Guest Blogger- Everywhere Orange

Hello Oops! I Craft My Pants readers!! I'm Kris, and I blog over at everywhere orange!

I am a wife and stay at home mom to a 2 year old boy.  I gave up my job as a high school art teacher to stay at home with my son.  Everywhere orange is my space that is just for me to share crafts, cooking and a little orange.  Every Friday I share an orange item in my house.  You would be shocked at how much orange is in this house!! I am a long time reader and fan of Opps! I Craft My Pants and I am so thrilled to be here today to share my zipper pouch with you.  Let's get started!!

I adore the zipper display in the craft store. I love all the subtle colors and that is what inspired this bag. The color combinations are endless.  I my favorite to do are color scales because the zippers have many color options in each color family.  But this would be just as great with some high contrast colors.  You could even make one using the colors from your favorite team.  There are endless combinations!

The size of the bag you want will decide how many zippers you need. I used 7 zippers, 4 different colors. The zippers were 16" long.

Line up the zippers with the zipper heads in alternating directions.

Sew the zippers together with a 1/4 inch overlap.

Keep overlapping the zippers as you sew them.

All the zippers sewn together.

Unzip 3 of the zippers about 3 inches.

Fold the zippers in half so the zipper heads are on the inside.

I pin the zippers, it makes them much easier to sew.

Sew around the 3 sides.

Do a couple of backstitches over the zippers to make sure they are going to hold together.

Trim the extras. And use one of the unzipped zipper holes to completely unzip another zipper and turn the bag right side out. (wow, say that 3 times fast!)

The best part is you can unzip any zipper to get into the bag!

The pink bag was for my Sister-In-Law and the orange one is mine. I used shorter zippers for the orange bag.

Here is another zipper pouch I made with a strap.  I made the strap our of fabric and sewed it in when I was sewing the long side.

  Thank you so much Erika for inviting me over!  I had such a great time!!

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Isn't that zipper pouch amazing, you guys? When I saw it, I knew it was something I wanted to feature. Now...If only I knew how to sew!  Be sure to go check out everywhere orange and give Kris a little love.

Want to guest post on Oops! I Craft My Pants? Shoot me an email (erika(at)oopsicraftmypants(dot)net) and we'll talk!