{"id":70684,"date":"2026-05-09T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=70684"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:57:14","slug":"finished-book-pouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/finished-book-pouch\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: Book Pouch"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Book<\/a>
Book Pouch – finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finished the Book Pouch with only a little bit of fiddling. It has already arrived at its new home. I received a lot of nice compliments.<\/p>\n

As mentioned<\/a>, I used the Bristol Pouch pattern by Center Street Quilts as a guide. I am pleased that I was able to use more of the quilted book fabric. There is less of it for me to move around my workroom.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>
Book Pouch -open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t focus much on the other fabrics. The lining was the mish mash I used<\/a> on the table leaf covers. I pulled from scraps and bits I had laying around to finish the pouch.<\/p>\n

I didn’t just grab anything; I tried to find a binding that looked cheerful, but also went with the other fabrics. Brown and turquoise go together so I chose a turquoise binding.<\/p>\n

\"Zipper<\/a>
Zipper tab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The zipper was also a leftover. The tail is a bit long, but still works. I was pleased that the zipper tab technique I found on Instagram worked pretty well. I had to practice a little trial and error, but it worked in the end.<\/p>\n

I find out interesting things on Instagram, but some of the videos are too quick and they are hard to follow. This test worked out.<\/p>\n

I found a fun zipper pull in the shape of a pair of glasses that I added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finished the Book Pouch with only a little bit of fiddling. It has already arrived at its new home. I received a lot of nice compliments. As mentioned, I used the Bristol Pouch pattern by Center Street Quilts as a guide. I am pleased that I was able to use more of the quilted … Continue reading “Finished: Book Pouch”<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[541,128,316,488],"class_list":["post-70684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-center-street-quilts-pattern","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts","tag-pouch"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70684","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=70684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70753,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70684\/revisions\/70753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}