How to Sew a Duo Zipper Pouch with Crafty Gemini

hey it's Vanessa the crafty Gemini and in this video tutorial I'm gonna teach you how to make my duo zipper pouch super quick and easy a great scrap buster and it features two completely separate and lined zippered compartments if you like what you see make sure to click the subscribe button here so you don't miss out on any of my future videos now let's go over the supplies we'll need so we can get right to making our project to make my dual zipper pouch you'll need a sewing machine with a zipper foot 3 or 4 different fabrics batting or fusible fleece two zippers that are at least nine inches long we'll have wonder tape but you can also use pins or Clips and then the basic stuff like something to mark measure and cut your fabrics with for the fabric cuts you'll need to exterior pieces of your fabric that measure eight and a half inches across by eight inches tall you'll cut the exact same pieces from your lining fabric to of those eight and a half by eight you'll also need fabric for the front zippered pocket lining so this little fabric right here this measures seven and a half inches across by ten inches tall and then you'll need two small rectangles of another fabric that measured two inches by three inches and this is going to be for the end tabs of our zipper so the fabric that you want to feature right here here's a tip for those of you working with directional fabrics the dimensions of our exterior are eight and a half this way going horizontally in front of us by eight inches tall so if you're working with directional fabric like these houses unless you want to end up with the front of your pouch looking sideways like this make sure that you're measuring the eight and a half inch dimension so that it reads correctly the way that the fabric should be oriented so in this case I would cut eight and a half this way by eight inches tall now let's take one of our exterior panels always orienting at eight and a half going this way so it's just eight inches tall I'm gonna fold it in half and then I will turn it and I know that this is going to be the bottom of my pouch we're gonna cut a curve so we add this little decorative element to the finished pouch so you can draw the curve here or also a small dish or saucer will help you get the same effect I'm just gonna wing it I come in flat following the edge of the fabric I'll start to curve up and then I want to end flat here too so you don't want to trim away too much from this side or this side we're simply curving the corner portion once I do it to one I'll then use this as a template to repeat to all the remaining pieces the exterior and the other two lining pieces also now we'll take our batting or our fusible fleece and put one of the exterior panels on it and you're gonna trim all the way around repeat it to the other exterior piece as well next let's combine the fabric to the Battie if you're working with fusible fleece just fuse it into place with your iron if you're working with batting like I am I like to use a temporary spray adhesive and spray the fabric and smooth it over the batting another option is to stitch all the way around the outer edges close to the outside edge and that will combine the two layers as well now take one of your exterior panels that you want to be the front of your pouch and we are going to turn it on its side sew along the straight edge we're gonna fold in half and Mark the center grab the pocket lining fabric piece and along the seven and a half inch measurement you're also going to fold it in half and Mark now turn the exterior panel this way so you see your halfway mark on your left hand side take the lining piece with the center mark and flip it so the pretty side of the fabric is face down and match up the center's from here to here but I also want you to place it not all the way at the top but one inch down from this edge so I like to take a ruler measure from the edge of the fabric the center is at the center mark once they're centered grab some pins and pin it in place as you probably figured we're working on the front zippered pocket here so grab your ruler a marking pen and we need to measure one more inch over on the lining fabric side and we're gonna draw a line now the line needs to measure six inches in length and of course we want it to be perfectly centered here so we have a center line here the center line carries over to here half which would be the center of six inches is three inches so we'll use our ruler and we're gonna put the three inch here's 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 so the 3 inch I'll put at the center mark slide it over so we're 1 inch over from the top edge of that lining fabric ok with the 3 inch at the center now I know that I can follow on my ruler from 0 which is right here to 6 inches here and draw the line now we measure 1/2 of an inch to the right of this first line so I simply put the 3 back on the center same place slide it over so the line I previously drew is now half of an inch there and do the exact same 6 inch length line now we'll connect the dots on the ends to make a full box it's pretty easy next we'll head to the sewing machine to stitch on the lines that we just drew pivoting on all the corners and we're stitching through all the layers next we're gonna cut in the center of this box if you're new at this go ahead and make some marks draw a dot in the center here about a half of an inch down from that short line and the same thing on the opposite side here and you can draw this line or you can freehand cut it if it's easier for you to see or to cut just connect those dots you'll take your rotary cutter and cut right along that line and then on the ends you're gonna cut a V shape like this like that use some sharp snips the key is to get all the way to the outermost corner without cutting into your stitches there but it's very