Happy Happy Bag ❤️ Sewing Tutorial + Pattern for Beginners, how to make a fully lined DIY boxy pouch

How to make an open wide Boxy Zipper Pouch - fully lined, with no raw edges or binding on the inside. Making this zipper pouch not only easy but also super quick to make. Great for Beginners ❤️

Find the full, step by step sewing pattern for the Happy Happy Bag over on my website - https://sweetcinnamonroses.com/produc...

After making your patchwork panel I show you how to machine quilt your bag, insert your zipper and how to assemble it all.

Now here a couple helpful videos I mentioned in the video.

Patchwork Panels -    • How to make a Quilted Patchwork Panel...  
Closing your seam -    • How to close a seam by hand using a L...  
Happy Happy Teddy 🧸 -    • Happy Happy Teddy 🧸 Sewing Tutorial +...  

And of course you can find all the details for the Happy Happy Bag (including the pattern, links to materials and loads of inspiration) over on my Sewing Blog https://sweetcinnamonroses.com/blogs/...

This is a fab project for beginners and everyone new to zippers and bag making. Trust me, inserting a zipper doesn’t have to be hard. I show you exactly how to. No gatekeeping here. I promise.

📕 TABLE OF CONTENTS 📕

00:00 Happy Happy Bag introduction
00:17 Materials for the Boxy Zipper Pouch
00:33 Marking your fabric (using a hera marker and not a pen)
01:08 How to machine quilt your fabric (using your metal quilt bar)
03:20 Marking your fabric again at a 90' angle
03:35 Machine quilt your fabric evenly
05:39 How to trim your quilted panels (and secure your seams)
07:06 How to assemble your quilted boxy pouch
07:40 How to insert a zipper (the easy and correct way)
08:07 Second side of your fabric zipper sandwich
09:20 Open your fabric zipper sandwich
09:31 How to topstitch along the zipper (for a neat professional finish)
10:13 Shorten your zipper to size
10:35 Adding a ribbon (optional)
10:59 Final Assembly of your Happy Happy Bag
11:33 Fold your bag - to fully line your bag for no raw edges or need for binding
12:26 Middle Seams
12:53 Mark and cut your corners
14:41 Mark your side edges
14:56 Side Seams
18:06 How to box out your 8 corners
20:51 Turning your box zipper bag right side out
21:17 How to close your seam by hand (using the invisible stitch)
21:33 The Happy Happy Teddy - your next project

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