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    Home » Gift Ideas

    Embroidered Zippy Pouches

    Updated: Oct 3, 2017 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 3 Comments


    I love to make zippy pouches. They are super simple to make (don’t be afraid of the zipper) and there are a lot of possibilities to change up the look of them. Plus they are so quick to sew that they make EXCELLENT gifts! Just fill them up with a few goodies!

    This zippy pouch was made as a gift last spring.  I thought that it’s a fun idea for those of you that have an embroidery sewing machine.   I just embroidered the word “glam” onto the front of the fabric before I sewed the pouch together.

    I used the same technique to make this one- but used the word “pretty” instead.  The purse is the June Bag Pattern from fourteen may.

    To make my zip pouches, I use the “How to make a lined Zippered Pouch” tutorial over at Skip To My Lou.

    The only thing I change is that I line the outside of my pouches with fusible fleece and the  lining of the pouches with lightweight fusible interfacing.

    They would also be cute to make using the monogram of your intended recipient!

     

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. darcy says

      September 07, 2012 at 3:41 pm

      I love it!! What kind of embroidery machine do you have?

      Reply
    2. stephanie says

      September 09, 2012 at 11:33 am

      What brand and model machine do you use?

      Darling!

      Reply
      • melissa says

        September 10, 2012 at 12:46 pm

        Hi!
        I have a Husquvara Viking Designer One… It’s 10 years old believe it or not and still takes floppy disks! But it works great so there is not reason to get a new one…

        Reply

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