I worked on denim pouches this week. I used scraps of denim that were being discarded from the fabric sale because they were two small for much of anything. I added the scraps leftover from the denim journal covers as well. I dug through my zipper stash and found a few that were the right length -7" to 8". I added a piece of fabric to each end of the zipper to allow the zipper to not be in the side seam at all. Gives a bit of an accent as well. I cut a piece of denim about 8.5" x 10" or so and then added the zipper between the two cut sides which creates a loop. I decided to have the zipper on the front side instead of the top. I covered the side seams with bias tape to make the inside of the pouch neater. Check out the photos below - the back side of the pouch and then the pouch turned inside out - you can see the blue bias tape on the two side seams. I remember as a student making our own "pencil cases" for school out of denim. They are great surfaces for embellishing with blue ball point pen!!!! These pouches will certainly fill the need for carrying pencils, pens, crayons, etc but can be used for phones, , electronic cords, art supplies, make up, etc as well. Will have these on the merchandize table for Gramma Link Africa later this year. Therese
