Making Mondays: Deer Party Pencil Case

I hope you all had a wonderful break and are full of fresh ideas and creativity for the new year!  I have been focusing on my goals for the year and hope to make it prolific!

This was a little gift that made it under the tree for Yashar.   When ever we go down to our local cafe I ask Yashar which toys he wants to take with him - often a colouring/activity book (like this beautiful one) and a pencil case full of pencils make the cut.  So I thought this might be appreciated- especially now that the cold weather has really hit - so trips to the park are few  - the cafe is the preferred and cozier destination- look at the cold crisp light in these photos...brrr!

I made it using the deer party fabric I got printed via Spoonflower (remember I posted about the sample here and wondered what I could make with it?)  The back is a lovely linen and the inside was tartan from a shirt of mine.   I used a free tutorial I found online...and now can't find again!  But if you google you should be able to find one easily enough...

This photo makes me think of a frog's mouth!  Please note the covered zipper ends...this is about as complicated as my sewing gets!  The sewing machine and I are definitely not the best of friends  :)