A sewing club project

Hello, everyone. 

The sewing club met this past weekend and, as usual, we worked on a new project. 

This meeting's project was an in-the-hoop pouch with shadow work, appliqué, and stipple. We worked with polyester organza for the shadow work.

The front of the pouch. There is stippling here, too, but it's in white thread on white. 

It's shadow work because the shell and the stars and flowers are all on an underlying layer of the organza. The leaves and the detailing on the flowers, stars, and shell are all added to the top layer of the organza.

The back of the pouch. The stippling is blue. (Just because.) 

I think the next time I do this I might use a white zipper. The tape of the salmon zipper is clearly visible here. 

The pouch was surprisingly difficult to turn out; perhaps more attention to reducing bulk might have helped with this.

DH thought it was pretty, but "kind of small." It's not so small that it's only big enough for a lipstick and a credit card, but it does tend in that direction.