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Simple Lined Zipper Pouches

April 18, 2014 | Molly’s Sketchbook
Back when I was newer to crafting a wise knitter (it was Joelle!) told
me that if you can knit a pair of mittens you can knit anything. Even
though mittens are small they require many different skills so their
lessons are easy to blow up on a bigger scale. Now that I’m little
wiser myself I’ve found that, much like playing scales on the piano or
running drills in basketball, there are certain fundamental craft
projects that set you up for wider success!
These zipper pouches are just such a fundamental project: a simple
pattern that serves to build confidence and competence. Plus the
finished pouches are super useful and cute! They’re a perfect project
for a new sewist who wants to start working with zippers and
edgestitching or for any more experienced sewists out there who
might suffer from zipper anxiety!
Our Materials for Simple Lined Zipper Pouches kit contains
everything you’ll need to make six pouches in a range of sizes so
you’ll be able to get plenty of practice with your new skills! Once
you’ve mastered these just think of the places you’ll go!- Molly
Materials
Our Materials for Simple Lined Zipper Pouches kit includes…
• Outer Fabrics: Three ½-yard pieces of Kiyohara’s Upholstery
Weight Solids in Pink, Violet, and Brown.
• Lining Fabric: 1 yard of Moda’s Muslin in Natural.
• Three 7-inch Nylon Coil Zippers in Yellow, Goldenrod, and Aqua.
• Three 12-inch Nylon Coil Zippers in Yellow, Goldenrod, and Aqua.
• A small spool of Gutermann’s Cotton Thread in color 1040.
Pattern
This pattern explains how to make your own customized pouch, but if
you’d like to make the same sizes we did, our finished sizes (width x
height, shown from top to bottom) are 11 ½ inches X 16 inches, 11 ½
inches X 10 inches, 11 ½ inches X 6 inches, 9 inches X 6 ½ inches, 6
½ inches X 5 inches, and 6 ½ inches X 6 ½ inches.
Cut
Before you start cutting, decide how long you’d like your pouch to be.
Add ¾ inch to your desired finished length; this is your Length Cutting
Measurement (LCM). The pouch shown here has a finished length of
6 inches, so its LCM is 6 ¾ inches.
To get your Width Cutting Measurement (WCM) add ½ inch to the
length of the zipper you are using. This example uses a 12-inch
zipper, so its WCM is 12 ½ inches.
From the Outer Fabric cut two pieces WCM wide by LCM tall.
From the Lining Fabric cut two pieces WCM wide by LCM tall.
Sew in the Zipper
Place one of the Outer Fabric pieces right side up so that the WCM
sides are horizontal and the LCM sides are vertical.
Unzip the zipper so that the pull is in the middle and lay the zipper
wrong side up along the top horizontal side. Align the top edge of the
zipper with the top edge of the fabric. Center the zipper so that its
metal ends are ¼ inch from each vertical side.
Place one of the Lining Fabric pieces on top, wrong side up. Pin all
three layers together, being careful to keep the zipper centered and
straight as you pin. When you get to the zipper pull, zip it over to a
section that has already been pinned, so that the fabric of the zipper
stays straight and flat.
Using your machine’s zipper foot, sew along the pinned edge with a
¼-inch seam allowance being careful not to sew into the teeth of the
zipper. When you reach the zipper pull, leave the needle down and
pick up the machine’s foot, then slide the zipper pull to a section that
you have already sewn so it doesn’t get in the way as you finish the
seam.
Turn both pieces wrong sides together so that the zipper teeth are
right above the fold. Press and pin the fabrics together along the
edge of the zipper’s teeth.
Using your machine’s zipper foot, edgestitch along the fold, starting
and stopping at the zipper’s metal ends.
Repeat for the other side of the zipper using the two remaining pieces
of fabric.
You will end up with two identical sides with a zipper in the middle.
Sew the Pouch Together
First, slide the zipper pull to the middle to get it out of the way. Pull
the two Lining Fabrics up and out of the way and bring the right sides
of the Outer Fabric pieces together.
Pin the two Outer Fabric pieces together along all three raw edges.
Make sure the zipper is folded in such a way that you can pin its two
fabric edges together with the teeth of the zipper pointing up and
away from the Outer Fabric pieces.
Using your machine’s presser foot, sew the pinned edges together
with a ½-inch seam allowance. Sew just to the horizontal
edgestitching seam, being careful not to sew into the loose Lining
Fabric. (However, you will be sewing over a small bit of the Lining
Fabric’s seam allowance just below the zipper.)
Now pin the Lining Fabric pieces right sides together, leaving the
zipper in the same orientation with the teeth pointed up and away
from the Outer Fabric pieces.
Sew the pinned sides together with a 1/2-inch seam allowance,
leaving a 3-inch gap in the middle of the horizontal side. On the
vertical sides, sew only until you reach the teeth of the zipper.
Turn the whole thing right side out through the gap in the horizontal
side of the Lining Fabric.
Keep the lining section pulled out of the outer section and press both
sections flat.
Pin the gap closed, tucking the seam allowance inside the lining.
Edgestitch the gap closed. (Since this is the lining, you won’t see this
little seam.)

Stuff the lining section inside of the outer section and press the whole
pouch flat.