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Since I have so much canvas now (I found a good deal and figured I’ll be making a bunch of those block-printed bags) I decided I could spare two little 5″ x 6″ pieces. I had this little zipper pouch from the North Carolina Aquariums that I used to hold all of my wallet cards, and attached the keys to the zipper. It was so handy, but the only problem with it was that I didn’t make it.

So, I made a canvas zipper pouch. I was going to make it all mammothy, but decided it was too small to patterned with a 4″ x 5″ pattern. I’m going to make a single little design to put on it. (Or maybe I’ll just use my old puffer fish design. That was pretty cute.)

Anyway. Here it is, plain:

I made it a little larger than my old one, because I was always sticking change in it, nail clippers, etc, on top of all the cards I normally carry around. I’ll update when I decide what I’m going to put on it. Since my old one was fishes, I might stick with fishes.

Oh, also, in the process of making this, I used a zipper I had lying around the house. I only had two: one was 18″ and the other 7″. Both of these were too big… But after careful inspection, the little metal piece at the end can be bent (with pliers, or in my case, cuticle clippers. I use those things for crafts way more than I would ever use them for their intended purpose. They’re so precise and small!). You pull the metal part out and can repositioned in any place you need. Voila. Custom sized zippers.