Oh my, what an exciting event! I was going through my Craft Happy inventory when I found a little daffodil pouch I made months ago, I think last August or so. It was one of the first pouches I ever made — if not the very first — and while the machine sewing went fine, I couldn’t figure out how to do the hand stitching so it wouldn’t show.

See the awkward stitches on the upper-right corner seam?

This poor little flower has been languishing in the Seconds section of my Etsy shop ever since then, garnering a strangely high number of views and hearts, but never the love it deserved. I picked it up today and looked sadly at the stitching, and then realized that here was a perfect opportunity to use my new ability to invisibly slip stitch! Armed with my trusty seam ripper and a needle and thread, I sent the pouch into surgery.

Behold, ladies and gentlemen (do any gentlemen read this blog?!), the power of invisible hand stitching! From sad second to a proud regular-price item, this daffodil has been given a new lease on life!

No more ucky visible side seams!

We caught up with this pouch today for an exclusive interview.

SATSUMAART: Congratulations, little daffodil, on your life-changing surgery and quick recovery! Tell me, how do you feel?

DAFFY: *giddily* Oh, everything’s different for me now! Before, I always felt inferior to my younger sisters and brothers. Even though I’m the oldest of them all, I’ve always been the smallest and the least perfect. I never got to hang out in the Small Pouches category with them, or meet new people who came to ooh and ahh over all of them!

SATSUMA: But now you will!

DAFFY: I’m so happy I could cry. Now, finally, I’ll be able to hold my head up high.

SATSUMA: Um, you haven’t got a head. You’re a drawstring pouch.

DAFFY: *with dignity* Your words can’t hurt me now.

So there you have it, straight from the pouch’s mouth, er, yes. You’ll forgive me if I’m a little silly — how can I help but be delighted at fixing a problem that’s bothered me since last summer?!