Sew These DIY Zipper Bags for Your Summer Outings

Happy Friday everyone! I am going to finish my June 2013 posts with this fun and simple zipper bag. I have been seeing these all over the web on other DIY sites, but they were all hand sewing them. Lovely if you don’t have a machine, but I don’t have the time or patience to hand sew something when it is easier to pull out my machine. I know there are a lot of you out there with sewing machines so I am going to share my machine stitched version of these little bags. I am totally in love with the fabric I used for the farmer’s market bag that I posted on Monday. Happy to have some leftover scrap pieces, I knew they would be perfect for a few small zipper bags to use with the large tote or to organize my things when I travel. After trimming the pieces for my bag I took a quick trip to the fabric store to match zippers and thread. These bags are so simple, I think I will make a dozen more and use them for gifts. Have a great weekend! ~ Lia

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RaeLynn December 26, 2014 at 8:47pm

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I’m excited to give these a try 🙂 I got a sewing machine for Christmas and just made my first couple projects. Now I’m ready for more!

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1. Lia December 27, 2014 at 11:15am
  
  Wonderful to hear! Love my sewing machine. 🙂
  
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Dana July 6, 2013 at 11:04am

Love it! These look so quick I might actually be able to do these!

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1. Lia July 8, 2013 at 6:24pm
  
  Yes, you can do them! Give it a try.
  
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Kate July 1, 2013 at 11:22am

very cute! I can think of so many uses for them

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1. Lia July 1, 2013 at 5:39pm
  
  You can never have enough zipper bags! 😉
  
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Anna July 1, 2013 at 10:11am

I can’t believe how easy to do and beautiful these are !Your fabric is really nice too , where did you buy it?

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1. Lia July 1, 2013 at 10:15am
  
  Thanks Anna! I bought mine at a local fabric store but you can see links for online sources in the post.
  
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Meg Sylvia July 1, 2013 at 6:17am

Love these, and it sounds quick and inexpensive enough to make one to match every outfit! 🙂

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1. Lia July 1, 2013 at 7:26am
  
  And you will be really fast at making them after the 3rd. 🙂
  
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Anna June 29, 2013 at 12:56am

Molt ben explicat el pas a pas ,encara que no entenc totes les paraules les he buscat al traductor i ja ho he entès bé,
Thankyou !!!

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1. Lia June 30, 2013 at 6:23pm
  
  I love Google Translator. It lets us talk here. 🙂
  
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Faith June 28, 2013 at 6:54pm

Wow Lia, looks easy!!! Love the material! Will try to make these when time permits! Thank you for sharing!
Faith

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1. Lia June 30, 2013 at 6:21pm
  
  You are welcome Faith!
  
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Tammy/Our Neck of the Woods June 28, 2013 at 2:52pm

These are too cute! I don’t know how to sew, but my grandma just gave me her old sewing machine so I’m going to learn! This looks like a fun project once I get the whole sewing thing down 🙂 Love the fabric you used!

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1. Lia June 28, 2013 at 3:20pm
  
  Thanks Tammy! Yes, sewing is a lost art that is coming back into our handcrafted lives. I feel lucky that I learned when I was young and that my family was poor enough that if I wanted new clothes I had to sew them. I hated it then and bless them now. 🙂 You can do it. Learn your machine, different stitches, how to put in a zipper, how to make button holes and you are on your way. Yay for you in getting an old machine. My mom’s old singer is THE BEST machine I have ever used.
  
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