{"id":65869,"date":"2025-03-08T07:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=65869"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:57:52","slug":"one-more-retreat-pouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/one-more-retreat-pouch\/","title":{"rendered":"One More Retreat Pouch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65872\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65872\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch for Gerre\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm-1200x698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104322_wm-sm.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch for Gerre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today is International Women&#8217;s Day and I am celebrating by sending the bag to Gerre for her celebrations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65870\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65870\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch-small - top view\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-1536x601.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-2048x801.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104302_wm-sm-1200x469.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch-small &#8211; top view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the smaller version than I <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/sugar-skull-retreat-pouch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made for Gerre before<\/a>. They are a matched set now, which I always like.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65873\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104346_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65873\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104346_wm-sm-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch-small - zipper end\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104346_wm-sm-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104346_wm-sm-768x843.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104346_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 85vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Skull Retreat Pouch-small &#8211; zipper end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I like the way all parts of this came out. The zipper ends came out especially well. I left a little space between the end of the zipper and the end of the fabric, which made it easier to sew.<\/p>\n<p>I am still thinking about how to incorporate the technique used for veering the zipper in other patterns like the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/all-the-cotton-candy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cotton Candy pouch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65874\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65874\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Skull Retreat pouch - interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-1024x388.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-768x291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-1536x583.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-2048x777.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250304_104337_wm-sm-1200x455.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Skull Retreat pouch &#8211; interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I chose a text print for the interior. I haven&#8217;t been using this particular print for <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/old-town-mystery-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Town<\/a>, because the text is in pink. I love it as a fabric, though, and am really glad I can use it for this pouch.<\/p>\n<p>This one came out really well and I am pleased, but this is a great project. I still want to try enlarging it and using a border print, as <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/border-print-project-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed a few months ago<\/a>. I haven&#8217;t had the chance as I am caught up in making gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is International Women&#8217;s Day and I am celebrating by sending the bag to Gerre for her celebrations. This is the smaller version than I made for Gerre before. They are a matched set now, which I always like. I like the way all parts of this came out. The zipper ends came out especially &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/one-more-retreat-pouch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One More Retreat Pouch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[539,316,488,255],"class_list":["post-65869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-emmaline-retreat-bag","tag-gifts","tag-pouch","tag-project-bag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65875,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869\/revisions\/65875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}