How to Sew a Pouch ! Hastypearl

How to Sew a Pouch !

Hastypearl

So, in typical Hastypearl form, I got the idea on Mother's Day EVE NIGHT, 

to make a pouch for my sister's Mothers Day gift.

She is the All Time Best Mother and Grandmother, 

so she certainly deserved the attention.

If you are a perfectionist, seeing my style and process may be challenging for you:)

I'm a bit of a "squint and look over the end of my thumb to measure", kind of girl.

If you love using patterns, I'm sure that there are plenty out there to use.

I had done two Eco Dye pots last week, 

so I was anxious to use some of the linen, that I had dyed in Saffron.

Its so soft and very organic, so it lent itself to a bit of a rustic approach. 

I measured/eyeballed out, what I thought would make 

a useful sized pouch and cut the linen in a rectangle.

This pouch could be for useful for holding so many things.

Think...art supplies, make up, pens, or really Anything that's not really small, 

that would work its way out of the open top.

If you wanted something more secure, you could add a zipper. 

I stitched along the outsides of the rectangle, in a contrasting color.

This will keep the edges from fraying Past the stitch line, 

otherwise, I think it will look great, to let the linen fray.

You can see the pouch taking shape.

Its basically just a rectangle folded up and stitched on the bottom, 

with a flap on the top.

Finish all of the edges.

I also ran a couple of extra lines across the front flap, 

just for decoration.

I used a contrasting thread, that I thought was 

really complimentary to the Saffron, 

and I selected three buttons from my Vintage Button stash, 

which Never lets me down!

So, I kind of have this More is More attitude in life 

or better applied to this project...

why would you use One Button when you can use Three?

I'll show you how I worked that out, later!

I cut a little slit in the front flap Just large enough to accommodate the buttons, 

and added a bit of support on the back side,

 by adding a small bit of the same linen fabric. 

Then I did a Very Rustic running stitch along the edges of the button hole.

Yes, I know that this free-styling is like fingernails on a black board for some of you, 

but I wanted the project to look very loose and organic.

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So, if you want to use more than One Button, its really easy.

You start by sewing two of the buttons together, 

and then sew that pair to the next one.

I had the FANTASTIC Barrel button with one hole, 

and the red button with two holes 

and the Mother of Pearl with four holes, 

so you just have to add them one at a time!

I KNOW...its totally weird to many of you, to use three buttons... 

but its the kind of thing that I'm Just Going To Do...so...

Welcome to My World :)

...isn't that barrel button amazing?!?

 I don't have the matching snap portion, 

but I can just imagine a 1940's suit or coat 

that it once adorned! 

Fantastic! 

So, now, you can see the set of three buttons all combined and ready to sew onto the pouch.

I stitched some little vines and leaves in the corners of the flap.

In and Out. 

In and Out. 

What a relaxing therapy :)

Below, is what the finished pouch looked like!

It was done in the late night and early morning hours...

neither times great for photography, 

but you can see how it looked all finished.

And Below, is a perfect picture of my heavenly Button dilemma.

ANY of these great buttons would have looked great together or alone.

Aren't Vintage Buttons, amazing?!

So, you can see the pouch, in my Mothers Day table, vignette, 

waiting to surprise my sister.

I think that you can see, 

that I'm already completely in love with the colors of her pouch.

My Old Country Roses china, looked great with it.

It doesn't really effect me year to year what Pantone says are the years best colors.

I've probably already been using one or the other of them, 

my whole adult life and you probably have, too!

So, it wasn't really a surprise, 

when the flowers that I selected from my garden for a little table posy, 

ended up matching so well.

So, there you are!

Its a fun and easy little project to make, if you want to try it.

Perfectionists...I'm sure that yours will look totally different...

but it will be made with love, just like mine was.

When You have someone that you love...

its easy to create something special, just for them!

So as always, Thanks for stopping by! 

I'm so glad that you did :)

There are a number of ways that you can follow along with hastypearl.https://www.etsy.com/shop/hastypearl

Just tap any of the boxes on the right column of my blog...

