How to Sew a Pouch with an Exposed Zipper and Lining - Easy DIY Gift

Hi everyone, Angela here. I want to make a pouch with this cute little zipper. I want to show the fancy tape and not hide most of it inside a seam. The zipper tape measures about half an inch wide from the teeth. This is an eight inch zipper but the tape measures nine and a quarter inches, which is how wide your fabric needs to be. For the length of the fabric, decide how tall you want your pouch to be and then double that measurement. I'm cutting my fabric nine and a quarter inches wide by 12 inches long and the same for the lining. To give the pouch some body, you can use non-woven fusible interfacing with the glue dots on one side. Place the wrong side of the fabric on top of the glue side, cut out and press together. Turn the fabric so that it's facing you lengthwise and flip it over to the wrong side. Place the lining on top and then fold in half. Press along the fold and then on each side, mark in one inch from the edge and half an inch up from the fold, then cut out those corners. Open up with the lining on top, then place the zipper with the right side up along one edge. Have the edge of the tape about quarter of an inch in from the edge of the fabric. Clip in place, then turn it around and repeat on the other side. I'm using a Brother NV50S sewing machine. The link for this and the tools I use are in the description below. Make sure to use coupon code NOTCHESNV50S for the special offer. We need to switch to a zipper foot that has a groove on the bottom that just sits on top of the zipper teeth. When you're sewing, attach the presser foot holder to the left pin of the zipper foot. Lower it so that the front of the foot is right beside the zipper teeth and the back is on top of it. The needle also needs repositioning so that it goes in right in the center of this opening. Start with a couple of stitches and then reverse back to the end. Continue stitching along the teeth, and when you get to that zipper end, you may need to lift your foot and just give a little push underneath. When you've stitched a few inches, open the zipper right up and then fold the other side out of your way. Continue stitching. Lift your foot over those stoppers at the top and back tack at the end. Trim your thread and then repeat on the other side. Open up the zipper and then next we need to trim the fabric underneath the zipper tape so that it doesn't show. Trim the fabric so that you only have about quarter of an inch. If you're comfortable sewing zippers, you can start by sewing the zipper with the fabric already narrower than the tape. Switch back to the standard presser foot. Fold the zipper tape over to the outer fabric and pull along the seam. Place it underneath the foot so that the right side of the foot is going to run along the zipper teeth, and adjust the needle position so that it's in about an eighth of an inch from the edge of the tape. Edge stitch along the tape, back tacking at each end, and when you get close to the other end, close the zipper a bit to move the slider out of the way and repeat for the other side. Once done, there shouldn't be any raw edges showing under the zipper tape. With the lining sides together, match all four edges and sew them together with slightly less than quarter of an inch seam allowance. Repeat on the other side and then trim the seam allowances down to about an eighth of an inch. Turn it to the inside and poke out the corner of the zipper end. Adjust the side seam so that they're right in the center and clip in place if you need to. This time we'll start our stitching from the bottom, sewing towards the top. Stitch the sides with a quarter inch seam allowance, making sure to back tack really well at the top. You now have sewn a french seam and you shouldn't see any raw edges on the outside. Turn it right side out and push out the closed end of the zipper. Next open up the sides and match the edges at the bottom with the side seam folded to the right. Just like the sides, stitch with less than quarter of an inch seam allowance and trim it down to about an eighth of an inch. Repeat for the other corner and then turn it to the inside. Flatten out the corners and with the seam on the bottom, stitch again with the quarter inch seam allowance. Turn it to the right side, pushing out the corners and now you have a cute little pouch with the entire fancy zipper showing. Thanks again for watching. Make sure to check out my video up next.