REMIXES - Macaroni & Cheese, Stationery Pouch

"If at first I don't succeed, I'll usually try at least once more."

Remember this? 😩

I tried it again and things worked out a lot better. This time I used a recipe and I had all of the ingredients I needed. No shortcuts this time.

Here's the Remix

I've had this recipe for a long time and have used it on more than one occasion. 

I may not be the best cook but I can follow directions.😃

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☹️REMIX-Stationery Pouch 

I enjoy crafting and sometimes things don't turn out the way I expect them to. I'll  put things to the side if I feel there is a chance they might be saved later on. And so it was with this stationery pouch which was supposed to be a clutch purse.

Anthropologie

Some time back, I'd observed a tote bag on the Anthropologie site made from canvas art with leather straps. 

As with most of their items price is an object and I prefer smaller handbags to larger ones. I still thought it was a unique idea. 

I headed to a couple of thrift stores to see what I could find. I didn't search high and low because I'm not a big fan of shopping. Jupiter has to align with Mars or something like that to make me WANT to shop.

😲 But, I digress. 

Nothing on fabric canvas was I able to find. I ended up with posters and fabric scraps that I had in my stash which  I cut to clutch purse size, sewed and glued together and sealed the paper with shiny Mod Podge.  

So basically I decoupaged it.💃Whatever.

I still wasn't satisfied so I put it aside until..

EUREKA!➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️ Stationery pouch. I hot glued a piece of grosgrain ribbon to the back to use as a tie closure and I was done.

That's It ***

Stationery Pouch

I found myself keeping my envelopes in one place and stamps, address labels and pens in another. To make things more efficient I decided to make a pouch where I could keep everything in one place.

I had left over brown felt from a previous project which I used as the base and might as well get rid of that piece of green and gold upholstery fabric.   The upholstery fabric would give it a little color.

For some strange reason I had to keep running through my head, the sections I'd need . So I decided to mark them off.  Long , short envelopes, address labels, stamps, pens.

I'll highlight the divisions by  putting a strip of the green/gold at the opening. And to make it even prettier , I'd make the fold over of the envelope pouch out of the green. 

😞 Now that I look at it, I don't like the crookedness. I also don't like the green thread I used which I thought would bring out the green of the fabric.

But, I can stencil over the stitches with green metallic paint. And, the flap covers the wonky pockets.

But wait!

You sewed the flap on BACKWARDS!!! The pretty fabric folds inside the pouch and won't be seen from outside. 

FAIL

Though I'm disappointed, I'll try again.

To be continued...   

NOTE: 5-30-2019 An update can be found in the middle of the page here.