Out of all the years making zippered pouches, I have NEVER seen a tutorial that makes the zipper look as nice as your tutorial does. The trick of cutting it 1" shorter on each end and stitching a tab to it is priceless. Thank you!!!

Love this Jenny. I have been sewing for 58 years and quilting for 33 years and I thought I knew it all. Ha! However, your Tutorials are just so enlightening. I have learned so much more than I thought I knew! I've made tote bags, table runners, pouches, and many more items, all from your tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing ~ you explain everything so precisely, you speak clearly and well, I just love everything you do!

Jenny does the BEST tutorials. Sewing needs to be fun not stressful and Jenny always has fun. Thanks Jenny!

I have made 2 pouches so far with 2 different patterns. This tutorial, by far is the BEST!!!

This is my favourite MSQC tutorial. I was always crafty but my mum & sister were the sewers of the family. Then a couple of years ago I found this tutorial by chance and was so pleased with my half dozen bags (gifts) that I tried my hand at a jelly roll quilt and haven't stopped! Now 8 quilts and numerous table toppers later, I'm known as 'the quilter' of my family! ☺

I love how you got rid of the stiff start and end of the zipper and replaced it with your fabric stops. Brilliant!! Thanks for sharing.

What a straight-forward excellent teacher you are. Not too slow/not too fast. Thank you so much!

Jenny, I think I've watched this video about 50 times now!i just love it! I've become quite an expert now in making pouches, thanks to you! Everyone I make one for just loves the finished look of the zipper! You are very endearing! You inspire me to sew, sew, sew! Blessings on your heart and hands! 😘

I just love this tutorial....I've made this (darling) pouch many times and smile every time I hear Jenny talk along beside me as I make it!!! Thank you Jenny!

Jenny - You are a natural teacher. Your instructions are clear, easy to follow. Mistakes are ok; we learn from them. Just love you. Thanks for sharing your many tutorials. I've done the burrito pillow case, baby blanket quilting and pillow. Next project is the makeup pouch. I've been sewing for years but with no formal instruction. Making bedspreads, curtains, pillowcases, hemming, altering garments. Making it up as I went along. Not exactly the easy way. Much better with your experience and instruction to guide me. You are a Godsend. Thank you. Love your extra hints of general info that's good to know. Of all the many tutorials on KZfaq - you rule! XOXOXO. I always look forward to hearing the duck quack. So funny. He's my little buddy that calms me down. Telling me not to take it all too seriously. With gracious appreciation, June, a loyal fan in California

You are right! These zipper pouches are addicting! I just discovered this video a week ago and already have made 6 zipper pouches! I'm a beginner sewer and enjoy making these. They are easy to make, the video is very easy to follow (and I've tried a few of them), instructions are clear, and I even got a friend hooked on these! She wanted me to make one for her but I said "you can make these yourself!". Sure enough, she's having a great time making these too. Thank you!

I love that you do not edit out any mistakes. It helps to see how to fix it. It also makes me feel more confident when I sew knowing that no matter how many years you've been sewing errors happen.

Jenny has the best tutorials...watching them is how I learned to quilt many years back...the best ever...thank you!

This was the BEST tutorial for a zippered pouch! I made one along with your video and it turned out fabulous 😄. Thank you for sharing your incredible talents with the world 💕

As a 30+ yr teacher, may I give Kudos to your teaching style. You break down each process into incremental tasks with clear concise steps! I actually believe I can conquer my FEAR of zippers!😀🥰🤩

Thank you Jenny. And thank goodness you are left handed, it really makes a difference when watching you. ❤️

You have given us who are "instructionally challenged" hope with this great tutorial. thank you

Very clever idea about the built-in, quilted lining! And so many people don't use the zipper tabs on the ends. You're so charming! Thanks!

Great instructions Jenny!!!! At 68 I decided I wanted to learn to sew and Jenny, thank you so much for your clear, concise, and easy to follow instructions! Wow, I made my first zipper pouch and it is absolutely adorable. I love how you emphasize learning opportunities and repeat important steps while clearly showing on the screen what we are doing, because beginners need the extra info. Your humor is an added bonus. My pouch turned out perfectly, and I look forward to making many more. Thank you!! Well Done, best sewing tutorial I've seen.

