Zip-Lock It Shut!

Yesterday I taught our local monthly embroidery club in Dodge City, KS. This was a fun lesson to create and teach! The topic was creating your own portable bag with clear pockets to store all kinds of sewing supplies, children's toys or crayons or traveling essentials.

The fabric bag itself can be made from a placemat, pre-quilted fabric or fabric that you quilt yourself. The raw edges are bound with bias tape to create a rounded bag or square bag. Embroidery is added to the front in any theme you want the bag to represent.

Grosgrain ribbon and a zipper are stitched to the fabric bag. Zip-lock bags with the little zipper tab are inserting into the bag to create clear pockets. It really makes a neat bag that can be very useful! Add handles and you can carry it over your shoulder also! :)