This is the project I alluded to yesterday:
I wanted to make something little and Valentine-y for the update, and I had zipper pouches on the brain from the other day. I decided to go with the woodgrain, since it's a great fabric and I have a good bit of it, and then gocco a design in white onto the fronts.
So, squirrels in love it is! I'm really big on that heart-shaped acorn.
They are lined in a strawberry-red cotton with tiny white polka dots, and have a fray-resistant zipper pull made of the same:
I think these would be just the thing to slip a Valentine into on the 14th...and then it will hold your Valentine's pens, small notebooks, and lipgloss/chapstick for the rest of the year!
Comments (32)
Cute... Oh! You have got to see this funny post I made about this sofa. You would like it.
http://projectblancoyd.typepad.com/project_blancoyd/2008/01/flexiblelove-so.html
www.projectblancoyd.typepad.com AKA Hilary Glime :) · January 28, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Hi! I love these zipper pouches! Just want to chime in and say hi...i visit often for inspiration...=)
Have a good day!
*cheers
carolynn
LittleStarz · January 28, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Oh Emily, you are so creative and such a good business person. I am really in awe.
Marie · January 28, 2008 at 01:45 PM
so awesome and adorable!
Amy M · January 28, 2008 at 01:57 PM
SO cute. Little squirrels in love is a beautiful thing :)
Karen · January 28, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Wow Emily... those are awesome!
So adorable.
I cannot in zippers to save my life, great job.
Chelsea · January 28, 2008 at 02:56 PM
Fab purses! I admire anyone who can sew delights like these, especially anything with a zip.(I have to work in poppers until I master the art!
Laura · January 28, 2008 at 03:01 PM
I can't wait for the update!
stela · January 28, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Too adorable!
Marilyn · January 28, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Can't wait for them to be put up tomorrow!
LucindaC · January 28, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Just so lovely...
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g. · January 28, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Thes are so lovely!! I hope i'm home for the update tomorrow :)
karlita · January 28, 2008 at 03:33 PM
These are fantastic! I was just thinking I needed another pouch to sort odds & ends in my purse today...
Ann · January 28, 2008 at 03:33 PM
these are freaking adorable! i love squirrels, i love acorns, i love woodgrain. perfect design em! i MUST be one of the lucky shoppers to get my mits on one tomorrow. :)
Jessica Hood · January 28, 2008 at 03:38 PM
what Jessica said!
Elizabeth · January 28, 2008 at 03:55 PM
They are too cute!! Great job!!
Apple · January 28, 2008 at 04:05 PM
So well made and very cute! Any chance we'll get a peek of the upper half of your dolls (before tomorrow)?
DuBuhDuDesigns · January 28, 2008 at 04:10 PM
are you going to sell those?....I want one!!!
Just the two of us · January 28, 2008 at 04:12 PM
darling!
tiffany · January 28, 2008 at 04:16 PM
so sweet!! I think the use of the woodgrain fabric is *brilliant*!
Casey · January 28, 2008 at 04:44 PM
love love love ♥ them
gosh you are an inspirational lady !!!
dommie ♥
exquisiteandunique · January 28, 2008 at 05:04 PM
these are so lovely...
by the way, love your blog and your etsy!
andrea gutierrez · January 28, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Who can resist squirrels in love??
Rachel · January 28, 2008 at 05:16 PM
em: love love love them!
sarah · January 28, 2008 at 05:55 PM
very cute and so professional! i'd ask you how to go about making them (yours look so nice) but i wouldn't know what to do with that info, so bad at sewing.
kimberley · January 28, 2008 at 06:40 PM
love 'em!
gocco is always a fab idea :)
stephanie · January 28, 2008 at 07:09 PM
Yay! I love things that say jetaime on them. It's the french version of my name (Jaime)
Jaime · January 28, 2008 at 09:06 PM
Oh, I'm dying of cuteness.
... gurgle ... splat.
Nadia Lewis · January 28, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Love them!!!
Do you sell them? if yes, please tell me where
Thanks!!!
Andrea · January 29, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Arrrrgggh, I slept to late and missed the update!
/die hehe
Katie · January 30, 2008 at 01:33 AM
Those little pouches are amazingly beautiful!
Melissa · January 31, 2008 at 09:17 AM
These lil pouches are adorable! Love them so much :)
Brittany · January 31, 2008 at 05:55 PM