Front Zippered Pouch Quest No. 4

I knew I couldn't be satisfied until I found the perfect tutorial that could give me perfectly lined front zippered pouch. At last after much staring at the screen I found Thimble. Reading through the tutorial I knew it was going to be hard to achieve the perfectly lined pouch I so craved. Be warned. You have to follow every single piece of instruction or you'll be sorry. I didn't and had to undo a couple of times.

I can't believe it. I have achieved my perfectly lined front zippered pouch. Now I can go back to watching Cold Case.


Back view.


No exposed seams

Front Zippered Pouch Quest No. 3

I was still prowling the net for more tutorials for my front zippered pouches. I hadn't realised how hard front zippered pouches are to construct and this realization is making me all the more determined to find the tutorial that will give a perfect finish. I simply can't stand any raw seams or unlined bags. It's so unfinished.

Kerri's tutorial is found at flickr so you can expect lots of step by step photos. Her tutorial hides raw seams by first sewing the seams on the right side. Turn the bag inside out and sew the seams on the wrong side. It's such a clever idea. In my haste I did not leave much allowance and my pouch just barely had enough room to sew the inside seams. (You'll know what I mean when you make the same mistake)

The "H' and "Y" are lopped off because I didn't leave enough allowance


The back view


The seams aren't raw

Front Zippered Pouch Quest No. 2

After completing my first front zippered pouch, I could not eat and sleep. Okay, I could eat and sleep but the exposed raw edges bothered me so much I could not concentrate on my Cold Case episodes. Finally in a fit of desperation I turned to Google and discovered a tutorial that actually hides the raw edges. I decided to give it a go.

Craftlog's tutorial is sketchy meaning there are no step-by-step photos to guide you. Instead there are sentences of instructions. Ha ha. Definitely not for the newbie. This tutorial basically hides the raw edges by covering them with binding. I'm still a little squeamish with binding and the result shows. Unfortunately I had used thick interfacing for the outer fabric and when I had to sew the binding sandwich together, my machine shuddered so much I had to literally hand roll the dial to stitch every darn stitch.

Here's the result. I question my choice of fabric.

The back view. More of the same questionable fabric.


No raw seams.