How to Sew a Simple Pouch ~ DIY Tutorial Ideas!

How To Make A Zipper Pouch - Step-By-Step Sewing tutorial. The simple way how to make a cute zipper pouch.

Let's make a 10-piece quilt pouch

Materials:
8 x 8 squares, 2 triangles
25 cm zipper, lining, batting

1. Outer fabric patch

Please arrange the 10 pieces of fabric nicely..
I placed these fabrics like this and sewed them.
Please look closely at the photo and arrange the fabrics nicely to your liking.

First, join the triangular and square pieces of fabric together. (1) Then, join the lines together. (2) Please pay attention to the direction of the seam allowances.

If you turn it over, it would look like this

Next, connect (1) and (2). (The photo was taken with the fabric placed upside down :;)

Of course, you all know how to finish the seam allowances with a pinwheel, right?

If you fold the seam allowances in crisscrossing directions and sew, you will get a pinwheel shape just like this. When sewing, you must only sew from one finished line to another.

Otherwise, you won't get this shape. Please be careful.

Once connected, the back will look like this

Close the two connected pieces well and sew them together. ( I tried sewing with red thread, but it's hard to see ;; Anyway, it goes from the finished line to the finished line... You shouldn't sew up to the seam allowance ~~)

The connection is finished.. The seam allowances are neatly trimmed, aren't they?

It needs to come out in a zigzag shape like this. Please iron it neatly..

2. Quilting

Place the right side of the lining on top of the batting, and then place the outer fabric on top with the inside facing out.

It would be a good idea to iron the lining in advance as well.

Secure it with basting thread or pins so it doesn't move, then sew it neatly, leaving an opening.

Once sewing along the finished line is complete, cut the batting and lining along the seam allowances of the outer fabric.

Trim the batting close to the seam line. Be careful not to cut the fabric or the seam line.

Trim the corners short as well, and make small cuts in the concave areas. This ensures that the shape comes out nicely when turned inside out.

This is the method I use. Actually, I don't really like blind stitching;; Hmm... I think it's because the stitching finish doesn't look neat haha. Anyway... When working with an opening like this, if you fold along the finished line before turning it inside out, it makes closing the opening easier and the lines turn out prettier.

I turned it inside out through the opening and then ironed it. In my experience, if you want to make a quilt piece neat and pretty, I think ironing is essential. Although it is a hassle, that effort actually increases the satisfaction when it is finished.

Close the opening with a blind stitch. Since it was folded once in advance, it is much easier to shape.

Draw quilting lines as desired and quilt carefully. I connected the centers of the squares, but you can do it diagonally as well.

3. Connecting the Bottom

Using (2) in the photo above (lining quilting photo) as a reference, gather (1) and (3) to create the bottom.

Pin the edges of the squares together and sew a blind stitch. If you sew carefully to prevent the stitching line from coming out wavy while blind stitching, it will look much neater. I found that it works just by sewing at appropriate intervals without pulling the thread too tight..

Make sure the circular part where the three squares meet doesn't come apart by sewing it neatly. Sew it carefully. ^^ Once you connect the bottoms on both sides, it transforms like this.

Blind stitch the lining one more time on the inside as well. Sew the inside carefully and neatly, and just like with the outer fabric, securely connect the edges where the three squares meet.

4. Attaching the zipper to finish

Carefully align the center of the outer fabric with the center of the zipper and secure them with pins. Attach the zipper. If you look closely at the zipper, you will see lines; simply sew along those lines. Sewing along the zipper line with a running stitch from the inside like this.

You can attach it by aligning the edge of the outer fabric with the edge of the zipper teeth, or attach it with the zipper teeth facing over the outer fabric... Well... attach the zipper however you like ~~

I’ll share my own sewing method again ^^ If you attach the zipper from the lining side like the method above, the lining becomes visible, as you can see in the photo. Strangely enough, I didn't like that... It just felt like my underwear was showing, haha...

So, this is how I sew. Instead of attaching the zipper from the lining side, I sew it from the outer fabric side. I tuck the lining in so it doesn't show and blind-stitch along the zipper line. How does it look? Doesn't it look neat since the lining isn't visible from the outside? Haha. It does require just a tiny bit more time and effort than the method above, but I'm more satisfied with this method, so I plan to keep using only this one.. ^^

Sew the beginning and end of the zipper slightly inward. Doing it this way makes it look pretty when the zipper is closed.

My style is to fold the beginning and end of the zipper to finish it off. Please finish it however you prefer, and finish the zipper edges with a running stitch or a blind stitch. I used to mainly finish with a blind stitch, but running stitches take less time and look neater, so I use them these days.

After attaching the zipper, close the empty space with a blind stitch. Sewing the beginning and end of the zipper several times to make it sturdy, The 10-piece quilt pouch is complete!!!