This easy sewn zippered pouch tutorial is a perfect gift to whip up this holiday season! With a little planning you could make several of these handmade gifts for all your girlfriends! Handmade gifts allow you to pick everything and are always made with a little extra love.   This month we are sharing over 100 handmade gift tutorials. I have teamed up with Thirty Handmade Days , Your Homebased Mom and Classy Clutter to share the best homemade gift ideas.  We have over 100 tutorials so you will have the best homemade holiday ever!

Easy Sewn Zippered Pouch Tutorial

This easy zippered pouch tutorial you can follow along to make some beautiful gifts. These zippered pouches make a perfect handmade gift alone or make them extra special by filling them with goodies like gift cards or fun make up! They sew up quickly so you can make a bunch at one time.  It really is an easy sewn gift your friends will love!

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Download the zippered pouch pattern and print with no scaling selected on copy paper or card-stock. Cut out two of each piece from your favorite pre-washed fabric. You will also need 1 – 7 inch zipper.

{Zippered Pouch Pattern Download} 

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How to sew a zippered pouch tutorial

Mark fabric where it should be pleated. Bring one mark over to the next and pin.

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Place outer top piece face down on pleated piece, line up edges and stitch across 1/4 inch from the edge. Open up and press. Repeat with other two pieces to make the other side.

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Make a zipper sandwich. Place 1 piece of outer fabric face up, then the zipper and then the lining right side facing down. Line up the three edges.

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With a zipper foot sew across the top, between the edge of your zipper sandwich and the zipper teeth (closer to the zipper teeth).

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Bring lining and outer fabric to the same side.

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Make another zipper sandwich on the other side of the zipper.

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Open up and it will look like this. You can top stitch at the edge of the fabric along the zipper now, if you like (I didn’t).

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Bring both pieces of lining to one side and both pieces of the outer fabric to the other side. Un-zip zipper at least halfway so you can turn it once it is stitched. If you forget to un-zip the zipper you won’t be able to turn your pouch right side out.

Pinch zipper towards outer fabric, making sure it is laying nicely as you pin.

Using 1/4 inch seam stitch all the way around the pouch leaving a two inch opening in the bottom of the lining for turning.

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Turn right side out. Hand stitch (or machine stitch) opening in lining closed.

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Push lining inside the pouch and it is finished!

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You might also be interested in making a Lined Pouch.

It is super easy to make a matching tote for your pouch with this simple tote tutorial!

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You might also like these 10 Tote Tutorials.

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Comments

  1. Tracy, this is kinda the way it goes. After a few times you might be able to get them better, but honestly this part is a struggle. I am so sorry. I am working on a new pouch that adds a bit of fabric to make it easier, but this style you often will see those puckers.

    Can anyone offer some tips?

  2. Hi there, lovely tutorial 🙂 I’m struggling though, I’m new to machine sewing and for some reason, no matter how hard I try I cannot get my zip corners right, they end up puckered in. I have poked and poke the corners till I’m blue in the face but they just don’t sit right …… Where am I going wrong, please help

  3. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. Loved the pleats on the this pouch. Made myself a pretty make-up pouch and it turned out beautiful.

  4. Hello, love this SUPER QUICK ‘n easy project !!!! I just made one and i attached straps to it so i have a cute lil purse 🙂

  5. So cute! I just made this and I love it! I did get a little confused towards the middle but after I reread your instructions and really studied the pictures it was super simple. Thanks for the tutorial and pattern!!

  6. I got it!!! I was using print from the top of my web browser instead of within the screen…printing now and ready to sew!

  7. I want to make one of these pouches but when I try and print the pattern, it is just blank. I thought something was wrong with my printer, but I can print other things, just not this pattern. Print preview just shows a blank page. Please help….I want to make this now 🙂

  8. I’m new to sewing and this is something I would love to do but get a little confused half way through. Any chance you have made a video tutorial?

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