A zippered pouch.

A little while ago, my husband bought Jasper a collection of little plastic horses from the dollar store. He loves those horses! But they have been scattered all over the house for weeks now. I decided to do something about it. I had a bit of fabric (that was generously given to me) with cowboys and horses on it, and I had seen this tutorial a while ago - so I gave it a go.

I was a little bit nervous when I read in the tutorial that I needed to use a zipper foot - because I had never done that before, and in fact had no idea what my machine's zipper foot looked like. I figured it out though! And this little bag was quite easy and quick to sew up. Of course, if you look closely you will see that none of the seams are quite straight and the lining is all bunchy...no problem though. I'm pleased with myself, since it's the first time I sewed a zipper into anything.

Jasper was quite thrilled with it, which warmed my heart! I love making things for children.

Comments

[Mary]

Great job Laura! Congrats on the zipper! :)

Mary

[Linda]

Good Job!! Sewing takes practice like a lot of things. You keep working at it and it will get better. This little pouch looks great to me. I love to make usefull things from stuff I have on hand. I think I may have to make one of these to keep my shopping receipts in. I hate them floating around in my purse and a little zippered pouch would be just perfect.

[Carla]

Perfect! Love the fabric! I bet he's thrilled with it! :)

[Stephanie]

That's the tute I use for zippered bags. I'm still not quite sure about my zipper foot. All my bags zip though and are holding up so I'll put that in the success column!

[Andréann]

we have those little horses here as well :) they are all around the house, unfortunately! I should have made a pouch too... but I made tons of other things instead :P

[christy]

i have been wanting to try a zipper purse for ages....as soon as this flu leaves I am on it - thanks for sharing your story and tutorial...I am inspired!

a fellow SHE etsian
christy

[christy]

oh i just went to your shop and realized I have ordered from you before...woodland animals set of three...small world!!!!