Money Zippered Apple Pouch

The pouch is small enough to be a key chain.  The apple pouch hooks onto an outside zipper pull, or clips inside one of the backpack compartments. The apple pouch is really sturdy too, even though it’s made out of quilting cotton, because it is lined and made with fusible fleece.

Supplies:

    7 inch zipper (or longer)
    fusible fleece
    lightweight quilting cotton
    felt for the leaf embellishment
    embroidery floss for attaching the leaf
    key chain ring

 Start by cutting out the pieces according to the template.

 Then begin by ironing the fusible fleece to the wrong side of the outer apple pieces. Fuse the bumpy side of the fusible fleece to the wrong side of the fabric.

Now we are going to make a sandwich with the zipper and the apple front.
Place the apple top piece (fused to fusible interfacing) so that the right side of the apple top piece faces the front of the zipper.
Then do the same with the lining top piece. Make sure that the right side of the lining is touching the back side of the zipper.  Sew with a 1/4 inch seam.  This attaches the apple top pieces to the top of the zipper.

 Once sewn, it looks like this:

 Now repeat with the apple bottom pieces (both the fusible fleece fused piece and the lining piece).

 When you finish sewing, both the top and bottom pieces of the apple front will be attached.

 Next top stitch along the top and bottom of the zipper. Set aside.

 Fold over the stem piece and sew a 1/4 inch seam. Make sure you leave both ends open.  Then turn right side out and top stitch along each side.

Continue by moving the zipper into the open position, with the zipper pull in the center of the apple. It is important to leave the zipper in the open position so that it is possible to turn the apple pouch right side out.
Next, fold the stem piece in half. Baste both ends to the top of the apple pouch front.

 Finally we are going to complete the pouch by sewing the pouch front to the pouch back. Place the back apple piece attached to the fusible interfacing on top of the apple, with the lining piece on top of the apple piece attached to the fusible interfacing. In this case the WRONG side of the back piece is touching the wrong side of the back lining piece.  This is then placed on top of your apple front piece (the one with the zipper!)

 Now you can sew all around the edges of the apple. Pay particular attention to the zipper regions.  It’s helpful to go over these regions several times.

 Next cut off the extra zipper.

Finish the raw edges by zig-zaging all around the edges.

Next turn the apple pouch right side out by pushing the pouch through the open zipper.
Now cut out the leaf pieces from felt and sew around all of the edges.

Then, insert your hand into the pouch in order to attach the leaf by hand with embroidery floss. 

Add the key chain ring to the pouch.  All finished!

Author: Jill