EASY Vinyl Zipper Pouch // Sewing Tutorial!

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** CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS **
Outside Fabric:
(1) 12.5" x 14.5" (Back)
Lining Fabric:
(1) 12.5" x 14.5" (Inside Front Pocket)
Fusible Fleece or Batting:
(1) 12.5" x 14.5"
Accent Fabric:
(2) 2.5" x 14.5"
(1) 3.5" x 14.5"
Clear Vinyl: amzn.to/3zQHCQL
(1) 9.5" x 14.5"
Binding Fabric:
(3) 2.5" x 22" strips
Zipper: 12"-16" polyester zipper
** PRODUCTS USED **
* Fabric: www.pamkittymorning.blogspot.com
* Fun Zipper Pulls: rosegardenpatchwork.co.uk
* Juki TL2000 Qi: amzn.to/2MYdOZu
* Juki G-210: bit.ly/2L2J9Mi
* 505 Temporary Fabric Adhesive: amzn.to/2KPp1vf
* Fusible Fleece or Cotton Quilt Batting: amzn.to/2vzQUTY
* Plastic Zipper: amzn.to/2SpWH7N
* Oliso Pro Smart Iron: amzn.to/2ZbppJE
* Creative Grids Ruler: amzn.to/2RQ7eun
* Scissors: amzn.to/2tvesWm
* Wonder Clips: amzn.to/2tr1s4e
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[@elliefox1419]

I know this is an older tutorial and I made a couple of these when I saw it a year ago...but it just popped up again and I thought it might encourage you to know I made 48 of these bags for Rock Lake Christian Assembly, a summer camp in Michigan. My sister did a girls camp for pre-teens and wanted each of her girls to have one for their Bible and goodies. 💜 thanks for the tutorial, they were a huge success🙂

[@wendyrodriguez5375]

Such a useful project bag Super cheap vinyl if you use shower curtains from the dollar store. Print and/or frosted clear, sews like butter 🧈 ❤

[@EnlightenedFlamingo]

Erica, I just wanted to tell you I've watched a handful of your tutorials so far &, as a 100% sewing newbie, I feel like I can actually tackle these projects & do well. I appreciate your thoroughness & attention to details. The fact that you give measurements & such in your description box, as well as actually show everything (& closeup!) is just so awesome & super helpful. I subbed to you a few days ago. Honestly, I just think you're a rockstar!

[@noeliaroman4]

Tks. I love your videos and how you explain everything ❤❤

[@elizabethmika5090]

Erica, I love that you include the measurements. Thank you for another awesome project.

[@Molly-pb2yb]

Thank you Erica! Exactly the project I needed! My embroidery fits! Hoop & all! Thanks again Erica! Your design & sewing....patterns & everything!...never disappoint!

[@andreaj2015]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I love that you put the pattern size and material requirements in your notes. Many thanks, can't wait to make this project!!

[@rubychurch3466]

Can’t wait to give this a go. You have amazing teaching skills.

[@connecttotech1265]

I made several bags using your method. Love it! Thank you so much for sharing your talents!

[@marshawalsh8150]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I love watching your tutorials and videos...it always brightens my day when I get notified that you've posted a new one! Have a blessed day!!

[@janetaysom1142]

Loved your tutorial. I really appreciate you keeping things humming at a zippy pace and keeping the tutorial under 15 min.

[@doodle6166]

This was one of the best project bag tutorials I’ve seen yet!! I always love your tutorials cause they are really easy to follow. Thanks for doing these kinds of videos!

[@laurarenda8383]

Love your tutorial, It is so much easier than some others offered. THANKS so much!!!!

[@tinageorge8759]

Thank you so much Erica, I’m a cross stitcher and this is so perfect! 💚

[@MugooChick]

This is my favorite video. So easy and the instructions are perfect. I have made at least 10 of these bags. They make great gifts.Thank you for sharing such a great project

[@judithann1035]

Thank you for doing another instructional video. You are the best at making the projects so clear and easy to follow 😊

[@DeborahParsons]

How cute! You make this so easy. And I love your colorful choices. Thank you.

[@karenroth5146]

I loved this and I followed along and made me one all for myself....I love your tutorials...thank you Erica!!!

[@suew9307]

Thank you! This a great tutorial; I've made 6 and love every one.