important that it reach all the way now with your iron remove these pins and flip the fabric through the opening to the back side or the batting side of the project pull it all the way out and if you didn't cut far enough in the corners you'll see that the fabric will want to buckle on you you see how I can pull that all the way and there's no tightening on the corners that means I cut all the way far if it tends to look something like this more wrinkled in the corners that means you need to come back here and cut closer to your stitch line once the box is done we'll need to install the zipper so grab your zipper slide the pull over so it's somewhat in the middle there and you're gonna place this here to top stitch around you can use basting glue or pins but a really helpful tip is to actually use this wonder tape and this is just a paper backed water-soluble tape that doesn't gum up your needle and I place it where I want it then I kind of scratch it with my nail and go in and peel off the paper so I'll do that to both long edges now we stitch all around the box to secure the zipper in place now we'll flip it over trim away any excess zipper tape now let's stitch up the pocket so we're gonna pull this up here to match the raw edges at the top and to close off the pocket bag you're gonna sew up one side across the top and down the other here obviously we don't need to stitch because it's on the fold now the key thing here is for sewing this you want to make sure you're only sewing the two layers of the actual pocket lining fabric and that you're not catching the batting on the other side so I don't even place pins I will just grab it and stitch one chunk of the seam I need to sew at a time match up your raw edges and with these fingers I push away the batting and the other fabric backstitch at the beginning and ends I stop in the corner with the needle down so I can lift the presser foot and pivot and when I come to sew here remember to move the batting and the exterior fabric out of your way repeat the same thing on the opposite corner move everything out the pocket is enclosed and the zipper installed next let's prep the zipper that's going to be for the main closure of our dual zip pouch up here you want to open it so that the zipper pull is somewhere in the seven and three-quarters inches that we're about to cut so I take my ruler here zero seven and three-quarters is right here and I want to make sure that the zipper pull is within that measurement because if I cut a chunk like this and there's no zipper pull in this measurement you won't have a working zipper for now so let's do from zero seven and three-quarters I'm gonna cut here first and then measure over seven and three-quarters now don't touch that zipper pull so it doesn't come flying off set it aside for now and grab the two zip tab ends that you've chosen to have this kind of decorative finish on the ends of your zipper grab your ironing board we're gonna prep these two to finish off the zipper ends we fold these in half first create a center crease line open it and bring the outer edges into that Center crease line and press that and then refold it on the initial center crease line to create these kind of double fold little tab ends and repeat to the other now we sandwich the zipper ends into the center here place a clip and we're gonna stitch close to this edge making sure to catch the fabric on top the zipper and then also the fabric that's underneath and here's a quick tip when you're going to insert the zipper and that's already open do not leave a big gap like this when you're clipping it in here because it's gonna get sewn like that and the zipper won't fully close on this end so instead pinch it together with your fingers to simulate like if the zipper is closed there then insert it and place a clip so it stays like that for sewing [Music] after the tabs are sewn flip it over make sure you went through all the layers of fabric and then trim away any excess flush with the edges of the zipper tape and now we are ready to sew so grab your two exterior panels your two lining pieces and your prep zipper and head over to the sewing machine to install the zipper foot now before we so take a quick note that the zipper should be shorter than the exterior panel and that's done on purpose so we get nice clean finishes on the end so make sure that you have it the same distance to this edge and that edge you should have the zipper foot installed in your sewing machine now I want you to take the front exterior panel one lining piece and the zipper if you want the zipper to close on the right and open to the left make sure that you're orienting it however you want it to open and close at this point also so here I'm going to put it so they both open from the same side we're gonna put the zipper on the exterior fabric here with pretty sides touching so the zipper teeth should be facedown remember to Center the zipper along the top edge so we have about a quarter of an inch to 3/8 of an inch of fabric there and the same thing on the opposite side and then I just like to put maybe one or two clips there now I'm gonna open up my zipper to keep the metal out of place until I get a little bit closer then we're gonna stitch this side down stop with the needle in lift your presser foot and then you can clear the zipper pull out of your way to continue sewing now we'll take the lining piece and we're also going to put it on top of the exterior with pretty sides touching so that means this pretty side to this pretty side with the zipper sandwiched in between the two so now match the top straight edge the same place we did before but this time we're gonna stitch on the same stitch line we just did so everything is even but if you notice we're covering our stitches here so what I do is line it up grab it and then flip it over to the other side where you can see your stitch line and use that