Rainbow Zipper Pouch Tutorial
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I love my new Rainbow Zipper Pouch! Anything bright and rainbow colored is especially popular around here, and who couldn’t use a new pouch? It’s the perfect project if you have been wondering what to do with leftover zippers.
Rainbow Zipper Pouch tutorial
The zipper pouch works perfectly as a break-away clutch to put inside a larger tote. It’s so bright and colorful, you’ll always be able to spot it! (I have a feeling I’ll be making a 2nd one of these when my little missy comes home from Nana’s house…)
I always wanted to make a regular pouch with a zipper top, but since one of my sponsors (Zipper Lane) sent me so many zippers, I thought I would make my interpretation of a “zipper pouch”.
All the zippers actually work, so you can open it any place you want!
(Zipper Lane sells wholesale priced YKK zippers, you can get 100 7 inch zippers for $28. Perfect for big projects, you just need to plan ahead since they ship from India and it takes a little bit longer…)
Do you want to make one too? It really is easy, you can use any size zipper to get different shaped bags…
Of course, it doesn’t have to be rainbow, I picture it in a red and navy blue or all black for boys. Or how about a cute pencil bag in your school colors?
How to make a Rainbow Zipper Pouch
Materials needed for the ultimate zipper pouch:
- Several zippers (I used 13 7 inch zippers)
- Sewing machine
- zipper foot (not mandatory, but it helps)
- Sharp needle
- Hand sewing needle and thread
- iron
- extra fabric or bias tape if you would like to add a hand strap
- fray check (optional)
Instructions:
Unzip your zippers and begin sewing the zippers together. (right sides together) Carefully line up the metal zipper edge pieces when sewing together.
As you get close to the other end of the zipper, slide the zipper closed to move the zipper pull out of the way.
Keep sewing the zippers together. Once the zippers are all sewn together, fold the zippers in half (right sides together,) to make a pouch and sew the two end zippers together.
To sew the along the sides of the pouch, you will need to open the zipper. At this point, I had trouble keeping the zippers in a perfect line. The only way I could keep them lined up was to sew a tiny basting stitch to keep them in place, shown below. (You could also try binder clips or wonder clips.)
If you would like to add a hand strap, cut a piece of bias tape to the desired length and sew along the edge.
Fold the bias tape in half and slide it inside the pouch, lining up the edges as shown below. Pin in place.
Sew along the sizes of the pouch, getting as close to the metal zipper stops as possible.
Then flip the pouch right side out and gently press with edges with a warm iron.
There you go! Isn’t it cute! If you make a zipper pouch, please come back and share your creations on my facebook page or tag me on Instagram using the #scatteredmompatterns!

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Kathy Moody says
This is so awesome! What a fabulous idea! Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent! So thrilled you shared with us! Happy Friday!! YAY!! 🙂
hugs
Kathy
Chelsea @ Making Home Base says
SO CUTE! I'm so scared of zippers – it's an irrational fear but this adorable pouch is totally inspiring me to try it out!
Tora´s Vintage Dream says
Love it 🙂 so very very cute, and I can see me making one…… or two or……… LOL thanks for you super easy tutorial 🙂
La Pecora Nera says
Hi, I love it! Great tutorial and thanks for sharing us!
Hugs from Italy, Emanuela
[email protected] says
So adorable, Jamie!! You are one creative lady, my friend.
Randi~Dukes and Duchesses says
I love that so much!
KellyS says
Just saw this today on the Janome facebook page. Love it! Pinning it to try someday. And I am now following you on IG (@_livelovecreate)
Koisas da Beth says
so beautiful!
Necla Dilek says
kesinlikle harika, çok yaratıcı tebrikler…
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Dom z mozaikami says
Genialny w doborze kolorów i wykonaniu . Super. Pozdrawiam z Polski. Ala
Ans Straatman says
I made one too. But yours is nicer!;-)
Nathan Bryant says
Would you trim those edges off in the last picture before turning inside out? I just imagine them being in the way as extra material in the inside…
Jamie says
They didn't really bother me, so l didnt trim them. If you do decide to trim them, I think you might need to seal the edges with a lighter or fray check.
~Jamie
cucicucicoo: ecological living says
So gorgeous! Love the way the colors are put together, too! 🙂 Lisa
박현정 says
I try to make around once and wonderful they would like to piece of work.
Hannah says
LOVE THIS! I want to make something similar out of 9” zippers I found!
Thanks for the tutorial!
CJ says
Wondering if you’ve tried alternating the zippers (i.e. left opening, right opening) or would this not work? It seems alternating the pulls would make it less bulky & more balanced.
Jamie says
That’s a good suggestion, I have not tried it yet.