So thankful I stumbled upon this tutorial. Last week, sister-in-law visiting from out of town gifted me a jellyroll of fabric. This week, COVID-19 is keeping me inside. Looks like the perfect project with my new fabric pieces. Wish me luck!

I've been installing zippers for years, but learned about the tab and LOVE this idea! Thanks Jenny.

Best Zippered Pouch tutorial ever (and I think I have watched them all.) You addressed covering the zipper's end, using scraps to create the inner and outer covers, etc. Thank you!

Jenny, you all add some fun and happiness to our days so we want to thank you all for adding sunshine to our days! We learn so much! See you soon!

Another cute little appreciation gift idea for a special teacher! Thank you Jenny for taking the fear out of zippers!

Jenny, thank you for all of your LOVELY tutorials! They encourage me to try new things. I was so afraid of putting in a zipper but you made it look so easy. I'll post a picture of my finished pouch! Your smile and excitement is contagious. Thank you, thank you!

I definitely would like to make these as gifts, I really love how you show every step and detail in creating a project, your teaching methods and enthusiasm make your tutorials so awesome to watch. Your an amazing teacher, wish I could hang out with you lol. High 5 for the work you do and for sharing your knowledge on here. :)

I love that you film the sewing part! that's the MAIN thing and so many tutorials just assume that we know how/which way to do it! It is so nice of you to add this. and if some are novice sewers, they can always skip through that part! thank you Jenny! ....ps I always laugh when I hear my husband, from the other room, go "quack!" He knows I am watching you! :)

You are such a good Sewing Teacher. I watched so many tutorials on Zipped pouches, and they made it so overcomplicated. I just watched this, your tutorial, and I know I can do it. Such fun.

I feel as though I spent Memorial Day weekend with you! I was finally able to have time to sew :) and I watched your tutorials all weekend! Love, love, love them. Thank you!!!!

Jenny BEST tutorial i have ever seen on a pouch THAN YOU!!! Just made my life a whole lot easier!!

You are such a great teacher! & I love that you don’t even slow down (or cringe :) when sewing over the zipper ends!

Hello Jenny! I have been meaning to write a message for quite some time but I just haven’t taken the time!! In March, my youngest daughter had a baby and since she is a FACS teacher, she needed a competent substitute until the end of the year to take her classes. As I sew and cook, and I’m a retired teacher, I volunteered for the assignment as a nine week full time assignment wasn’t real appealing to very many! At any rate, the students were working on a gym bag with a zipper and as I reviewed the pattern instructions, I was disappointed that the directions were anything but clear! So, I taught the classes to put a zipper in via the “Jenny method”!! The students were so much more successful with their zippers that their gym bags came out looking great using your simple instructions. !! 😊. My daughter has asked me to come back this semester to teach her classes the “Jenny zipper method”! Love ❤️ your weekly tutorials! My sister and I look forward to a return visit to Hamilton to shop again soon! Thanks so much!

Jenny you have the best tutorials ever!!! Can't wait to make these for my daughters.

Suggestion for the inside raw edges... you could pretty easily do a french seam here to give it a more finished look instead of zigzag stitching all the way around. First flip the pouch around so the wrong sides are together and sew all the way around somewhat close to the edge, putting the raw edge on the outside of the pouch. Then flip it back so that the right sides are facing together, sew all the way around normally making sure you go beyond the seam you just made. This way there are no raw edges.

Love the pink pop-up iron! (And your tutorial, of course!)

I have made about 20 of these pouches-perfect every time. I usually monogram the recipient’s initials with my embroiderer. My book club and my grand daughter love theirs!!

Jenny is so great! I love to watch your tutorials and trying them, I've made a few of these bags as gifts And now others want them!

These would make great birthday gifts for some of the women in my family. Thank-you Jenny for the great tutorials every week. I learn so much from you.

