As you all know, I love a good zipper project. My aunt had asked me to make her a make up pouch to replace one of hers that had seen better days. She’s an avid sewer and gave me a few scraps to use (yeah, I know Mary, I can hear you laughing now about me using the word avid to describe your sewing).
I ended up making two just because! I find it easier to do a couple zipper projects at once because you’ll be swapping to the zipper foot anyway. For these pouches I used a combination of linens/quilting cottons and did a few quilting lines on each (they have quilt batting in the middle).
I think these are so fun and functional. As far as I know, I’ve pretty much given almost all the women I know a zippered make up pouch from me within the past year. In fact, I should probably keep track of that, can one ever have too many pouches?! Do you have a favorite go-to project?
Cute 🙂 so nice of you to do that for her
They are really sweet! 🙂
Your bags are adorable! Love the fabric from your Aunt.
these are pretty…i do have a go to, quilts, but they always take me forever… :o)
Those are so cute! I always go back to this one http://lieslmade.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/make-up-bag-tutorial/ Everyone likes the handle on the makeup bag.
So cute! And I love that you used batting in the middle to give them more body. I’ll have to try that next time…
Anna – I noticed that these were top-stitched under the zipper. At what step in the process do you do that? I have trouble with my lining getting caught in the zipper and that would be a good solution. Can you topstitch on the smaller pouches?
Functional and very stylish!
zippered bags are my fave, too. i love thinking about making them and love giving them. i have given them for kid’s prezzies, too, full of colored pencils, or whatever. love how easily they come together and i love seeing how others make their bags, too!
Hi Anna!
I just knew your blog. A very lovely and helpful blog for a beginner like me. Thanks a lot for all your wonderful tutorials! I’ll make one by one 🙂
Of all the things I sew I am still scared of zippers. But you sure do make them look cute – these bags are just adorable.
Very cute, these bags. I love the fabrics you used. The combination is simple and elegant. Great!