Cute Small Zipper Bag Tutorial

 The perfect little bag to store all the essentials! This design works up fast and easy! Great for all sewing levels! Make these bags as a gift when your in a pinch! Use a fun zipper and tassel for added detail.

What you will need:
- ½ Yard of Main Fabric
- ½ Yard of Lining Fabric 
- ½ Yard of Pellon Fusible Fleece, I use Pellon 971
- 9-inch Zipper
- Cotton Coordinating Thread - Rotary Cutter, scissors 
- Pins/Clips - Ruler

 *This is a great time to use up that left-over fabric!!   

 Directions: 
- From your main fabric cut 2, 9 x 7-inch pieces
- From your Lining Fabric cut 2, 9 x 7-inch pieces
- Cut 2, 9 x 7-inch Pellon Fusible Fleece Pieces
- Cute 2, 1.5 x 6 Fabric Pieces from Main Fabric, these will be your Zipper Tabs.

- Iron your Fusible Fleece to your 2 Main Fabric Pieces.
 
Now that your Pieces are cut, and you’ve fused your pellon you are ready to construct! 

Zipper Tabs:

 - Fold both zipper tabs in half and iron

- Pin Zipper tab to one end of Zipper.

- Sew close to the edge

- Cut extra zipper piece at the end, now iron down tab and measure I inch cut off extra.

Using your main fabric piece as a guide, place other tab to other end of zipper and measure I inch from the end. Sew and Cut extra zipper at end, cut tab to measure 1 inch.  Your zipper should measure 9 inches.

- Place one lining piece right side up - Place the zipper on top of lining piece right side up

- Place main fabric piece on top of zipper right side down! 

- Pin in place at top

- Using a zipper foot, sew from one end to the other.

Removing pins as you go along.

- After sewing one side, pull your fabric pieces apart, it should look like photo above!
- Now take both fabric pieces and place together, iron down! Reference Picture below!

- Place second lining piece right side up!

- Now place the zipper piece on top of the lining piece right side up!

- Now place the final main fabric piece on top of all the layers wrong side up!!! 

- Reference photos below.

- Pin in place and sew down using your zipper foot.

- Once you have sewn the top, open your fabric. Iron near the top close to the zipper to get it flat.

- Now you will sew a Top Stitch, stay close to the zipper. 

- Reference picture below!

Top Stitch

- Now pull both of your main fabric pieces together, and both of your lining pieces together.

- Pin in place all the way around!

- Now you will measure 1 x 1 inch on all four corners

- Cut out the corners! It should look like picture 4 when done cutting out all corners.

- OPEN ZIPPER BEFORE SEWING AROUND!

- Sew ¼ inch all the way around your bag. Make sure to leave a 4-inch gap from your lining, for turning!

- Now you will need to box the corners. Bring together the corners and sew close to the edge. Reference photos below!

- Now your bag should look like this!

- Now using the gap you left while sewing, turn your bag right side out! Sew the gap closed!

- Push lining inside of bag, push all corners out, Iron if needed. I always like to iron my bags for a clean finish!

- Your done!!! You have now made a cute Wedge Bag! 

Add a tassel, or Charm to your zipper for added cuteness!
ENJOY!!!