200th Post Giveaway - Zippy Pencil Pouch!

Woo-hoo, this it my 200th post!

My Bloglovin stats also indicate I have recently surpassed 300 followers! To celebrate, I am offering this wide-open Zippy Pencil Case as a giveaway to one lucky follower!
It has room inside for goodies to surprise you with.
Cotton goodies, of course!

I was inspired to use this fabric by this month's Le Challenge theme, which is Wilderness. It has the cutest little trees, and the text reads, "Companions in the forest".
As well, it has weekend salutations;

I actually whipped up two: One for you, and one for me!

I was led to the tutorial by the Aurifil Newsletter - it is a well-written tute by Joanne at Craft Passion. To say I "whipped these up" is actually pretty misleading though! I had one problem after another, beginning with a violent lightening storm that swept through and knocked our power out for the night. I went for a walk a few hours after it went out, just before sunset. The temperature had dropped 30degrees, and the storm had mostly passed the valley. Humid, but it was so good to be comfortable outside for a change! The LV Strip was back in view..
Hard to make out, but it is there,

This shot was taken near a trail access.

It looked as though another rainy bout was approaching my hood, so I began the hike home..

I wasn't able to pick up on the pouches again until Saturday. I thought I would miss the Le Challenge linkup, checked the site, then realized that we are given the month of August off. Now I have a month to come up with another wilderness project, haha!

That was only my first brainfart...

Ever the one to save money, I had not printed the tutorial. I cut the pattern pieces and went about sewing them together. The body pattern had me cut one lining piece, one batting piece, and one main fabric piece. I went ahead and quilted them together. I made the piping and attached it to my sandwich, then made the center band with the zipper. All without incident.

About that time, I checked the tutorial instructions on my phone, and the next step had me attaching the lining. Huh? Um, my lining was already attached, as in super-matchstick-quilted attached. I scrolled up and realized I was supposed to use muslin for the sandwich. Unfortunately, I had used FQs for both linings and then had to select fabrics that matched my bags as close as possible. I was a bit bummed that I could not match the lining fabric for the sage calico lining I was using for my own..

I wonder now, Did you notice the strange, mismatched lining in the photo?

My next flub was forgetting the little tabs. Oops, but at least I remembered it for yours, dear readers...

My biggest mistake of all resulted in unpicking the stitching after attaching the lining right to the sandwich, completely forgetting the zipper band. Yikes. I was fairly upset with myself by this point, but trooped on and eventually came up with two pouches, neither are perfect, but both cute!

 

OK, on to the Giveaway!

This is exclusive to & only for followers of the blog!

You make blogging FUN and REWARDING!

I will enjoy filling the pouch with large-scrap fabrics from my stash, based upon the winners preference! Once a winner's name is drawn, I will email and ask you what your favorite fabrics are? Color, Style, Vintage/Modern/Stripes/Dots/Batiks, etc... perhaps you are collecting for a specific project? I will do my best to make you smile! The pouch has plenty of room for at least one yard, maybe you prefer a one-yard cut, FQ's, or would you rather enjoy a scrappy sampling? Fun, right?
 

To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment here prior to Friday, August 21st at Midnight PST. Let me know how you follow - by email or with Bloglovin?
International followers are welcome to participate too!

As a bonus, I am running a rare sale in each of my Etsy shops!

Receive 20% off any purchases, now through August 21st!

 

Red Letter Fabrics - In addition to fabric, I have recently posted a lot of patterns and quilting books! I plan to make some more additions throughout the week!

Red Letter Quilts, where I sell handmade quilts, needle books, kitchen chenille towels, as well as some vintage stitcheries/linens.

 Enter 'blogpost200' at checkout to receive the discount!

Thank you dear readers, quilty friends, and fellow bloggers - I hope you have a great week!