[@triciamcfarland8823]

Yay I finally made one. Changed the measurements to be smaller…it’s for a friend. Turned out beautiful. Always great tutorials Erica💗 Thank you:)

[@zehraoksoy1137]

I always enjoy watching your beautiful projects. Fabrics are just so cheerful. Thank you. Very clear instructions as always. From Turkey. 🤗

[@may-marydobie8638]

That was a fun and very practical bag.I never thought of using clear vinyl so you can see what project is inside,a great idea.💕

[@hassanajomaa3679]

I’m in the middle of a cross stitch project and I needed a bag. This is the perfect bag for it. I also love how you do your binding, such a clever way. I’ll be using this method from now on . Thank you .

[@ritasokol646]

Love this bag! I have been spending so much money on purchasing them, this is a great way to use up some of my quilting fabric left over stash! Erica, you always make your instructions easy to follow. Please keep these tutorials coming!

[@fabricandflowers83]

You always pick out the prettiest fabric.

[@kateyoconnell2609]

Erica, you do a wonderful job giving easy to follow instructions. I made one of these pouches for my daughter for her Cricut materials. I’m about to make two more for my young granddaughters they can use for undies/socks when traveling. Thank you for these great ideas!

[@sherryseitz1889]

Erica, you have wonderful teaching techniques. Thank you.

[@chpsusan]

Erica, you go girl. You certainly have the nack to teach a sewing lesson to total strangers with all sewing levels and it was perfect. You rolled through it and your explanations are right on. Thanks for sharing a great sewing project!

[@karenevans6978]

I love this project bag idea. It's a step up from what I really do because you add the binding. I'm going to try this and then hopefully I won't be scared to bind a quilt. You are great at tutorials and inspiring people!

[@patandrews6963]

I made so many of these project bags when this tutorial first came out. I’m seeing so many others now and have tried a couple. Yours is still the best!!

[@ymcaninch2011]

Really cute project...I always have multiple projects going on, so this is great for storing yet visible

[@MaryruthEavesHerrera]

Erica, I have never seen anyone who teaches step by step like you do!... I believe that I may even be able to follow your tutorial, step by step! Thank you for teaching for meca nearly absolute beginner!!!

[@deborahtullock8332]

What a good job you did in explaining how to do the binding! I think I'm going to give it a try! Thanks so much!

[@karenkoutsoumbaris6308]

You are so good showing how you do it, I loved this one . Great for counted cross stitch ! Thankyou Erica 🧡❤️💜

[@sandraletkeman6570]

I just finished making this ! First time sewing with vinyl and putting in a zipper! Wahoo! Turned out beautiful! Thank you so much for your tutorial. You’re a great instructor! 🇨🇦

[@willowgroveestates1059]

thank you for your tutorial. They are short and to the point... just what I like. !

[@yvonnephillips4680]

I really appreciate your pattern that shows how to use a regular zipper not the more expensive ones with extra fold for fabric to slide into. ❤

[@phyllisvanover5215]

I absolutely loved this tutorial. Thank you for sharing

[@Queenstreetcrochet]

Omg I LOVE this tutorial!!! It’s the best one I’ve found. You make the instructions so easy to follow!!! Thank you! 😊❤️

[@sharonparker7867]

Love love your tutorials and these project bags are the cutest.

[@RaindropLila7]

I loved the tutorial! You explained it so well, and made it look so easy! Now I want to pull out my sewing machine and try this!

[@mommyhobbs48]

Best tutorial for project bags! Thank you!

[@ssumner9757]

Erica, you always make such easy instructions! Thanks!😊 I'm going to make a lot of these pouches!

[@janiceboody939]

I found your tutorial easy to follow. I adjusted the measurements and made a small one first to see how it went. I’ll be making more of the larger ones next. Many thanks regards Jan 🌺

[@debraajohnsondaj]

Thank you Erica! Adorable project as always!!!❤

[@healingsprings11]

Looks fairly easy and fun to create. Really enjoy your videos and color choices. 💜

[@rhona4524]

This has been on my list of makes, its great for cross stitch and also holding quilting notions

[@carolgoetz8839]

Love your project bag!! I will be making these for sure! Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorial!

[@jgm.xstitch]

Erica, I made a project bag today using your directions which made it easy for me. This is the first time I have made anything using vinyl. I am getting back into cross stitching and this will be a great bag to keep projects in.

[@suejameson1517]

Fabulous! You are always so clear.. like the vinyl!

[@jesspeak7543]

Thank you for the clear and concise tutorial, I really do need to make one or two of these great bags.

