Zipper Pouch (part 1)

Have been working on a very simple zipper pouch for the past couple of days. This is supposed to be the easiest of the various zipper pouches you can make. No drop in liner. No boxed corners. Just straight seams, an easy zipper installation, and edge binding.

Quilting the exterior went OK. I did not piece the exterior; just quilted. Installing the zipper went OK except the part where I stitched too close to the zipper teeth and had to take about 6 inches of stitches out and restitch. When it was time to square everything up, I had to trim the zipper on both ends. I kept reminding myself, "Make sure the zipper pull is in the middle." Did I do this? Nope. So I cut off the zipper pull. Good news is that this is fixable and I did get it fixed. Then sewed the front and back together and have a pouch. All that remains is to make and apply the binding. That's the goal for tomorrow. Wish me luck!

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Meanwhile, remember that Edison failed to invent the lightbulb over 2000 times before he got it right. This teaches us that persistence is often the key to success.

dks, 7 Oct 2025