I had to quick whip up a couple of these the other night for a set of birthday girls. My cousin’s daughters both have August birthdays, so we usually get to celebrate with them when they come to visit their Grandma.
Gotta love a zippered pouch. I had great visions of something patchwork, but when it came down to it, I was running late on time and just used this cute doodle fabric that I think is really perfect for girls who aren’t so little anymore (hey, they’re almost tweens!).
I think it’ll be a nice pouch that should last them a while at least until they move on to their next favorite thing. Perfect for a little stash of lip gloss or whatever they want to tote around.
The only difference between the two pouches is the zipper color, I didn’t want to make them so different that they’d fight over one or the other, but different enough so they could tell who’s whos.
So lemonade lip gloss, a pouch, and a fun little banana leaf recycled notebook we picked up at Target = fun and functional birthday present in a hurry.
the purses are really lovely, i bet the girls were pleased to receive them. i just made myself a gathered wristlet from your tutorial and i love it, thanks so much for sharing the pattern. have a wonderful weekend.
x
so pretty
Love the fabric and lemonade lip balm. x.
These are super cute! The fabric is lovely!
That fabric is so cute – I think I’ll have to add some of that to my stash!
Way too cute! Great birthday gift! Which of your tutorials do we follow to make those pouches 🙂 Thanks!
What a fun post.
These are really fun. I love the color difference between the interior and exterior fabrics. I always have a hard time with gift giving when it comes to older girls. This is a great idea.
Such fun! I love quick little gifts like this!
Oh how cute!! My daughter has that same fabric and has made a large box type bag with it. By the way, thank you for your tutorial on your little zippered pouches. :o) My daughter has mastered them and I believe all of her friends are getting them as little gifts. :o)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely ~ Tricia
So fun and what a great idea! They came out perfect. The ribbon was a nice touch.
Very cute, Anna. And the girls are adorable!
Love that fabric!!! Soooo cute.
That journal looks pretty adorable, too.
Love the black and white with all that color inside! So cute — the girls and the pouches!
love the fabric! I still doodle…in college! 🙂
how DO you find these fabrics? that is so fun. bet they loved their pouches!
very cool fabric and what a fun pop of color on the inside. I’d love to get that for my birthday!
Very cute! I love that doodle fabric!
That is some cute fabric, love it and the pouches. Sweet idea for a birthday gift!
I love your website! Very inspiring.
Wonderful gifts…. and I love the website
adorable! love the lining and ribbon pulls 😀
that fabric…PERFECT.
I made the gathered clutch as a gift to my sister-n-law the bride, for her wedding. It turned out great. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I posted photos on my blog.
It’s a great gift for a not-little-anymore-but-still-not-big (can’t bring myself to use that awful ‘tw’ word!!) I would like to receive this gift myself and I’m certainly not little any more and really, rather substantially big! x
Lovely gift!!
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Cute little gifts – that doodle fabric is perfect!
I adore that fabric. Very pretty!
I love your library tote too. You are one of my sewing idols.
Love that fabric!
What Beautiful, can not provide me the tutorial or molds?
I wish we have so many cute fabrics here in Brazil! ou work are so cute! Congrats!
oooh, cute! tute plz?
anon, here’s my tutorial: https://www.blog.noodle-head.com/2010/10/scrappy-make-up-pouch-tutorial_20.html