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This tutorial is for an easy zippered pouch with a cute tassel – it has an interior zippered pocket that is constructed with hidden seams, it is sturdy and stand on its own. The exterior zipper is finished professionally with no zipper taps. It is perfect to carry your essentials! You can use it as a makeup bag or to carry your sunglasses, sunblock, lip-gloss, keys, phone, and other small items.
The sample features:
- Monstera Canvas Fabric for the exterior
- Primavera Rosa Fabric in cream fro the lining
- #5 and #3 Moss Green Zippers
You can get a Monstera Pouch kit that includes all materials to make one Monstera Zipper Pouch.
You’ll Need
Exterior Fabric: Fat Quarter (cotton, home decor fabric, or canvas)
Lining Fabric: Fat Quarter
small piece of cork, leather or vinyl for the tassel
Interfacing for the exterior: Fat Quarter of fusible fleece or Decovil Light.
Heavy weight interfacing for base: 7 1/2″ W x 2″ H of peltex or Decovil Heavy
Interfacing for the lining: 1/2 yd SF101
Zippers:
- Top Zipper: 12″ #5 Nylon Coil Zipper Tape (with hanging tassel zipper pull if making the tassel)
- Interior pocket zipper: 8″ #3 Nylon Coil Zipper Tape
Instructions
Cutting – Cut the pieces listed below
W= width, H=height
Exterior Fabric: (2) 10″W x 8″H
Lining Fabric:
- Bag Lining: (2) 10″W x 8H”
- Pocket: (1) 8W x 12H
SF101:
- Bag Lining: (2) 10″ W x 8″ H
- Pocket bag: (1) 8W x 12H
Exterior Interfacing: (2) 9 1/2″ W x 7 1/2″ H
Base Interfacing: (1) 7 1/2″ W x 2″ H
Cork, Vinyl, or Leather:
- (1) 4″ W x 3 1/2″ H (for tassel)
- Zipper Pocket Overlay
Fusing Interfacing
Iron interfacing to the wrong side of the corresponding fabric pieces using the manufacturer’s directions.
- Exterior pieces
- Lining pieces
- Pocket bag
- Fold the lining pieces in half and mark the center on top and bottom
- Mark the center on the overlay
- place the overlay 1 1/2″ down from the top edge alining center (you can hold in place using double sided tape)
- Top stitch around the overlay close to the edge (about 1/8″) with stitch length of 4.0.- I like to start at the center and use a hand sewing needle to move the threads towards the wrong side and tie them)
- Cut the lining around the opening. (lining should not visible from the right side)
- set aside
- Cut your #3 zipper exactly 8″ long.
- Place the zipper on the pocket piece 8W x 12H (both facing up) and align it with the top edge .
- Machine baste using 1/8″ seam allowance.
- Fold the other raw edge of the pocket bag and align it with the other side of the zipper (also facing up).
- Insert the zipper pull from the right side, Zipper should open from left to right.
- Use double sided tape on each side of the zipper tape.
- Center the zipper within the window of the zipper overlay and stick it to the lining.
- With pocket bag up, Stitch the bottom side of the zipper opening close to the edge (1/16″ to 1/8″) with stitch length of 4.0..
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