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Lodestars quilt block #13: Margaret
Block 13 was named after Margaret Sloan-Hunter (1947-2004). Margaret was an African-American civil rights advocate, Black feminist, and editor of Ms. magazine.
Lodestars quilt block #12: Berta
Block 12 was named after Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1971-2016). Berta was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader.
Lodestars quilt block #10: Grace
Block 10 was named after Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015). Grace was an Asian-American author, social activist, philosopher and feminist.
Lodestars quilt block #11: Zitkála-Šá
Block 11 was named after Zitkála-Šá (1876-1938). Zitkála-Šá was a Sioux writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist.
Lodestars quilt block #9: Hermila
Block 9 was named after Hermila Galindo Acosta (1886-1954). Hermila was a Mexican feminist and writer.
Lodestars quilt block #8: Dorothea
Block 8 was named after Dorothea Dix (1802-1887). Dorothea was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill.
Lodestars quilt block #7: Lucretia
Block 7 was named after Lucretia Mott (1793-1880). Lucretia was an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and social reformer.
Lodestars quilt block #6: Rosa
Block 6 was named after Rosa Parks (1913-2005). Rosa was an African-American civil rights activist.
Lodestars quilt block #5: Sylvia
Block 5 was named after Sylvia Ray Rivera (1951-2002). Sylvia was a Latina-American gay liberation and transgender rights activist.
Lodestars quilt block #4: Dolores
Block 4 was named after Dolores Cacuango (1881-1971). Dolores was an Ecuadorian pioneer in the fight for women’s, indigenous, and farmers rights.
Lodestars quilt block #3: Sojourner
Block 3 was named after Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree) (1797–1883). Sojourner was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
Lodestars quilt block #2: Corazon
Block 2 was named after Corazon Aquino (1933-2009). She was the first woman President of the Philippines. She was also Time magazine’s woman of the year in 1986.
Lodestars quilt block #1: Maya
Block 1 was named after Maya Angelou (1928–2014). She was an African-American poet, a singer, a prolific writer, and a civil rights activist.
52 zippers wrap-up: The award show
So my project is finally complete! I thought it would be fun to do a little wrap-up post where I handed out awards to some of my favorite projects of the series.
52 zippers #52: Necessary clutch
It’s the last one! I can hardly believe it! Of course the last one had to be a good one… I haven’t made a wallet in this series up to this point, so I chose the Necessary Clutch wallet (with the wristlet strap add-on) that I have been seeing everywhere. I thought it might work for carrying around a small amount of EPP, but if not, it would also work for a wallet.
52 zippers #51: Appliqued and embroidered taupe zipper pouch
I found this pouch in a book by Yoko Saito and immediately knew I wanted to make it. I love love love this pouch, even though this is totally not my normal color palette. The instructions were in the Japanese style (almost no words—just brief illustrations, no seam allowances on pattern pieces, and all measurements in metric), so there was a bit of puzzling, but I managed to muddle through!
52 zippers #50: All bottled up boxy pouches
If you're new to my 52 zippers project, you can read the backstory, see all the zipper pouches, and download basic zipper pouch instructions here. When I was browsing for boxy pouches, I came across these All bottled up boxy pouches and thought they looked...
52 zippers #49: Mini HST pencil pouch
So I’d been admiring the Craft Passion Wide open pencil case for awhile, but the thought of doing piping on the outside of a bag around curves was making me hesitate (for good reason, apparently!). I finally decided to just try it and hope for the best!
52 zippers #48: Macaron zipper pouches
I’ve been resisting making these macaron zipper pouches I’ve seen all over the internet because they looked really putzy and their small size didn’t look super useful. But I finally broke down (the cuteness won me over). I’m glad I did!
52 zippers #47: Devon zipper pouch
Ok, less than a minute after I found the Devon pouch pattern it was in my cart and on my list for this project. It just looked so stylish and well-crafted! I was so right to pull the trigger on this one—it is definitely one of my top five favorites of the whole series, and will feature in many teacher’s gifts in the future.
52 zippers #46: Sotak boxy pouch
I’ve been wanting to make a little boxy pouch in this series, but I had so much trouble finding a free tutorial for one I liked and hadn’t made before! Finding a good boxy pouch pattern isn’t easy—so many have raw edges inside, which kind of drives me a little crazy.