i might be wrong

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I have been a crafting manic lately. Everyone who knows me knows I like to make things. My upcoming wedding has provided me with the perfect opportunity to do something crafty and unique for our wedding guests. While Clay and I were in Japan last year, we stopped by Tokyu Hands (several times) and I bought a cute little cell phone cozy. The fabric was of white bicycles on a black background with a little red cord that fastened with a small black clasp. I made a few of these pouches and gave them out as Christmas gifts to the ladies from my job who came to support me in the Philadelphia marathon.

They were so easy to make and the ladies loved them so I decided to make them for every guest at our wedding. That means I have to make at least 150 of them. I ran the idea by some of the ladies at Purl Patchwork, including Joella Hoverson, and she helped me see that, yes, I can make 150 pouches by November. I am well on my way. After just two weeks I have about 2 dozen done and several more in various states of near completion. The part that slows me down a bit is sewing the cord into the fabric, which has to be done by hand. I am having so much fun with these. I have such a large fabric stash and I'm happy to put these beautiful prints to good use.

I did have to break a rule. I told myself that I would only use fabric from the stash for this project, but I didn't realize I own so many prints with flowers and other overly girly things so a friend at work suggested silk tie fabric. I went to Beckstein's in the garment district and found some silk tie fabric that works really well for this project. Hopefully, my short attention span won't get the best of me and I'll have these done by October. I also hope the fabric hoarder in me won't feel the need to go out and buy any more fabric.