As my Instagram readers will know, this pouch did not come together seamlessly. For reasons unknown to myself, I pulled all the zips closed before stitching up the side seams ready to turn the pouch the right way out. As many of you will no doubt know from similar experiences, that makes it well nigh impossible to turn the pouch out!!!

It took me at least an hour of fiddling with the zipper pull through all the layers of fabric to finally get it to budge along the teeth. Fortunately neither the zip nor the pouch were any the worse for the wear, which is more than could be said for me. A restorative glass of wine was an absolute necessity :)

Hoping to get more ticks on the list this weekend, although we have just come back from a trip to IKEA, which resulted in a car full of new furniture for my newly-decorated sewing room. I might have to negotiate indecipherable diagrams and innumerable screw sets, not to mention an irritable husband, just to get to the sewing machine!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday