We carry our life in our phones these days so need to hold them close to our chest – and what better way to do that than with an upcycled purpose-made phone pouch.

At the Ekka recently with my friend and colleague, author of award-winning The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook, Liz Harfull, we were wandering and chatting for a while before Liz realised she had mislaid her new beaut Samsung phone.

Fortunately we could easily back-track and locate it, on this occasion. Because of the Samsung’s features (including a great camera – I also have one and take all my photos with it), the phone is slightly larger than pocket-sized but still hard to find in a big carry-all bag. 

I most-often carry my phone in a pouch with a body strap and had an upcycled one on-hand to give Adelaide-based Liz to keep her phone safe during Brisbane book-signing sessions. So Liz becomes Sew 222. Great to catch up Liz, and be inspired by your writing adventures beyond the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists roles we shared a few years ago.

From one reject linen men’s jacket, I made two pouches from sleeve off-cuts by cutting them off, sewing the bottom to secure the base and lining, and adding a strap of choice. I’m looking forward to using the rest of the beautiful linen from jacket for other upcycling projects.