Vicki, I really love how you explain, so clearly and at a normal speed, as if we were together and you would teach me. Thank you. Love your style! !!!! I am so thrilled to learn from YOU!!!!

Just love your tutorials! I’ve learned so much making my hand crocheted bags. I’m so proud of myself for being able to add a zipper panel to my crocheted bag. Thank you for sharing your business card with me at my local Walmart in Las Vegas. You’ve been a godsend.

Your video is too good for a beginner. I was always skeptical of doing this and here comes this video which makes it so very easy. DHANYAWAAD. I e thank you a ton

Your video popped up as I've been watching recessed zipper tutorials. Everyone seems to have a different way to do this type of zipper. I had wondered if I could sew a zipper panel to an existing bag. I am thankful that you gave tips on how to measure the zipper panel and how long to leave the zipper tape (I always cut them too short). It's perfect information to have when adding a recessed zipper panel to a bag I'm making that doesn't have a zipper closure. I think I may do mine a tad different if it's a narrower panel (because I find it difficult to turn fabrics inside out) in that I will fold 3 sides in to enclose the raw edges. I also like the idea of folding back the zipper tape instead of bending it out to 90% angle It was a great video and I love your sew caddy. I need one - not only for small supplies, but my machine's plastic feet have broken off, so I need to protect my table. Ty for posting this video and keeping it up. It was helpful.

Omg! You are a fantastic teacher! I’m new to bag making and I found your thoroughness a great help.

Thanks for your very clear tutorial ,I follow all your video You're such a great teacher.(I,m not professional sewer i just love sewing and i enjoy making my own bags)i've learned a lot from you Ms Vicki😊👍🏻🌷

Thank you for all your tutorials and generosity. You show all the details. Thanks

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm making my first bag, the Ethel, and I am going to incorporate this zipper into my bag. ; )

If I could I would hug your neck!!! I am a newbie to zippered bags! Zippers have intimated me for so long. I watched literally dozen videos on how too. I have been so frustrated because I have had to start over several times. The thread picker stays out on my sewing table. But YOU made putting a zipper in where I could follow it and understand the instructions. I did have an awful time turning the zipper with side tabs outside right. But it made a beautifully finished zipper!! I am so proud of my finished diaper bag for my grand daughter! Thank You!!

So happy i found your channel, you have inspired me to work with zippers in projects. My first exposure to sewing was a queen size pieced by hand quilt, 30 +/- yrs ago. Every piece was cut and stitched like colonial times. I bought a straight stitch machine after that. Love your work, and eye for color on projects are beautiful workmanship.

What a great video! I never knew you could add a zipper after a bag was completed. Also, I like how when you do something and you look at the camera and say, "You don't have to do this." You are very creative!

Thank you so much! This is the clearest instructions ever!

thank you so much i like your tutorial you show every detail of it .

So grateful for this tutorial...I just finished a medium sizes tote and forgot about the magnetic snap, then i find you i'm so pleased to say I completed your tutorial and now know how to instal a zipper in a finished tote ...huge love

Oh wow! thank you sooo much for sharing how to do that......I've just made my very first bag and now I'm going to put a zipper in it! X

You may not know it but you are a genius! I only wish the sound was better, but honestly, I don't care. I'm just excited to try this zipper method, thank you!

I came across your video as I was researching recessed zippers. It was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you so much! You gave me some great ideas and I subscribed to your channel. Love the bag too!

Thank you for sharing, the way I did mine was I pulled the zipper pull all the way down and just did one side was much easier to pull through

LOL, I've been searching how to actually add a recessed zipper to my already finished Yankees tote bag and after over an hour of searching, I found your video... Thank you. Love the fabric you chose also.

Thank you for taking time and effort to share this easy-to-follow tutorial. I will certainly try to master this zipper method! Must say - it's very refreshing to allow the little mishaps, we all experience in our sewing rooms, to be shown on camera. Will subscribe for that very reason - shows what REAL life is like!

What an amazing tutorial, you have explained many aspects that I have been wanting to know. I also make jewellery so the little hanging beads is a great idea, and gives a really lovely finish to your lovely bag. I look forward to watching more of your tutorials, you explain everything so clearly it is easy to understand.

Great video! I love that you always give tips and tricks and explanations throughout!

Your directions make it so easy to follow and to make. I was able to put a zipper in one of my totes I made a couple years ago. Thank you Lynn.

