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    Home » Sewing

    Let’s Be Mermaids Zip Bags

    Updated: Sep 7, 2019 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 5 Comments

    mermaid zip pouch

    It’s 5° outside today, so it only seems appropriate to think about mermaids, beaches, and sunshine right?  I’ll just take all of these mermaid DIY projects as a reminder of warmer days to come. We have Christmas in July, why can’t we have summer in January? (*wink*).

    The next stop on the Let’s Be Mermaids fabric tour is Lindsey of Primrose Cottage Quilts.

     

    Let's Be Mermaids Fabric Panel

    I absolutely LOVE what she made with the fabric. She cut up one of the panels (the lighter of the two colorways, the navy is pictured above) and created a few zip bags for her girls!

    mermaid zip pouch

    When I got the idea to do a panel with the line, this project is exactly the type of project that I had in mind for the panels. I envisioned the squares as centers of quilt blocks, pockets on tote bags and as zip pouches. It was one of the prints in the line that I was the most excited to see people start “playing” with. I knew you guys would have so many great ideas for the simple squares.

    Tote bags on white peg board

    Here you can see how I used the panels to make pockets for the front of a set of tote bags. The pattern is Derby Tote Bag. 

    If you guys have followed this blog for a while then you know how much I love a good zip pouch! You can never have too many in my opinion, I don’t know how I’d ever get on an airplane without a stash of zip bags in my purse.

    mermaid zip pouch

    To get more information about her project, and see more photos of the bags she created just hop on over to Primrose Cottage Quilts for all of the info!

     

    If you’re looking for a simple zip pouch sewing tutorial, this one may be helpful for you. 

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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. Rebecca says

      January 21, 2019 at 3:30 pm

      Love these! I must get this fabric when it comes out. When can we expect it in stores or online?

      Reply
    2. sandra workman says

      January 22, 2019 at 11:54 pm

      Melissa,

      May I have permission to share on my instagram and to offer kits in the shop for the block of the month? This is FABULOUS!

      Sandy
      Pine Needles at Gardner Village

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      • Melissa Mortenson says

        January 23, 2019 at 9:51 am

        Hi! I’d email Linsdey and ask her since they are her photos… you can use mine if you’d like, but I don’t want to commit for her… she’s at primrose cottage quilts!

        Reply
    3. Joyce says

      February 02, 2019 at 6:20 pm

      I can’t find what size these are. Can you help? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        February 03, 2019 at 9:50 pm

        She made them from the panel of fabric, so all of the sizes of the squares were determined by the fabric. She just cut the squares from the fabric along the lines on the panel. They are about 8 1/2″ square.

        Reply

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