I have watched numerous ppl make pouches and the zipper they’ve always made complicated. You however made it so simple. But that’s no surprise to me because you are the first person I started watching on KZfaq teaching myself how to quilt and you always make everything simple and understandable to a beginner. You, your daughters, and the rest the of the MSQ family has become my sewing family. I love how y’all make it fun but educational. And I Really enjoy when you and Natalie are on together. Thanks Jenny for always be here and always being YOU! STAY SAFE & GOD BLESS

The Zippered Pouch has GOT to be my MOST favorite !!! I can't even tell you HOW many of these I have made and ALL for gifts...that EVERYONE loved !! I'v done all sizes, too !!!

You guys have the best tutorials. They are easy to understand, and quick!

Thank you for sharing your skills Jenny. I appreciate how easy you were to follow and love that you are so down to earth. I haven't done any sewing for 40 years (and have never done any quilting) so I am really nervous about doing any sewing after all these years. I want to make some small pouches to keep my crochet hook etc for each project I will put in project bags, which I also want to make. I just hope I'm not jumping in the deep end too quickly. If you have any advice for a 64 (almost 65) year old newbie, I would sincerely appreciate it Jenny. Your video was from 6 years ago, so I might never hear from you, but here's hoping anyway xx

I'm a newbie and have basically learned most of my sewing from awesome people like you, on You Tube!!!! I really enjoy your tutorials..you are fun to watch and listen to and you are great at giving clear instructions, that are easy to follow. You are my favorite. Thank you!!

Jenny, I'm new to sewing and quilting, and now because of you I'm addicted!. Your videos are easy to follow and learn. Today, I made my first zipper pouch!

Oh, my gosh! I am SO HAPPY that I stumbled on your channel. This is the absolute best sewing tutorial I have seen. You are a great teacher--I'm a public school teacher and have trained teachers in the past--and I truly appreciate your style. I'm not much of a seamstress, but today I saw a Nate Berkus for Target pencil pouch in another video and became obsessed with the design. It's a flat pouch with an industrial zipper on the long edge. There's also a zipped pocket that runs perpendicular to the long zipper. The genius of its design is the half-inch elastic band that's sewn into the short end seams so that the pouch slides onto the cover of a book or planner. The Target website was sold out and I thought I wouldn't be able to find it at the store, so I thought about trying to make one. Until I watched your video, I thought it would be much too difficult, but your brilliant teaching has me feeling empowered and eager to try even though I was able to snag the item at the store a few hours ago. I've watched videos on putting in zippers, but never felt this eager to jump in. THANKS!

like your version of the pouch, especially the tabs on either end of the zipper:) will give this a try!

Thanks, Jenny💕💕💕 LOVE the tabs on the ends of the zipper - much neater and more decorative....this gets me over my zipper fear and now I can play with my scraps knowing the pouches will look great.

I have made many of these in the last few years. I just have made 3 picnic quilts for wedding gifts (another of Jenny's tuts) and decided to make one of these pouches to match each quilt. The newly weds can leave the pouch with quilt in the car always ready for a quick picnic. Thanks Jenny, your tutorials are wonderful!

Jenny, I'm like you: I figure how to make something and I get addicted! Love the pouches and thanks for sharing!

I love all Jenny's tutorials, and her comments, "you're going to have so much fun or you're going to love it". Keep going, Jenny, I have learned so much from you

Watching this brings back great memories. I found MSQC back when it was just Jenny with wonderful teaching videos & I would lay in bed watching them all night long. My husband used to say, "go to sleep!" Next thing you know, he was watching with me! He was sadly killed almost 6 yrs ago now & stumbling across this older video brought me to a happy, but now sad time. 😢 I miss him so much.

Frankly I'm amazed. I've watched loads of videos and read lots of instructions for making all sorts of bags over the last year or so - some from equally very well know presenters, and none of them have ever mentioned the tabs for the zips! The tabs give a much neater apperance from sewing over the zip itself and I will be using this idea on all the bags I sew from now on. Thank you so much for the process!

I love this tutorial. I have made a couple dozen bags for family members. I also make some smaller ones for keeping bills and change, and driver's license to drop inside a tote when I don't need my whole purse. ---TIP: When putting on the second tab of the zipper, I use a glue stick so there is less chance of them slipping out of place while I sew.

