Little Zipper Pouches

First let me say, I hope the recipients aren't reading my blog. If they are it will lessen the surprise. 


I have some friends who are moving away. (if this is you stop NOW!) 




I wanted to give them a little something that would serve as a reminder of our friendship.  So I decided to make each of them a little zipper pouch.  (A la Tonya at Tonya's Sewing Room go give Tonya some bloggy love.)  These are made by fusing the lining to the outer fabric. I used WonderUnder this time, because I had it on hand.  If you do any fusing at all you may have accidentally gotten some fusible on your iron.  UGH!  What a mess!!! 


I did not do that today, but I have in the past.  Lucky for me I remembered reading Laura Wasilowski's blog Artfabrik  and seeing the secret to getting it off the sole plate.  She mentioned two ways, but one I had on hand.  The secret weapon?  A dryer sheet. Sounds crazy huh?   You put it between two scrap pieces of fabric, place this on the edge of the ironing board and scrape the hot iron over it a few times.  The glue will come right off.  (you can read the whole post here) 


Oh, you are wanting to see the pictures  aren't you?  
Here ya go!

Fronts
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Backs
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Yes, these are friends I truly love - I put in zippers for them.