I'd love to hear from you.

Commenting on blogs is fun and easy and its very encouraging to the blogger.

I've made some great friends, just by leaving comments, on the blogs that I read.

Hope you are enjoying your days...

Best to all...Laura

Interactive Art Hastypearl

Interactive Art

Hastypearl

Ive always had this theory, feeling, that art doesn't HAVE to be flat!

I mean, most things in life aren't flat, right?

I think its also Fun and certainly Interesting, when additions to an art piece 

move or can be explored and interacted with.

The pictures in this posting are a corner of a piece, like many that I 

have listed in my hastypearl Etsy shop.

You can see that the piece has lots of texture, 

which makes Your eyes move around the piece and stay a while.

When You follow along today, You will see that if You are a Curious Person, 

You can actually open a Door of sorts, and see what is behind it.... 

I've used really wonderful butterscotch Vintage Buttons, 

stacked one on the other 

as the little lock to the Door.

If you U-N-W-I-N-D the Marsala fiber yarn...

....it will allow you to Open the Secret Door!

And what do You see inside?

A ghost like eco dyed print of a beautiful Red Oak leaf, 

that I collected from my Fall garden!

Yes, I could have just glued this piece to the substrate, 

but You would have missed seeing one of the sides of the paper.

You can leave it open....

....or You can wind the yarn back around the button lock 

and keep it a Secret, until You are feeling Curious, the Next Time...

Art should be Compelling and Provocative...

And FUN!!!

Thanks for stopping by...Im so glad that You did!

Laura 

Mixed Media Collage Hastypearl

Mixed Media Collage

Hastypearl

Here are a few of my favorite Hastypearl Collages!

For me...its just Pure Play.

Line drawings...of chairs.

One of my favorite subjects.

Followed by a quick dig in my found objects bags.

Fibers are usually not far away.

And Vintage Buttons. How essential THEY are :)

Layers and layers of papers....

Some watercolors....

Some curiosity...

And some fleeting friends! :)

Do you have a Subject, that you would love to see in Collage?

Give me a contact...there is a button for that on the right side column...and lets create something custom, together :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Some of these Collages have sold, but some are available at my Etsy shop called, Hastypearl.

I hope you will click over and take a look...

xo Laura

Vintage Button Jewelry Mixed Media Fun! Hastypearl

Vintage Button Jewelry

Mixed Media Fun!

Hastypearl

I know girls, that say that they like the "shiny stuff", and they will wiggle their ring fingers.

Well, my idea of the "shiny stuff" includes a more inexpensive kind of facet...

and that would include...Buttons.

Specifically...Vintage Buttons!

Its true, that every era, has decorated their clothing with objects of interest, and from the early days on...some kind of button was not only used for its closure function...but for interest and decoration, too.

I love a Large Coat Button, popular in the 40's and 50's and of course, the Victorians used fanciful buttons for everything ...including men's shirts and cuffs.

I've been making Button Brooches and Pins for myself for a long time, but it wasn't until this week, that I actually made some and listed them in my Etsy shop, called hastypearl.

These two Brooches, were made from combinations of Clear Buttons.

Look at the variety of textures and shapes.

They just Amaze me!

I've seen a lot of Brooches that are round shaped and maybe three buttons stacked on top of each other, but I wanted to do something more interesting than that.

The rectangle pin below has an added Art Nouveau shaped charm that dangles and I love that it makes a little sound when it taps the buttons next to it.

I added glass, silver and rhinestone beads to bring in a little sparkle to the mix, but with the amazing shapes of the buttons, they don't really need that much help!

You can wear them with anything really.

I put them on my coats and blouses, and it never hurts to dress up a cashmere sweater...either!

Thought you might enjoy seeing one of my latest additions to Hastypearl Etsy.

These make great gifts that don't cost quite as much as the other "shiny stuff"!

I hope you will click on over to my shop and see what I've been up to :)

Stay warm every one.

It cant be that much longer until Spring!

xoxo Laura