as your guide to stitch it again this is what you should have at this point now we're gonna do it same thing to the opposite side to attach it so grab your other exterior panel your other lining piece and we need to do the same thing sandwich the opposite edge of the zipper tape so this time again it's going to go pretty side of the zipper to pretty side of this so we're going like this and again Center the zipper on that exterior panel and sew it down next we'll attach the last piece of lining and so this one needs to be done pretty sides touching the exterior panel that it belonged to but what happens is you can't really see it because it's underneath so just pretend that this stuff is not here so if this is the exterior panel that still needs a piece of lining its pretty side face up I take this one and put it pretty sides face down and sandwich the zipper tape in between them then I'll grab it fold it and stitch from the line where I can see my stitching and we're ready to stitch it up so I want you to grab one exterior panel make sure you're grabbing the batting with it the other exterior panel and these two will be sewn pretty sides touching so if you flip this this way you'll see that the lining pieces also end up pretty sides touching so grab your pins and I'm gonna go over how to sew around you do want to go ahead and leave an opening here on the lining side somewhere I typically will do it at the bottom down here I think this will work fine about three and a half to four inches is a good enough opening to leave so we won't stitch in this area here everywhere else you're gonna stitch when you're on the lining part I like to do it about 3/8 of an inch seam allowance when I'm in this range here because this is my lining fabric so that it lies a little bit flatter inside of the pouch when we're working with the exterior so I'll come in about 3/8 of an inch from here here here when I get to this part here we want to make sure that where the fabrics start and stop match up perfectly so decide which way you want to push the end tab towards and make sure it's consistent on this end and on that end so I'm gonna match up I'm gonna push it towards the side that has the zipper teeth or the exterior side and match these edges here you can put Clips once I work my way here notice we had the zipper tabs smaller okay then the exterior fabric and the reason for that is that when you come across here I don't want you to sew through the zipper tab does that make sense you just want to taper it off so you catch the sewing right here so you're still combining the two but I don't want you to stitch over this part so the seam allowance will come right through here then you go still with a quarter of an inch seam allowance all the way around you'll do the same thing right there clear the end of the zipper and then come back to the lining side again making a little bit larger of a seam allowance if the lining is smaller than the outside of the bag it will help the lining lie a little bit flatter for this I like to go ahead and put back the regular foot on my presser foot the universal one and we'll start at one of the starting points of our lining back stitch at the beginning and ends and here's a tip that I totally forgot before you stitch up the exterior part go ahead and leave the zip or the main zipper closure half of it open it should be somewhere in the middle because if not you won't be able to reach in there to open the zipper so make sure that before you start this step grab your zipper pull and open the zipper pocket at the top at least half way like this so then you'll be able to flip it up it's not the end of the world when you forget little steps like that and they're super easy to fix so just stop pull out some stitches if you forget to and then go back and just reinforce the stitch of where you stopped and start it so you make sure you don't end up with a hole and then continue your sewing now I take pinking shears to clip my curves just cuz it's faster reduces the seam allowance here especially in the lining you can do the same on the exterior side but if you use the quarter of an inch seam allowance I find that it's really not even necessary then through the opening in our lining we'll reach in pull everything out through the zippered pocket that's why it's important to have it open I reach in through the lining and push everything out and on the ends here grab it and push it it should come all the way out for a clean finish like this because we don't have to catch the zipper tab ends in our seam allowance so the whole thing should come out same thing on the other side after giving the pouch a good press in the lining section where we have our whole tuck under the raw edges I like to press it also so it lies flat for me you can hand stitch this in place I'm just gonna do some really close straight stitches close to the outer edge to seal it up and then we'll tuck it in and our duo zip pouch will be complete and there you have it a cute and functional project that you can whip up in no time at all now I hope you enjoyed this video tutorial and that you'll give my project to try if you do leave me a comment below and let me know what you plan to use your zip pouch for they're great for so many different uses but I'd love to hear your ideas if you enjoyed it though give it a thumbs up share it with some friends on some social media sites I would love that and if you want post pictures on my Facebook page so I can check out what you're making from my tutorials you can always tag me at crafty Gemini or use the hashtag crafty Gemini thanks again for watching I will be back tomorrow with day three of my 12 days of last minute DIY gifts and I will see you in that next video [Music] you

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Id: 4A2QlSNGzf8

Length: 21min 54sec (1314 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 02 2017