Flourishing Flowers Pouch
Whether you fill this elegant little pouch with jewelry, makeup, coupons, notes, or whatever, it’s sure to be a handy item for your purse or bag. Make several—keep some and give some as gifts. Just perfect. All the fabrics used in the photographed project are from Lecien.
by Yoko Saito of Quilt Party
Finished size: 6¾″ × 4″
• 1 fat eighth (9″ × 20″) of fabric for pouch flap/back
• 1 fat eighth of fabric for pocket
• 1 fat quarter (18″ × 20″) of fabric for lining
• 1 fat quarter of fabric for bias binding (or 1 continuous bias strip 1
″ × 35″)
• 10″ × 20″ piece of batting
• 2 buttons, 
″ to ¾″ in diameter
• 6″ length of thin elastic for button loops
• Embroidery floss:
Dark taupe (COSMO #369)
Dark sage green (COSMO #925)
Brown (COSMO #426)
Dark gray (COSMO #155)
Medium moss green (COSMO #684)
Cream (COSMO #364)
White (COSMO #100)
1 from template (Patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns)
1 from template (Patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns)
8½″ × 10″ for pouch
5½″ × 8½″ for pocket
2 diagonal strips 1″ wide and to equal at least 35″ in length when pieced together
9″ × 11″ for pouch
5″ × 9″ for pocket
2 lengths 2½″ for button loops
All seam allowances are ¼″. Template patterns and embroidery designs can be found on Patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns.
1. Transfer the designs onto the pouch flap / back piece (see Transferring the Printed Patterns, Patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns).
2. Embroider the design.
Dark taupe:
Stem stitch the radiating flower stems.
Dark sage green:
Stem stitch 2 petals on each stem.
Brown:
Stem stitch a center petal on each stem.
Dark gray:
Stem stitch the hearts in the centers of the large motifs.
Medium moss green:
Add French knots in the centers of the large motifs.
Cream:
Add stem stitches between the petals on the large motifs; then add French knots to the tips of the short spokes.
Stem stitch the short center spokes of the small motifs; then add French knots to the tips.
White:
Use stem stitches for the tips of the long spokes on the small motifs.
1. Layer the embroidered pouch piece, right side down; batting; and lining, right side up. Baste the layers together and quilt as desired.
2. Trim using pouch template patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns (Figure 1).
3. Layer the pocket and pocket lining right sides together on top of the batting. Pin the layers together and stitch along a long edge. Trim the batting away within the seam allowance to reduce bulk.
4. Fold the pocket fabric over the batting at the seam so both fabrics are right side out. Baste the layers together and quilt as desired.
5. Trace the lower half of the pouch template patterns are available to print from http://tinyurl.com/10939-patterns onto the quilted pocket and trim (Figure 2). Pouch lining, right side down Batting Outer pouch, right side up
1. Use the pouch template to mark the button loop positions on the lining side of the embroidered end of the pouch. The loops should be 3″ apart.
2. Fold a 2½″ elastic length in half and pin it in place on the lining side, matching up the ends with the raw edges of the flap. Baste the elastic loop in place. Repeat to make the second loop (Figure 3).
3. To assemble the pouch, align the curved edges of the pocket, right side up, with the curved edges of the pouch, lining side up, at the end without button loops. Pin the pocket in place (Figure 3).
4. Sew in place around the outside edge of the pocket (Figure 3).
5. Fold and press a long edge of the bias binding strip over ¼″ to the wrong side. To finish the raw edges of the pouch, pin the bias binding all around the embroidered side of the pouch, aligning the raw edges. Finish the binding ends nicely as described in Finishing the Binding Ends (page 136). Stitch in place around the entire pouch. Fold the binding over the raw edges and hand stitch the folded edge of the binding to the front side of the pouch.
6. To make the button loops lie in the right direction, pin them against the bias binding, sticking out past the edge of the pouch, and stitch in place by hand (Figure 4).
7. Fold the flap closed and mark the centers of the button loops on the pocket front. Stitch the buttons in place as marked (Figure 5).
