I really like my pouches though!
I've had this adorable sock monkey fabric for awhile. I even made my own mousepad with some of it. This is my Sock Monkey Fabric Pouch.
Here is another monkey style applique pouch. I love this bandana fabric. One of these fabrics is from Michael Miller.
I adore red gingham and flowers, so I made this more traditional style pouch:
Finally, I made another version of my Alien Invasion pouch. The novelty fabric was at JoAnns, but I think it sold out awhile ago.
I hit upon the idea to do circular patches because some of my fabrics are very graphic and bright and aren't such good backgrounds for handstitched details.