Seriously loving my new Hexi Zipper Pouch I made with the October Maxie Mail Subscription Box! I love these gorgeous Art Gallery Fabrics!!! The colors are perfect for autumn! Plus I always love a deer print!!!
I loved learning a new way of making hexies with liquid starch -- so genius! Plus Maxie made 3 videos this month 1- Sewing the full zipper pouch 2 - English Paper Piecing 3 -Making the Hexi Zipper Pull.
Let's chat more about the October Maxie Mail Box-
EVERYTHING is included in your October Maxie Mail Box to make your Hexi Zipper Pouch PLUS a full video tutorial. So don't worry if this your first time with English Paper Piecing or installing a zipper---Maxie makes it easy!
What’s inside your box:
- Art Gallery Fabrics from Bonnie Christine’s Sweet as Honey Collection and Pat Bravo’s Artisan Collection
- Pellon SF101 Shape-Flex Fusible Interfacing
- Hugs ’n Kisses fusible, water soluble 1” hexagons
- Best Press Spray Starch Alternative
- Paint Brush
- Foxglove Cottage Straw Needles - Size 10
- Gutermann thread for pouch assembly
- Super Thread’s Bottom Line bobbin thread for EEP and appliqué
- 14” zipper and zipper pull hardware
- Tea
- English Paper Piecing (EPP)
- Invisible Applique´
- Zipper installation with zipper tabs
- Finished lining
- Boxed Corners
- Making a Zipper Pull
- Working with fusible stabilizers
I loved learning how to make hexies with liquid starch! I will definitely make hexies like this again! I left the fusible hexagons "in" my project. Since I added 2 more hexies to my pouch, I used the traditional paper hexies for the extra, which came out super easy with the starch method!
What I love about English Paper Piecing is that you can sew them together anywhere. My daughter and I watched a movie while I hand stitched! Super Thread’s Bottom Line bobbin thread is the BEST and makes your stitches invisible- even with the whipstitch.
I was trying to decide if I wanted to hand stitch my hexies to my pouch OR machine stitch them??? I went with quilting them down, which I love! I used the included Gutermann thread for the machine stitching down.
The Hexi Zipper Pouch is a good size pouch (10" x 12") so I added a wrist strap! I love the convenience of a wrist strap as I'm planning on using this Hexi Zipper Pouch LOTS! I seriously LOVE it!
My corners are actually boxed (not rounded), it's just hard to tell as I have the pouch laying down instead of standing up ;).
Here's a little peek on the inside -
I enjoy receiving my Maxie Mail Subscription Box each month! I love how she always teaches us a new technique and includes the supplies to make the project! It is truly a "class in a box". They are great for anyone who loves sewing and quilting! I love how I can take a class right in my home! Plus the projects are always useful and beautiful!
Previous Maxie Mail Subscription Blog Posts
May 2018 - Cool Tools
April 2018 - Peppermint Rose Pillowcases
March 2018 - Strippy Aunt Josie Mini Quilt/Pillow
April 2018 - Peppermint Rose Pillowcases
March 2018 - Strippy Aunt Josie Mini Quilt/Pillow
Have a great day and happy sewing!
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Melanie
Very nice pouches. 'Love those fabrics and hexies.
ReplyDeleteYour pouch is adorable! I am really excited by your notions, though. I've never seen the Mary Ellen's Best Press in a little spray bottle like that, and I'm really curious about the water soluble fusible product. Does it really give you a stiff enough edge to press over, but then completely disappear in the finished item once it's washed?
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