How to make an open wide Boxy Zipper Pouch - fully lined, with no raw edges or binding on the inside. Making this zipper pouch not only easy but also super quick to make. Great for Beginners ❤️
Find the full, step by step sewing pattern for the Happy Happy Bag over on my website - https://sweetcinnamonroses.com/products/happy-happy-bag-sewing-pattern
After making your patchwork panel I show you how to machine quilt your bag, insert your zipper and how to assemble it all.
Now here a couple helpful videos I mentioned in the video.
Patchwork Panels - https://youtu.be/sj1dVWnILoo?si=mfWCaFvimxBvM4CT
Closing your seam - https://youtu.be/e81sFrEclCs?si=HCFxt9hZi28E2kmh
Happy Happy Teddy 🧸 - https://youtu.be/OCgBc-No6iA?si=Jz0uABCsHn3hjitm
And of course you can find all the details for the Happy Happy Bag (including the pattern, links to materials and loads of inspiration) over on my Sewing Blog https://sweetcinnamonroses.com/blogs/blog/happy-happy-bag
This is a fab project for beginners and everyone new to zippers and bag making. Trust me, inserting a zipper doesn’t have to be hard. I show you exactly how to. No gatekeeping here. I promise.
📕 TABLE OF CONTENTS 📕
00:00 Happy Happy Bag introduction
00:17 Materials for the Boxy Zipper Pouch
00:33 Marking your fabric (using a hera marker and not a pen)
01:08 How to machine quilt your fabric (using your metal quilt bar)
03:20 Marking your fabric again at a 90' angle
03:35 Machine quilt your fabric evenly
05:39 How to trim your quilted panels (and secure your seams)
07:06 How to assemble your quilted boxy pouch
07:40 How to insert a zipper (the easy and correct way)
08:07 Second side of your fabric zipper sandwich
09:20 Open your fabric zipper sandwich
09:31 How to topstitch along the zipper (for a neat professional finish)
10:13 Shorten your zipper to size
10:35 Adding a ribbon (optional)
10:59 Final Assembly of your Happy Happy Bag
11:33 Fold your bag - to fully line your bag for no raw edges or need for binding
12:26 Middle Seams
12:53 Mark and cut your corners
14:41 Mark your side edges
14:56 Side Seams
18:06 How to box out your 8 corners
20:51 Turning your box zipper bag right side out
21:17 How to close your seam by hand (using the invisible stitch)
21:33 The Happy Happy Teddy - your next project
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