[@janieharner5136]

Can hardly wait to make one! I hope it turns out as nice as yours ❤️❤️

[@lsuessenguth3801]

Excellent job of explaining the process.

[@chippewagirl7299]

Fun and necessary for keeping projects together.

[@amydavis4945]

Your instructions were absolutely sooo clear, and made this look so easy!!! Now let me tell ya **my** reality... LOL! First, I'm confined to bed and I'm using a mini sewing machine. I'm also brand new to sewing. I've made one project bag with vinyl and... well, I knew I could do better! So I found your tutorial, got everything ready, did all my cutting and got the pieces ready. I made the back of the pouch with no problem at all, in fact I was quite proud of my nearly perfect little sewn squares all across the fabric (I didn't just stop at sewing lines one way, I did them cross ways too). It looked awesome, so I was ready to move on. I got the zipper and sewed on the 3.5" strips, again... no problem. I sewed the strip on to the top of the vinyl after pressing all the creases in it...again, no problem. I got that sewn to the zipper... not perfectly straight, but good enough for a "second try". Now it was time to clip everything together and run that basting stitch all around. I even made absolutely sure when I trimmed off the excess zipper that the pull was well inside. I was proud of myself for remembering that. So I'm clipping everything together and as I turned my half-clipped piece to clip up the other side... there it was. Walking toward me. All eight ...long... furry.... legs... on the VINYL. There was screaming. Things went flying (including the 8-legged one-inch monster)... clips, scissors, binding strip, blankets, yep... everything. Husband in tarnished armor came riding in on his white sneakers, and stomped that monster into the ground... picked up all my tossed items and helped me catch my breath and put my heart back into normal rhythm. After about 20 minutes, it was time to get this project bag/pouch done. Absolutely NOTHING went right from this moment on. The vinyl slid all over the place when I was trying to baste it on (I ended up having to seam rip the bottom of the bag and then actually cut down the bottom of the bag because as I'm sure YOU know... you just can't "seam rip" vinyl. So I shrugged it off and carried on, determined that Mr. Hairy EightLegs wasn't going to spoil my fun (much). Then it was time for the binding. Everything really went to ...the bad place way down South.... I had somehow missed the part where you had apparently folded the binding strip, and I just started to sew it on and thought, "gee this strip seems so much wider than hers... did I cut it right? THEN I realized yours was folded (duh!). So I stopped sewing it on, pulled out my little mini iron and went to putting a center crease all the way down the binding. Got it sewn on (not very straight and more like 1/8 inch seam). Did the corners like you said, and met the ends up, sewed those together, got that sewn down and flipped it over. Now I gotta say, I'm super impressed how you can just sew right down those sides with those perfectly straight lines, fold those corners in and putter on. Mine...nupe. Didn't work out like that at all (remember: I'm using a MINI sewing machine that pretty much hates anything thicker than about 3-4 fabric thick). Along the sides was "okay"; I kind of sewed a straight line, but those corners... nupe nupe NUPE! I had to do some... let's just say, "creative" fidgetry and a little magic in the corners. But I did it... it actually doesn't look half-bad and I'll be using it for my cross stitch! I really want to thank you Erica... I couldn't have done this without you. This was such a simple way of making one of these bags (believe me, I've watched DOZENS of other tutorials on making zippered pouches with/without vinyl), and with a little more experience, I'm sure I'll be making them as pretty as yours is!!! Well, maybe! LOL!!

[@marisuejames3366]

Thank you Erica, just finished my first one. Great tutorial

[@MrWllis]

Cute bag I sometimes add a handle. Your videos are the best! Always look forward to Thursdays. Keep bringing them on.

[@jillianbelan8946]

ThNks Erica, you make everything look easy. 😀

[@angelastoutenger7944]

Thank you for showing this project. I need to make a couple for cross stitching. Great tutorial!

[@suejameson1517]

Oh Erica! You’ve done it again! I loved the squishy drawstring bag..tho I have to use much thinner batting. , and today I made the vinyl pouch! First time sewing a zipper and I love the result. Everyone I know will get a personalised one for Xmas. You are such a great teacher. X

[@mendyelliott9495]

Excellent tutorial! Love the zipper pulls!

[@BexfromTexas]

Beautiful job! Loved the fabric and your tutorial ❤ I'm going to make that this weekend thanks to you!

