Happy Scrappy box pouch from Patchwork Please!
![Triangle Patch Box Pouch](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9084659293_7edffa1fe4.jpg)
This week I picked up Patchwork Please! by Ayumi from the library. Wow, what a happy little book! Ayumi's playful, patchwork-savvy style is stamped on each project. There are lots of paper-pieced projects, so this book is great for someone who's been sewing a bit, I'd say. I love the designs!
![from Patchwork Please!](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5524/9084660163_e5dd4ec746.jpg)
The proof is in the pudding. I'm not a part of a book tour, but I decided to interrupt the churns for a little pouch fling. I needed something gifty, and this is just the ticket, don't you think?
![fun!](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/9084661157_bd642f55d2.jpg)
Got started choosing colors and cutting scrappy triangles last afternoon...
![my thoughts on the making](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7437/9086879156_71bbc5c5c4.jpg)
and put my head in the game this morning for assembly. I can't say it was all smooth sailing. For one, I wish this book came with a CD so you could easily print the paper piece patterns. Photocopying is hard to do precisely since this book doesn't lay flat open. I had to correct my photocopies of the paper piece template for this project with ruler and pencil to make them just right.
![happy scrappy box pouch!](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/9086879962_5417213320.jpg)
But then, piecing the triangles was super fun. And, actually gave me some ideas for using up my triangle scraps!
I had trouble with the directions in spots. I'd like to share the details here in case I can help someone else along the way.
*Between step 5 and 6, I think you are supposed to fuse the batting to the wrong side of the three-piece patchwork panel.
*Couldn't understand how to mark as described in step 7, so I skipped that, which seemed to turn out fine.
*Figure 4 seems to coorespond with step 15, not step 14.
*Step 20, advises you to make the pouch lining. I think you're supposed to follow steps 15-18 though, not 4-6.
![fa la la la zipper](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9086875494_8a9d3ab936.jpg)
Obviously I was able to figure it out and I am definitely really, really happy with how the box pouch turned out! In fact, this is my favorite zip pouch I've ever made. I'm so excited to surprise my friend!
![this is me.](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/9084657441_7239637dbd.jpg)
Hey, I realized that this pouch totally matches my Starbright quilt and patchwork chairs and curtains and etc. So, I think this is "me" right? And somehow I managed with just two Anna Maria fabrics this time. Look, Ma, no hands!