Pouch with a View

My good friend Mahriam over at Three Owls Handmade  has done it again! Her newly released Pouch with a View pattern is available on Payhip and also on Etsy and it's a winner people! You're going to want to get your hands on this one.

She told me this all started when she realized she was carrying her hexie projects around in a ziploc bag! For real? This is the girl who designs gorgeous bags and pouches in her sleep. A ziploc bag? So she created three sizes of the see through pouch to match the sizes of gallon, quart and sandwich sized ziploc.

I was so happy when she asked me to test the pattern out for her (ok, let's be honest here, I begged! I think she let me test it just to shut me up!) When I saw her prototypes on Instagram I thought, "it looks like an aquarium!" (seriously? where do I come up with these weird thoughts?) So I ran right off to Joann's to hunt down some fishy fabric and the vinyl I needed. Before the night was over, I had made this large version of the pouch....

I couldn't wait to make more! I had some Lighthearted fabric (by the lovely Ayumi at Pink Penguin) that I had been hoarding saving for the perfect project. This medium pouch came together quickly...

And then I had to try a small pouch (which, yes, is rectangular, oops! but yours will be square because you will use the correct sized pieces!)

And I thought I was done with pouches for a bit (or at least until my big zipper order arrives, teehee). But then I remembered the tiny half inch hexies I had begun assembling a year ago and then lost interest in. Hmmmm.... I wonder.....

Well yes! they do indeed look adorable inside a Pouch with a View! So all in all, I completed four pouches in no time flat. What a great pattern this is. Go get one. NOW! Happy pouch making.