On the 7th day of Christmas blogging - the zippy pouch

I've been sewing! It's my brother's birthday tomorrow and I've bought him a plectrum punch. He's a keen guitar player and the punch looks like a heavy duty stapler that you use to punch your own plectrums from thin plastic. Apparently it works up to credit card thickness which means, in theory, you could have a plec with your name on it, cool eh?

Now, I almost bought him a wallet to keep the plectrums in but they were a bit... well, a bit naff. I'd asked his wife if he had one (a wallet) and she said she thought not because she finds plectrums all over the house. So I was feeling a little guilty about adding to the homeless plec situation. So at 7am yesterday morning I was digging through fabric and hunting for a tutorial online!

I used this tutorial and just changed the dimensions. It's a quick one with serged edges but suited my purpose nicely. I missed out all the interfacing and went with a single layer of fusible fleece. And then added eyes like I'd seen Judith do (J, the link from my Pinterest can't find the blog entry with your tongue sticking out pouch, is it still there?) He needed a zipper pull and the lid of my Bisto was pressed into service. Or, more correctly, pressed into a punch. It was meant to be a tongue but just looks like he has a blob of ketchup on his face.*g* He's cute, right? And, hopefully, a bit useful. But a giggle, nonetheless.