You are too precious! Haha...love your personality and demeanor...first time watching your videos, I'm hooked! Thank you

I love how Jerry actually does the process right before your eyes. Not tell you how and show one already made and then toss it to the side.

Yep, nailed it again, Jenny! It is SOOOO easy and fun to make.

Another wonderful tutorial. You always make sewing look so much fun and I can hardly wait to get started after I've watched one of your videos. You're so pleasant to watch!

Lovely. I make bags and purses and am comfortable with zippers but I love what you've done with zippers. Genus! Thanks so much for this tutorial and all your other tutorials. You and your guests are so generous.

Jenny i just loved watching this video re the zipper pouch. I’m 80 and am gonna make one for each of my granddaughters- thanks for sharing

I had a wonderful day making pouches for two mats - which I purchased from Missouri Star for my Secret Pal in Book Club - the Rotating Mat ... which I treated myself to one also and I really really enjoy it. When I made the first pouch I had a "fat finger" time getting the zipper pull past the foot ... the next one I made I tied a string onto it and wow did it make it easier - thought others might try this little fat finger fixer. Thank you for your beautiful offerings. We are going to have a craft sale, to defray the pool heaters in our community and I have made several table toppers of your big star (it is in the last book and what a great tutorial) one is just one square and the other is 4 squares. I used the Friendship Star to make another topper it has four stars on it. I wanted it Westerny looking and used good quality bandanas for the stars and the backing is a material called "patches" which made them look wonderful. I have had a lot of fun. Merry Merry Christmas from Florida.

Love your tutorial, I use bias tape for the pieces on the zipper ends, quick and easy.

I just want to say you even make an error look good :) !!!

I am a beginner quilter never really sewed, in my family my sister learned to sew and I learned to cook. When my mom passed she left me the sewing machine, it sat in the closet for years. I didn't know what to do with it. While I am a empty nester now and I started learning , What fun !! I made my first bag today!!! Thank you Jenny

Jenny I really think those tabs make such a nice finish to the zipper, it's much cleaner and tidier than others I've watched. Thank you so much for a great tutorial.

This is the BEST TUTORIAL on zippers I have ever watched....I just started making bags and pouches and you have really really helped me..THANK YOU sooooooooooooooo much

Great tutorial!! LOVE my Oliso Pro iron!!! Bought mine at a fabic store with 40% off, as a birthday gift to me. LOL

You are so funny you always make me smile.

Jenny this video is the reason I started making pouches with zippers...such an easy way to go! I've gone on to purses and totes and other fun things but this was my start !! Thank you for your clear, easy to follow tutorials!

Jenny, I know that you posted this video year's ago. I am a beginner, and before now, I was intimidated by "zippers". I am going to follow this video again, and try making this pouch. Wish me luck :)

Thank you, I have made several items for my grandchildren in the past and I love your videos. You are a wonderful teacher.

Best pouch tutorial ever! I love that the zipper is installed like that! It looks so nice and clean. And also when you sew around the sides to close there is no 3” hole to turn and then hand stitch also love the extra piece of accent fabric added along the zipper! Everything about your pouch is better and I have made seen and bought a TON of them! I’m a pouch junkie! Lol Mahalo! Star

Still watching and learning from Jenny…after all these years! Thank you ❤️

I just made two, installing zippers for the first time. Thank you!

Wonderful tutorial ! Thank you

Jenny your tutorials are better than anybody elses Straight forward, easy to understand, even for beginners, no rambling on and on and no gimmicks. Its like having our own personal teacher. I want to make everything you have taught ! Thankyou :)

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial for showing an easy way to add a zipper to a bag! It has revolutionized my making of bags! And they look so professional when I get them finished. It has made me want to go crazy with creating all sizes of zipper bags!

I love your Videos!!!!

I just made one I M so proud THANK U THANK UUU!!

Jenny, I just love your tutorials. You're down to earth and can admit when you make a mistake. That is huge.

