Stash usage for the wins! Twice.

Hello, everyone. In the ongoing Battle of the Stash, I have achieved another couple of small victories. 

These are two pouches. The first is embroidered with a design from the Deer's Embroidery Legacy. It's a butterfly but it's also autumn leaves.

He's kind of cute, isn't he? The fabric is a linen blend pinstripe that was lying around and begging to be used.

The second has an applique design that I digitized myself...with the features in the software, it's not as intimidating as that sounds. This is the first time I tried sewing one out that I have done. 

The fabric is leftover chair fabric, rather thick, and the applique fabrics are quilting cottons. The pouch has an interior slip pocket.

The pouch exteriors, the linings, the zippers: all from stash. It feels so good to get fabric moved out of storage shelves and tubs, even in small increments. 

(Updated to add the link for the embroidery design source.)