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Hexie drawstring pouch

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I'm happy to hear today that this little drawstring pouch arrived safe and sound with it's recipient! 

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When I finished that hand sewn dress, I was exhilarated at the thought of starting NEW handwork projects.  Hexagons danced in my head, but (thankfully) I had the forsight to reign myself in to a small project instead of a giant hexagon flower quilt or something!

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Basting hexagons is fun, fun, fun... but I do get bogged down at the joining stage.  This project only required 3 rows of hexagons front and back.  Once joined and papers removed, I appliqued them to these Essex linen rectangles.

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Ended up handstitching them on with pearl cotton thread.  I hadn't handled pearl cotton in awhile.  Mmmm!

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Then with the help of Svetlana's tutorial, it all became a pouch in no time.  This is my favorite drawstring pouch style so far.  I think it's a faster sew than others I've tried and I love the way the casing sticks out at the top.  You can use just about anything for the drawstring.  I used some baker's twine - Cute!

(psst... linen still makes me nervous, so I treated the seams with fray-check and did not blunt the corners before turning.) 

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Thanks, Ella, for a reason to make!  May this little pouch harbor many of your special creations.

xo,

Rachel