Thank you so much for sharing your skill. I am new to bag making & this tutorial was very helpful. I watch it over & over every time I put in a zipper.

You're my sewing hero! You explain things so accurately. Your videos are gold. Much success!

I love your sewing caddy! Brilliant. I have watched this video several times and am still trying to get my zipper panel to fit properly, this is the first time I noticed your caddy. 👍.

Love this tutorial and all the extra embellishment detail suggestions. You are an amazing teacher and I learned a lot💓I like the little loop at the end of the zipper tab too.

Thanks for the tutorial. I just came across your channel trying to find a tutorial for lining a crochet bag with a zipper closure. I love the attention to detail as you sew your bag. I would love to learn to make the bag you are making in this tutorial. Thank you again for posting the fantastic tutorial

Loving the technique

Hi Vicky I am new to sewing and quilting and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your amazing tutorials. I have just finished making the zipper closure on a tote (pulling the zipper through wasn't so bad) and it looks fabulous. You have inspired me and given me such confidence to enjoy the process of making many more😃. If I did not live so far from your home (southern tip of Africa)😳, I would love to thank you in person. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you. I plugged in my headphones and I can hear you now. Great job in making the bags.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was so helpful and now I'm going to try adding a zipper to the bag I just made. Hope it turns out as well as yours did.

que bonita te quedo la bolsa gracias por compartir este tutorial felicidades me gusto mucho

Wonderful video. I so needed this one. I have a bag I want to add a zipper to and will try this. Love to see this bag done as a tutorial sometime. And can never get enough info on doing zippers. Thanks again for doing this one. Enjoy your channel very much.

You are the best tutorial I have come across yet!!!! Your soft voice and expertise in sewing is impeccable. I will definitely recommend you to friends and will keep close in following your future videos. Thanks for all your info!!!

Thank You For A Great Tutorial - So Easy To Fallow - Calif USA -

love the video best one yet thank you Vicki Lee

Lynne, I love your bags. You are a great teacher. I miss you.

Vicky, your zipper tutorial has been more than helpful for many of my unfinished Totes, thank you, and please keep on having these kind of Tutorials on finishing with style simple projects, thanks again from La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴, South America.

Thank you for the great tutorial !! I love that you can do this on an existing tote bag. (Few other tutorials that I looked at start with a bag that doesn’t have the lining in yet…)

Excellent project, made two already and with beads in the tabs, just beautiful! Excellent ideas! Quilter from La Paz, Bolivia, South America 🌹

Thank You, it was exactly what I was looking for. Your a great teacher. I learn a lot.

I am so inspired by your tutorials! thanks so much for sharing ☺

Vicki thank you for replying. I really enjoyed your video and this weekend i will be checking out more of your videos. I want to thank you for your time and helping us to learn. Thank you. Have a nice day.

I'm so happy that I found you video. I've made a couple bags with magnetic snap closings, but wanted to know how to add a zipper instead of a snap. I hope you do a video showing how to make the entire bag, with all the pockets. I'm going to be adding the zipper to a bag I just finished and hope it turns out as well as yours. You explained it so well. Thank you.

at last I can now put zippers in my bags, many thanks you made it so easy with clear instructions.

O love your videos. Thank you.I am making a purse now .

Excellent! Thank you so very much!

This was Sooo helpful. I am in the process of designing a purse and this is one the features I have been thinking about adding. You made it very easy and your instructions were wonderful! Love the idea of the loop on the end of the zipper for a bit of beading or whatever. That's the kind of thing I love to add to my projects. Thank you so much for posting this! :) Look forward to more of your videos! :)

oh my goodness! thank you thank you thank you, you have just turned my fear of zippers around.

Thank you I always wanted to learn the zipper on a bag.Thanks.

Very inspired by your tutorial. Every detail was covered completely, which was very helpful. Nice work.

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

Like your idea with the end of zipper! Clever thinking!

I absolutely loved this video! So much detail goes into showing us each step, especially for me who is completely new to sewing. I love watching all your videos, I still have a lot left to watch. How long have you been sewing for?

💁🏼✂️Lynne you're a wealth of information & inspiration for all us bag makers! Thanks so much!💜

I sill miss your videos and keep hoping you will start making them again! I learn so much and at a slow and patient speed. Hope you are well in these crazy times!

Vicki, you are a great teacher, I love this lesson, Izzy

You are a very good teacher, thank you!

