vinyl front zipper pouch

Today's project involves more clear vinyl. Hurray!

You will need:

2 pieces of fabric that is lined with interfacing that measure 8" x 5.5"

one piece of heavy weight vinyl that measures 8" x 5.5"

one 7" zipper

and one piece of fabric that is cut 2.5" x 22" fold in half lengthwise and press. (this is your binding strip.)

take the 2 pieces of fabric, place your zipper in between and pin zipper in place

using a zipper foot, sew a seam the length of the fabric

finger press the fabric

top stitch (I used a regular 1/4" foot here)

using a 1/4" foot, sew the vinyl to the other side of the zipper

fold the seam under the zipper and top stitch (the vinyl is on the right hand side in this photo)

your first line of stitching will be hidden under the zipper

doesn't that look oh-so-tidy?

trim the sides a bit to make all the layers even, if necessary

now the vinyl should match the size of the backing exactly

since you can't use pins on vinyl, I used binder clips to hold the layers in place

they work like a charm

take the binding strip and place it about an inch above the top of the zipper

starting at the top of the zipper, sew the binding strip to the zip pouch. I used a walking foot for this step. Stop sewing a 1/4" from the bottom. Remove the piece from your machine.

to get a perfect corner, flip the binding strip up,


and then fold it down over itself.

start stitching 1/4" from the top and sew until you get to 1/4" from the bottom

turn the corner the same way as before

let the binding strip extend above the pouch an inch

tuck in the top raw edge (trim a bit if necessary)

and hand stitch the binding down

here is the front

and the back

and in use.

Isn't that great? I really, really like this project!!! I have one that I have been using for my daughter's hair bands and I love being able to see the contents. I also like the binding strip around the edges.

If you make a vinyl front zip pouch using this tutorial, I'd love to see it.