The Awkward Pouch

In a shocking turn of events, two weeks ago I found out that Ebay does actually sell real leather. For years I'd (all right, stupidly) been searching for leather in the Fabric category and was frustrated that there was none. Thus grew my misconception that leather is ridiculously hard to find, and that when found, one should be prepared to pay ridiculous amounts for it as it's the only leather in the UK. Imagine my shock and consternation when searching for leather needles that there's an entire Leathercraft category in Ebay with thousands of hides, in hundreds of colours, at reasonable prices. As much as I love my Liberty leather, I wish I'd known before I paid that.

Anyway, this isn't a sad story, it's a mostly happy story. Because now I've added some more colours to my leather stash! The only downside is that these new colours have come in fairly small (albeit uniform) pieces of 8"x8". This is a very awkward size. It's not wide enough for make-up bags, but too tall for phone cozies unless I trim a couple of inches off the top and therefore waste it.

I attempted a zippered pouch using a single square, resulting in a final bag measuring around 6.5"x3.5". Capacious enough to hold a small assortment of things like a phone / keys / pen / small cosmetics, but too capacious for holding just change (unless you are in the USA in which case you'd need a couple), I'm at a bit of a loss as to how best use these 8"x8" squares in future crafty endeavours. Because obviously I have heaps. What would you do*?

*Hoarding, smelling and stroking do not count, I've already thought of those.