Open Wide Pouch - No Pattern Drafting Needed

[@gwendolynbeatty2058]

I want to try this pouch.

[@Lindavideos]

It makes a really nice pouch & a really nice gift, too!

[@onehug100]

I had a lot of trouble where the zipper head is located. I could not get it to lay flat. I ended up sewing over that part again after i closed the zipper about 1/2" and did a pivot to keep the same seam allowance. In the video Darla's lays flat. What am I doing wrong?

[@Lindavideos]

Good question. I'm not sure as I'd really have to see what you're doing to give a good answer. But it may be that your 2 sides of the zipper weren't lined up evenly, causing them to not lay flat. That could have been from a slight difference in the seam allowance on where you attached one side versus the other.

[@janethelliwell4378]

Do you sew hand sew the whole sides?

[@Lindavideos]

No, just the short sides.

[@karenfranko5671]

You never called me back!

[@Lindavideos]

Sorry, Karen! It's been a bit crazy around here. Hopefully, we'll catch up sometime today.

[@karenfranko5671]

@@Lindavideos that’s ok. Don’t hurry. I just wanted to let you know in case you had forgotten. I still do want a few “templates.” I had the first cataract surgery 4/24 and nbr 2 is scheduled for 5/22. Not sure when final surgery is to be done so I’m not sewing as much right now. Instead I’m reorganizing the room I should be sewing in now (instead of my dining room). When it’s warmer I will be working in the garage organizing the “material overflow” by color and type and refolding it so when there’s room in my sewing room it can go there. I’m also checking out places to give the material to around where I live for when the time comes that I can’t use it and it would be able to be used by/and or for the people who can’t afford to buy it for themselves or a group that sews for the “poor.”