Tabi Pouch

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I've been so busy the last week that being able to sit down and sew today was a great stress reliever.

I received a bunch of new fabric from Japan on Thursday and was just itching to sew something with some of it. There were are few adorable 3 inch wide long strips that I thought I'd start with - I thought they might be nice on a tabi pouch...so I gave it ago. The black fabric is black silk from kuro tomesode - the middle piece is some of the new silk I got from Japan and the inside was this gorgeous, lush, thick silk lining from an old kimono...for some reason...the age discolouration on it caused the most beautiful colour.

Making the pouch was pretty easy - I just used a pattern for a drawstring pouch and adjusted the length. The top flap was just a replication of the bottom of the pouch.

Unfortunately, it was too narrow for my liking - and I made it about half an inch to short for my tabi. I guess that means I need to make a new one? :]









Thank-you for looking :]



Cross posted to Tezukuri and Craftgrrl