I declare I love all things Jenny! Besides being an excellent tutorial, it is so much fun to watch and laugh along with JENNY!!

OH, YES, I most certainly did enjoy this "putting a zipper in a pouch you're making" tutorial. Jenny, you are a godsend. Thank you so much for your love of quilting and the generosity you show the world with your patient and lovely tutorials, exactly the right speed, I notice when sometimes you go fast which is only natural for you, being so proficient in all things quilting, that you take the time to go back and show us more clearly. I appreciate the skill of your camera person... is that your husband, still? In any case, the skill of the camera person is to be complimented on. The close in shots are so very very helpful. I have followed enough tutorials to know the difference-- and been down the road of ... ." oh stop wait, I cannot see what you are doing! Your thumb is in the way,...or will you PLEASE SLOW DOWN, I've hit the back button a dozen times already" ... Oh yes, I have been down that road on an important project and to know the relief and feel the trust in you that I will KNOW what to look for and how to avoid tanking the project, is something I wanted to really let you know is: SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! ... OK, I know my comments run long. I just wanted to thank you so much because I make use of the pouch to organize also, it being my effort also to be organized. Love that smile and the occasional giggle and your enthusiasm, Jenny, I think your wild popularity is testament to the skill you have in teaching and presenting your love of quilting and your compassion, and your love of people. Kudos!! :)

Love your tutorials and your personality !!! Thank you so much :-)

SWEET!! I've never made anything like this before, only quilts. I love that the end product ends up quilted and I can use all sorts of sizes of scraps. I haven't sewn since Christmas and am raring to get behind the machine again. I have 3 hours of uninterrupted sewing time on Friday, perfect amount of time to whip a few of these out!! :) Thanks for another INSPIRING tutorial Jenny (and crew)!!

I am always amazed by how naturally Jenny teaches. What a talent.

Have to work one of these up so I can share with the after school sewing club that will be starting in a month. You make sewing sooo fun and want teens to get the Joy too!

Thank you, a very clear tutorial.. I am raring to go and make some for friends and perhaps for me too..

I sat you up next to my sewing machine today (on my Ipad of course) and sewed my first little pouch, I am thrilled. Thank you for such detailed and clear instructions. Like you I think I will have a whole family of them very soon

Jenny,

I was watching her iron then I noticed that she left the iron down and I was like Oh NO! the dang thing popped up! that is the coolest iron!

If you line it with metallic fabric, you can have an RFID blocker pouch for your Cell Phone or Credit Cards. (These cost can cost up to $35 or $40 online.)

How do I love and admire Jenny and her family? Let me count the ways…! Thank you for such fun projects plus beautiful fabrics/notions along this sewing journey of mine!

Hi Jenny Every time you come on I feel refreshed. Your attitude is so sweet and encouraging... Your like my best friend ❤

I love mrs Jenny been watching for a long time. Love this pouch

Wonderful tutorial! So easy to make. One caution I would have is to make sure that where she says to measure from the seam out before cutting off excess is critical. I cut one side without doing that and as a result the seams don't match on the finished project...so this is my pouch now!!! But so easy to do and lots of choices and designs. Looking forward to making more of these pouches in a variety of sizes without having to follow a pattern. Thanks Jenny.

This was a fun tutorial, and very easy to follow. I ended up using just one piece of fabric, rather than scraps, and I quilted squares. It was beautiful. The only thing I didn’t like was that you could still see the raw edges inside, which made it seem unfinished. What I loved most was that she showed how to adjust a zipper length. Thanks!

I've been struggling with zippers. So glad to have watched this, and I'm going right to my sewing room and try it out. Thanks, Jenny! XO

Thank you for this easy pouch sewing tutorial. The instruction were clear.

I love the pouch. I had to make them for my daughter's bridesmaids.!!

Now I know how to put a zipper in a pouch??? Are you kidding me!? Now I know how to make my very own little makeup bags with zippers lol!!!😬 I just LOVE your videos, sometimes I even put you on for background noise while I'm quilting ❤

Just found Jenny. Just bought my first machine at 56 as a beginner!! Jenny seems like a nice lady. Thanks for the video!!