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“It’s Back To School time, boys and girls.” This Zip-It-Up zipper pencil pouch
would be of great help for them to keep their stationery in place.

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Not only that, but it is also a great topic for “Show And Tell” session to their
new classmates of how the magic works with this zipper + ribbon strip…”See,
this is a strip of ribbon, and I am going to turn it into a pencil pouch….
*zip**zip**zippppp***…. tadaaaa…. a pencil pouch!!!!”. School is fun with
friends and books around.

HOW TO SEW A “ZIP-IT-UP ZIPPER PENCIL POUCH

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Recently, I received overwhelming and fantastic responses came all over the
world to visit the tutorial of the Zip-Itself Tetrahedron Coin Purse, the same
concept as this zip-it-up pencil pouch. Among the feedback and comments,
some of you found it difficult to understand at some point, but I am glad that

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after putting your hands on it, you’ve made yourself some successful coin
purses.

As usual, practice makes perfect! Grandma G even tried it on with her sewing
machine with a wider ribbon that her daughter Jessica of How About Orange
designed. Jessica also shared the post with her readers.

I was so happy that you all like the coin purse so much. As an appreciation for
all your visits and feedback, I developed another tutorial on the same concept.
This time both boys and girls can use this zip-it-up pencil pouch (just have to
be fair to the boys too, right?).

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Hope you like this Zip-It-Up Pencil Pouch as much as the coin purse. Please
find the tutorial after this.

ZIP-IT-UP PENCIL POUCH SEWING PATTERN

yield: 4″ x 8″ x 1 1/2″ ZIP-IT-UP PENCIL POUCH active time: 3 hours

total time: 3 hours difficulty: Avid Beginner/Intermediate

estimated cost: $2 - $5

I was so happy that you all like the coin purse so much. As an
appreciation for all your visits and feedback, I developed another
tutorial to the same concept. This time both boys and girls can use this
zip-it-up pencil pouch (just have to be fair to the boys too, right?).
Hope you like this Zip-It-Up Pencil Pouch as much as the coin purse.
Please find the tutorial after this.

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Enjoy sewing them!

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MATERIALS

• Zipper (nylon) – 80″

• Ribbon (7/8″)- 80″ (Note: you can use grosgrain, woven, satin
ribbons, or other alternative materials like lace, fabric strip, soft twill
tape etc.)

• Ribbon – short length for the purse loop.

• Lining fabric strip (1 1/2″) – 80″ (optional)

TOOLS

• Sewing needles.

• Matching threads

• Pins

• Marker

• Warm iron (optional, use only with lining)

INSTRUCTIONS

MORE DETAILS ON HOW TO SEW ZIP-IT-UP PENCIL

POUCH

1.

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a. Get ready the materials and tools as per quantities stated above.
(You can get the long nylon zipper from a craft shop that cut into your
requested length, and don’t forget to add a zipper pull.)
b. Sew a few stitches to make a bottom-stop about 1″ from the end of
the zipper.
c. Tie 2 knots on both top zipper tapes to prevent the zipper-pull from
accidentally glide out from the zipper.

2. a. Measure 4 3/4″ from zipper’s bottom-stop. Mark, this is the START

point.
b. Pin and backstitch the ribbon to the zipper tape along line A, start
at 3/4″ from the ribbon end and 1/32″ away from the teeth in order
for the zipper pull to glide through. (I sewed with a longer stitch on the
wrong side but shorter loop stitch on the right side for the back-stitch
so that the thread is not obviously seen on the right side.)
c. When you reach the bottom stop, bend the zipper tape down,

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smooth the corner by crossing the zipper ends, continue sewing your
ribbon till you have done around 70″ from the start point.

3. a. Come back to the start point. Arch the tape at the marking where
the marking should be at the center of the ribbon’s width, pin the
ribbon to the tape along line B.
b. Sew ribbon to the tape of the other side of the zipper.
c. Fold the ribbon’s end in and slip stitch the ribbon to the tape by
following the curve. A nice smooth curvature determines the beauty of
the pencil case.

4. Continue backstitching the ribbon to the zipper tape until you have

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done 65″ from the start point. (There will be a difference of 5″ of

stitching between line A & B.)

5. a. Zip-up the zipper and the pencil case shape is formed through an
upward spiral closure.
b. Measure your pencil case from the bottom stop, it should be around
slightly over 8″ and your zipper goes 7 rounds of zipping.

6. a. Press the top edge of the pencil pouch to find the top corners of a
rectangular shape.
b. Mark both points on line A & B.
The point above the bottom-stop is the endpoint, whilst, the point

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above the start point is the pencil pouch top-stop with a ribbon loop
(please refer the last step-by-step photo for a clearer picture).

7. a. Unzip the pencil pouch a little. Arch the line A zipper tape at the
marking, the zipper ends should meet and intersect at the other
marking on line B.
b. Place a ribbon loop on the intersection point of the zipper, pin &
sew to join.
c. Trim off the extra zipper, crossed them and make a few stitches to
stabilize the position.
d. Trim off the extra length of the ribbon and fold the raw edge of the
ribbon, just like the start point, slip stitch to the tape.
e. Whipstitch the zipper edges at the back of the pencil pouch to
complete it.

8.

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a. You may add a lining at the back of the pencil pouch. The lining will
add some stability and aesthetic look to the workmanship of the pencil
pouch.
b. Iron the lining strip by folding in both edges to form a 7/8″ double-
fold tape.
c. Slip-stitch along the backstitch line to cover the stitches done for the
ribbon. When you reach the curve of the start and endpoints, trim the
ends to follow the curvature, fold in and slip stitch like you did the
ribbon.

9. a. Zip it all the way up and you will get a pencil pouch.
b. Or, zip it all the way down to return it to a ribbon with edges full of
zipper teeth.

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Published: August 25, 2011

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