Sometimes it is the simple things that are the most exciting.  After having had Nicole Mallalieu‘s book You Sew Girl for a few months, and after watching my husband rifling through his travel bag looking for missing items one time too often, I finally made a super simple zipped pouch.

I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to do this! It is the EASIEST project and produces the BEST results. This little pouch is fully lined in the grooviest way. I chose a contrast lining.

These pouches can be customised to be made in whatever size you like. All of my husband’s tech items (chargers, cables, cords etc) fit nicely into it.  And now rather than losing individual items in his luggage, he is just losing the entire pouch.

The little drawstring pouch above is a Kris Kringle present for one of my cousin’s children. I’ll fill it with lolly snakes for a huge sugar hit. This one is for Lily.

And the green one above is for Oliver! You can find the tutorial here.  All the pouches were made with smallish bits of fabric that were floating around in stash.