[@suezeeq12]

Super cute, Erica! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@rochelleflores1972]

Awesome tutorial and easy to follow! Thank you so much! I just bought some vinyl today. Can’t wait to make one of these and the baby one too. 😊

[@karenpresley7101]

I love the fabric. That's a really cute bag. I need to make a few of them. Thank you. 😊

[@juliewright1304]

I really enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow. I’ve watched several and this is my favourite. J x

[@sarabrunsvold2461]

Easy directions and perfect bags!!!

[@ediedarleneedgmon5301]

I’ve been wanting to make myself a couple of project bags so I’ve been watching tutorials & yours is the easiest one to follow I’ve watched. And bonus binding info; my binding always looks awful!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

[@erica_arndt]

Binding is honestly the hardest part to master! Just keep practicing and you'll get it :)

[@pamelacasey1699]

Love this project!

[@paulineslyman2618]

Love your videos and tutorials! Great instructions, easy to follow. ❤🐢 Going to make some! Thank you Erica!

[@joanndeisenroth9031]

I just found you on you tube. I am so looking forward to making this. It is absolutely perfect for carrying stitchery projects. Thanks!

[@conniehall3873]

Thanks so much for the clear directions. Excellent tutorial per usual!

[@dawntrakman322]

Thank you Erica! So clear and easy to follow. You are the best :)

[@UR_behAviOr_iS_so_tch_hairband]

I was very apprehensive about working with vinyl AND a zipper but I really want to make this pouch. Thank you for making an easy-to-follow tutorial. A note to all others: even if you have the vinyl sewn on THREE sides, it will still slip around on you. My pouch turned out just fine. I used what I had on hand which was a shorter zipper and it was even better!

[@marymeier7444]

thank you for all you teach and share.... i enjoy your videos and have learned so much from you, blessings

[@annalaoretti5240]

I just made my first one! I bombed the last part of the binding but I still love it. Ty for a great tutorial!

[@madokag7410]

I love this one! I’m a cross stitcher so this is a perfect bag to put in my small projects. Thank you!

[@marilynbentley9707]

Thank you for the very clear presentation of a fun and easy project!!! Marilyn

[@faithhall7806]

Adorable. Great for boys too! Love it

[@denisedarcelle9716]

Thank you Erica so much!! I can't wait to make one!!

[@mindygooding9458]

Great tutorial, Erica!!!!

[@LawandaFinch]

Lol I actually did pull my zipper pull off of a bag I was making! Lol I was so aggravated! Haha My husband fixed it for me! I was so relieved! Saved the day!

[@ShaziaRosay]

absolutely lovely lesson. thank you

[@karenschwieger5340]

thank you - made my first project bag with clear vinyl

[@snickerbuckle]

Great tutorial! I wanted to make one but wasn’t sure how to handle the zipper to vinyl transition. Your method is just what I needed!

[@maryjacobsen6539]

Oh my goodness, I am completely hooked on your videos! I haven't found any that I don't love! I may have to find a 12 step program for my addition. ha ha ha Please keep them coming!

[@stacistills6883]

You always use the prettiest fabric! I would love for you to do a video devoted entirely to showing your fabrics in coordinating sets and who they are by. You could even put links to the sets of fabrics if you wanted to. I'm sure this would be a ton of work but it would be so helpful!

[@thesparrowsnest8343]

Quick and easy. Great job 👍🏽

[@mx4boys]

I just love watching your videos and have made several of your projects! You do a wonderful job😊 My brother lives in Parker and I wish I did too. Love the views you both have off your back decks. Originally from Montana but live in central Cali... I miss the four seasons.

[@tillyswansea3137]

Love this. Your fabrics are so "Happy Feel" :)

[@lthornb1]

I attach the binding to the back side first, the wrap to the front and sew it down. that way the front is neat. Great tutorial. I'll be making these. thank you!!!!

[@pattiebrewer5192]

Thank you so much. I’m going to make this with my girls

[@bridgetwhite5547]

Lovely tutorial

[@genedevlin1298]

I have a few shop bought thick vinyl with different coloured zips I will try these thanks so much

[@kimrae6752]

Thx Erica! Im going to use your tutorial tomorrow & make some X St project bags.

[@tinasalentino7156]

Thanks Erica! Thanks for all you share with us!! xo tina

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Sew gorgeous! 🧵❤️

[@robinkuechle7345]

Thanks so much...can’t wait to get started!

[@brisbees3729]

Loved the video. Very easy to follow. Thanks!

[@jany70]

Love your channel and those cute project bags. I am going to pick up some vinyl and give it a try. Thanks 🙋🏼‍♀️Jan