Today is my stop on the Happy Little Pouch Hop, hosted by Emily of Mommy's Nap Time and Elaine of Dashasel Sews. Welcome! I'm sharing some of my favorite pouches that I've made, in the hopes of inspiring you to make one of your own. Don't forget to add your pouch to the Flickr group for a chance to win one of this week's wonderful prizes! And now, time for a little walk down Pouch Memory Lane...


This pouch was a gift for my friend Amy recently, and oh, it was so hard to part with this adorable little pouch, adorned with honeycomb EPP shapes in rainbow colors. I totally need to make another for me.


This Orchard Path zippy pouch was made as a part of the Zakka Sew Along. It was my first time doing any English paper piecing, so I guess you could say this is where my current EPP addiction stems from!


These little pouches were given as teacher gifts at the end of the school year earlier this year. I was working on my Zakka Style pouch, and fouled up the enlargement instructions from the book for the hexagons, so they turned out just a bit oversize. No matter, I think they're still awfully cute :)



This fab pouch, using MoMo It's a Hoot collection, was a gift for Amy last year at Sewing Summit. I keep meaning to make another pouch using this super simple rail fence design for myself, but just haven't gotten to it yet! I'm sensing a theme here...seeing all these pouches I've made for other people is making me want to make some for me!!!


Leftover quilt blocks (or in this case quilt blocks made specifically for a pouch) are a great way to make a front or back for a pouch. I love this simple x and + block that I made last year for Lee.



I made this little pouch for Megan last year, using a simple embroidered message as the focal point of the pouch. I think this was my third embroidery project ever, so it was probably a bit ambitious, but I think it's perfect for a crafty pouch, for your hand sewing tools.


This little pouch was given to AnneMarie last year at Sewing Summit, using Bonnie & Camille's Ruby. Again, the use of a simple patchwork block, repeated in a tiny size, makes for a super cute pouch!



And last but not least, this little pouch, using teeny tiny bits of the original release of Flea Market Fancy and some other additional fabrics, was made in the first round of the Pretty Little Pouch swap. I love how the postage-stamp-inspired patchwork just pops right off the Essex linen!

Do you feel inspired to go create something wonderful? I hope so! I feel like I've just added a few more pouches to my Santa's Sweatshop Handmade Holiday list, for myself! Have a great day :)