The past few days, I’ve been making zipper pouches.
They are fast and easy, and totally addicting.
The tutorials I’m using are from Noodlehead. This one is the Open Wide Zipper Pouch.
They make a perfect gift.
I love how easy it is to customize them to fit the person you are giving them to.
For this pouch, I used a little of my stash of Marmalade. I’ve been saving it for the perfect quilt. But since the pouches don’t take much fabric, I figured I could cut into it a bit.
For this pouch I embroidered the quote from Mother Teresa. And appliqued the initial of the person I’m giving it to.
I’ve also been making lil cutie pouches from Noodlehead.
They take no time at all to make and also make a great gift. They are just the right size to carry a small phone, cash, credit cards, lip gloss, or other small treasures. The pattern was just a bit small to hold an iPod, but that is easily fixed by adding a 1/2 inch or so to the width.
These two lil cuties are for my girls. They picked out the fabrics and color of zippers. They really wanted to sew the pouches themselves, but since I’d never made them before, and the zipper is still a bit tricky for them, I sewed them this time.
They were so easy to make that I suppose a zipper sewing lesson is in order for my girls. (Even if I still sort of feel like I need a zipper sewing lesson.) I’d better find a cheap price on zippers, since I get the feeling they will love making them!
Your girls have an eye for coordinating fabrics. Those are adorable!
I have wanted to try the wide open pouch but just haven’t gotten to it yet.
As for zippers, my sister was on Amazon, and they had a bunch for what seemed pretty cheap. Maybe check there?
Just adorable!!
Great job on all of them! I only learned to do a zipper a few weeks ago (and was surprised to find it’s easier than I expected). I’m sure your girls would love to gain a new skill.
Wawak is the place for cheap zippers and you don ‘t need a commercial account.
cute! cute! love the details you added to them. And head on over to zipit on etsy, stock up on zippers! :)
Have NEVER done a zipper before! Even when I was taking sewing in high school (don’t know how I even passed the class without it!) Want to try and make one of these and perhaps use this as a small gift for my daughter’s upcoming wedding for her bridesmaids…love it and thank you for sharing with all of us!
Such cute fabrics! I love them! :)
What wonderful pouches…and so useful too. Thanks for sharing!
Zippers are pretty easy, it is just the ends that can be challenging. If I add fabric at the end, then it is not problem. The tuto from the wide open is on my list for quite long to see if this method for ends is even easier. Nice realisations.
Oh and I get my zippers from etsy from zipit, great prices and good quality so far.