Here are my efforts.
My daugher chose which fabrics she wanted for each teacher, and then I made them up into pouches using this wide mouthed zippy pouch tutorial. It's a good tutorial, with three different sizes to choose from.
They have been filled with small notebooks, tissues and the obligatory chocolates.
I also made a fat quarters worth of dumplings...... terrible picture, if the sun would just shine my photography would improve! Again these will be filled with chocolates and are thank you gifts for when my youngest daughter moves from the baby room to the next level!!
I have been trying to teach Hope to sew, and although she doesn't usually have the inclination or concentration to sew with me, this fabric reeled her in, and she made this bag with me in two sittings.
I enjoyed this pattern for a simple tote bag, as it doesn't have the gap in the bottom of the lining, instead the top stitching finishes off the bag so it's neat everywhere and really looks great inside and out.
Look - it's reversible.
What fab makes!! Love your teacher presents - teachers all across the Uk are going to be well-pouched this summer! How lovely to spend time sewing with your daughter - her little bag is very cute.
ReplyDeleteGreat gifts! And your daughter is so cute! Way to go, Hope!
ReplyDeleteWow Tanya, great pouches. What a lot of work! And I have seen other end of term zip pouches on my reader list too. Your girlie is a doll!
ReplyDeleteLovely pouches and that tote is cute too - I use that method whenever I want to make a bag that's reversible. Great pictures of Hope modelling it!
ReplyDeleteThe pouches are lovely and look even better 'in the flesh'. The teachers will love them. You have a good model with the bag too! Di x
ReplyDeleteEverything in this post is just too cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat work with those pretty pouches and a great gift idea. You and your daughter must feel very proud of the tote bag. Great fabric works every time ;-)
ReplyDeletecute tote and reversible! love your little pouches too x
ReplyDeleteGreat leaving presents, and the fabric on the tote bag is gorgeous. Hx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pouches, I would have been so pleased to receive one! The tote bag is fab too, even more so because it's reversible!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of your daughter Tanya!
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous pouches - they have been popular this year as teachers gifts!
ReplyDeleteGreat bags for teachers! I think that zippy pouch swap did a lot of us a lot of favours!
ReplyDeleteSo for my eldest daughter it's farewell to the two pre-schools she has been to.
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