![]() (Stop about 1/8 inch from the edge of your tab.) Then sew to the opposite end of the zipper and stop 1/8 inch before the edge of your second tab. Sew a few stitches and then back stitch until you almost reach the edge of your zipper tab. Step Six: To sew your zipper to the outside fabric, line the right edge of the zipper foot up with the top edge of your zipper/fabric. You also need to center your zipper so that the fabric extends 1/2 inch past each end of the zipper tabs. Step Five: With right sides together, place one of your main fabric pieces on top of the zipper making sure the top edge of your fabric lines up with the top edge of the zipper. After you trim both ends, your zipper will only reach the center of your tabs. You might have to open your zipper and hold the sides together to pin and sew next to the zipper stop where the zipper begins.įlip up the edge of the tab that is not sewn to the zipper and cut the zipper until it is flush with the raw edge of the tab. Repeat with your second tab and the other end of your zipper. Sew your tab to the zipper 1/8 inch from the edge of your tab. Step Four: Place the long side of one tab that you did not sew next to the zipper stop. You only need to sew down one long side of each tab. Step Three: On one tab, sew a line of stitches 1/8 inch from the long edge. After they are folded, your tabs should measure about 3/4 inch wide by 2 inches long. Step Two: With wrong sides together, fold and press the long sides on one of your tabs to meet in the center back. Step One: Cut your main fabric, your lining fabric and your fabric for the tabs. Until I didn’t and had to spend most of my sewing time ripping out stitches. Seriously, once you make one of these, you’ll want to make at least ten more! They are quick little projects that will become your go to handmade gift for all your friends.Ģ pieces of main fabric cut to 9 inches by 11.5 inchesĢ pieces of lining fabric cut to 9 inches by 11.5 inchesĢ pieces of fabric that measure 2 inches by 1.5 inches for the zipper tabsĩ inch zipper (Remember the entire zipper will be longer, but the actual zipper needs to be 9 inches.)įinished Size: 8 inches by 10.5 inches Instructions:Īlways read the instructions all the way through before you start! Yeah, you know who you are… I was just like you. It gives the pouch a finished look by making the seams at each end of the zipper look identical and neater. The only thing that makes this zipper pouch tutorial different is the zipper tab you add at each end of the zipper. Both methods are super easy, so go ahead and try them both! ![]() Well, I’m back today with another way to make a zipper pouch. If you follow my blog, you’ve already read the baby boy zipper pouch tutorial.
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