Finished: Terrain quilted zipper bag

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People sometimes comment on my Instagram posts saying that they recognised my work in the photo before they saw my account name. I’ll bet my latest make – the quilted Terrain/Maasto zipper bag – will not win such a comment!
I sewed this zipper bag by a sort of request. I had spotted my Dear Husband’s toiletry “bag” that he had packed for a trip, which made me tell him once again that he was like the shoemaker’s children who go barefoot. I make more zipper bags than we need, and he uses this:
When confronted about this (once again), he pointed out that all my makes were girly and if he were to start using one, it would have to be in camouflage fabric.

I didn’t think I had any, and frankly, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to shops in search of some. But the other day, I opened a box of fabric bundles in my stash and lo and behold, I discovered that I actually owned some quilting fabric that could be regarded camouflage-like. What’s more, I found some other fabrics that would complement the sort of camouflage patterned one.

I decided to make things easy for myself and created a mini lasagne out of narrow strips. I've written a post which describes this method and several other ways to turn a pile of scraps into an intentional-looking surface. By chance, the resulting mini lasagne was just the right size for the kind of zipper bag I planned to make:
Being me, of course I could not avoid introducing some colour and patterns into the surface. I also wanted to make sure there would be some value contrast on the surface.

The flip side of the Terrain zipper bag is far less colourful than the front:
In the above photo, the Terrain zipper bag poses on top of a pile of rocks that used to be in our sauna stove. We are renovating the sauna and will get new rocks for the stove. Did you know that the rocks get worn and should be changed out every once in a while?!

The word “camouflage” inspired me to come up with a name for this one. The Finnish translation of camouflage (pattern) is maastokuvio – terrain pattern. And I’m happy to see how well this little zipper bag represents its name and disappears into a variety of surroundings!

Even on these stairs, it is barely visible:
Though I usually choose a light lining fabric, I could not resist this one – a slightly darker one, but nearly camouflage:
The lining Is also a piece from my stash! I’m full of surprises!

The Terrain quilted zipper bag is of the Open series and its measurements are as follows:
  • Width at the top: 24,5 cm (around 9-1/2")
  • Height: 13 cm (around 5")
  • Depth on the bottom: 5 cm (around 2")
Now that the Terrain pouch is finished, I’m only four zipper bags short of my target of 22. Yay me!

Dear Husband got this as a bonus present on his birthday a few days ago. I’m wondering if he will use this one on his next trip or choose the proven, plastic version again!

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