At the sewing retreat I attended a few weeks ago, there was a gift exchange similar to the white elephant game. You were supposed to have something new, and not used, but otherwise it followed the rules of the game.
Namely, you could steal the gift.
The lady that ended up opening my gift really wanted to keep it, but alas, it got stolen from her. Perhaps in the future we will do an exchange, as she has an embroidery machine and I have lots of leather. 😀
So, this is just a simple pouch (no real pattern), and I did a cutout on the front with one of my drawings.
The handle is just a turned under leather stitched down.
I also added a homemade tassle out of the accent leather to the zipper pull.
I was pretty happy with how it turned out, and I got it done just. in. time. The night before, of course.
At least it was done!
I love this leather pouch and I can see why the lady wanted to keep it. I have signed up for a retreat and cannot wait
You will have a great time! It is so fun to sit around and talk to other like minded women. 🙂