Here is a quick little how to make a lined zippered pouch tutorial. It isn’t that hard and I always feel like I have really accomplished something when I am finished. Fill a small zipper pouch with a favorite goodie or gift card to make a great gift!
RELATED: Make a matching tote bag with this free pattern.
Here is What You Need:
- Fabric (this is a great way to use up fabric scraps. This is also a great fat quarter project)
- zipper
- thread
- scissors
- sewing machine
- zipper presser foot
- needle (if hand stitching opening closed)
- ruler or measuring tape
Fabric Cutting Guide
To make a pouch cut
- Two outer pieces of fabric and two lining pieces of fabric all cut the same length as the full length of your zipper and any width you choose.
How to Make a Lined Zippered Pouch Tutorial
This zippered bag tutorial is so easy! Just follow the step-by-step instructions. This is a perfect project for beginners!
- Make a zipper sandwich. Place 1 piece of lining fabric face up, then the zipper, and then the outer fabric right side facing down. Line up the three edges.
- With a zipper foot sew across the top between the edge of your zipper sandwich and the zipper teeth (closer to the zipper feet).
- When finished and you pull the fabric back it will look like this. Repeat this for the other (side) edge of the zipper. Oops, the fabric should go all the way to the end of the zipper.
- When both sides are completed it will look like this. Hopefully, you will have pinned before sewing and all of your edges will match up beautifully (unlike mine). You can topstitch along the zipper now if you like.
- Bring both pieces of lining to one side and both pieces of your outer fabric to the other side. Un-zip the 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.
- The zipper teeth should be pinned toward the lining side. I lay the zipper ends on top of each other with teeth facing the lining side and pin.
- Sew all the way around 1/4 inch from the edge. Make sure you sew on the outside of the metal parts on each end of the zipper, this will be easy to do if you cut your fabric the total length of the zipper. Leave a two-inch opening at the bottom of the lining side. Clip corners.
- Turn right side out. Stitch opening closed by machine or slip stitch by hand.
- Push lining inside and you are finished!
- Finished! You did it! Now you know how to sew the zipper. I hope it was easier than you thought. You can even add a cute zipper pull if you like.
How easy was that! Now try one of these bags with my free sewing patterns.
More Zippered Pouches to Make
- Pleated Pouch – another super easy zippered pouch tutorial
- Leather Trimmed Zippered Pouch
- Car Shaped Pouch
- Two Color Pouch
- Crochet Granny Square Zippered Pouch
- Upcycled Cardboard Pouch
- Quilted First Aid Kit
- Theme Print Zippered Pouch
- Juice Pouch to Zippered Pouch – fun pencil zipper pouch
- Boxy Cosmetic Makeup Bag – the perfect make-up pouch
Make Your Pouch Extra Special
I was a mentor for one of the youths at our church. At Confirmation they are each given a different bible verse, special to them, to mark the occasion.
I wanted to give my Confirmand (the sweetest girl) a gift with her bible verse so I decided to make a little zippered pouch with the bible verse sewn inside. I printed the verse onto printable fabric (like this) and sewed it onto the lining before stitching the pouch together. I also covered the lining pieces and the piece with the scripture with iron-on vinyl before I sewed. I wanted her to be able to use it for make-up etc.
Another bonus was that it doubled as the “gift bag” for this beautiful handmade cross.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I tried 2 others and this one is by far the best. The finish is lovely and neat, and as I’m making these for underprivileged girls, I feel, like us, they deserve to receive a really good quality, well-finished article. Thank you again!
I’m going to try this, your instructions make it look so easy. I view lots of crafts on line and usually the instructions are not clear enough for me to try. I’m going to try and make this this the size of a pocketbook so I can easily transfer items out of one bag and into another. I’ll try and add some inside pockets for phone etc. If it actually works, I’ll try to pin it (I’ll have to find a tutorial on pinning first!!!!!!)
Thanks for the great idea.
This is the simplest tutorial I have seen so far for a zipped pouch. Thank you for sharing it. It looks easy enough for me to have a go, some tutorials still look scary and difficult for beginners.
Excellent tutorial. I really like your method it is much simpler than mine and nicely finished. If you make them big enough you could at grommets to put in a school binder for a pencil bag. I’ve made some for my kids in the past but I must say the next time I am going to use your method. Thanks so much for sharing.
I just bought a sewing machine and this was my first project. I love it, thank you!
Thank you for a very clear and concise tutorial with great pics. Very simple to do–I like that!
Thanks. Pinned this in Pinterest so that I can go through the tutorial again when I make this.
Thanks for this tutorial! The pouch was so easy to make, and came out so cute! I wrote about it on my blog http://aztoid.blogspot.com/2013/03/tote-cell-phone-holder-and-zippered.html
Thanks again!
I am new to sewing and never thought I could sew a zipper… thank you for the details they were so very helpful! I think your blog is super*duper too!
I have used this tutorial many times and my make-up bag just broke so I decided to come back here and make one for myself! Thank you for a clear and easy tutorial!
Thank you for this tutorial. I started following another tutorial for a bag similar to this one, and went through 3 tutorials before I found out what to do with that zipper while sewing around the liner and outside fabrics!!! Thanks for adding that step in there! I made my first zip bag today- and sewed my first zipper EVER! So proud! Thank you!
Love this…especially the idea of adding vinyl to the inside. Definitely going to give this a whirl! Thank you for the easy to understand tutorial. 🙂
Thanks so much! Just made my first pouch!
I’m so glad I finally found this! I thought I could figure it out myself but after 3 bags with mismatched sides, seams showing and zippers locked inside, I had given up. this is so simple now. Why didn’t I figure it out! Thanks for the help.
This tutorial helped me a lot! 🙂 Think I will show it to my mom so she can put zippers in more easily. She isn’t a big fan of putting them in but I think this tutorial will help. ^_^