14:23 > the joys of sewing (NOT). If patience is not one of your strong points, then sewing may not be for you, or maybe sewing could teach you patience. I think it has helped me with my patience. Praise God!

Thank you for your video. Gives me insight on how to add zippers to totes that have no zippers.

I've been enjoying your tutorials. Some good tips. One thing I do with zippers when they are overlong, such as the one you have shown, is to use my edge-joining foot to both install and top stitch the zipper. The flange on the foot really helps. I just adjust my needle position as needed. If you don't have the edge joining foot, most machine accessories include the blind hem foot or an overcast foot which will also work. I think I've watched most of your videos. I think you would be a good Craftsy instructor. Something like: Bag Tips, Tricks, and Finishing Touches.

Vicki, thank you for sharing this tutorial with us. I finally found a nice looking bag that is a beginner's bag, so I chose it to be my first bag. The only reason I have not shopped for the materials and started it is because it has no closure. That is a disaster waiting to happen for losing items from your handbag when shopping. Thanks to you that will not happen now.

AgainL you did it !!! You made it look so simple ...thank you Lynne and I would love love if you make that bag tutorial !! Looking forward to continuing making your bags !!!!!

Lynn this was great! Thank you for the great tut!!

I am so thankful that I came across this tutorial. Indeed a very useful tutorial! I learnt that a zipper panel can be added even after the bag is stitched. Just a few days back a friend of mine asked me if a zipper could be attached to a bag that she just bought and I was wondering as to how to do it. I am really thankful to you for sharing this. Do you have a tutorial for this wonderful bag also? If not please do share. Thanks💗💗💖💞💕

I absolutely live this video. Love that you pay attention to your dog!

I love this bag... you are a great instructor

you are really very good and what i like is you are real. you use regular machine , regular ruller and few expensive tools to show that we can make wonderful bags with basic toolsthanks again for all good tutorials

i was wondering how to make that kind of zip onto a bag and when scrolling along the craft video i came across yours.. thank you very much for the tutorial. love from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia..

Hi Lynne, another great video!

Yes please I would love to make this bag.

you r simply amazing. thanks for such a nice tutorial. Love and hugs from Pakistan

Thank you for this great tutorial it is a big help

would love to see you make that Tow and thank you so much for showing how to do zippers

such clear instructions! I am going to try this.

great, great, great, thank u and what kind of interfacing and stabilizer r u using.

Hi Vicky love this tutorial i would love to make the tidy all pockets you have hanging from your machine would it be possible for you to do tutorial on that please xx

Very cool tutorial! I'm going to try it. Thank you 😊

thanks you answered all my questions about bags.

Hi... I am a quilter but I just love your bags... Just came across your videos today and I love them... You explain your process with your bags very well... I love the look.... Can't wait to get into more of your videos on the weekend and hope to make one of your bags.. Thank you... by the way the sound is not very loud.. but maybe with my headphones I will be able to hear you better... Happy sewing..

Beautiful work!

Thanks for the helpful detailed reply.

Hi Lynne, I've been watching your videos, lately and loving them. I wanted to ask if you made the quilted pad under your machine, I bought one, and I'm not real happy with it, maybe you could share how you made yours.

have another questions do you have a tutorial for the handle on that green bag

Very helpful video, thank you for sharing 😀

I just found you on KZfaq and I would like to know if you have a tutorial for the bag itself. I really like it a lot. I would also add the zipper when I made it. I like to have my bags closed so that I don't lose anything should my bag get tipped over. Thank you for this very informative tutorial.

Thank you for sharing! You do very nice work. You also have such a nice machine, I feel compelled to offer this tip: I notice you pulling on your machine thread while the presser foot is down at 14:47 - notice your needle bending? Foot should remain up whenever you pull out the thread, otherwise you could damage the needle. I used to make that mistake myself until I trained myself to remember to leave the foot up.

Thank you for a great tutorial! Love the bag, do you have a tutorial or pattern for it?

Hi happy to have found you. Can't wait to see your other vids. I Need all the tips n tricks to make things easy &keeping things fun. Thank you. Oh I thought is mention just in case you aren't aware. The recording volume is really low. Have a blessed day, see you again soon! Oh, by the way not sure what foot your using but I just love it. Yes. I'd really enjoy making this TOTE! I'm digging the fabric u have used. Would it include the gusseted section your adding now? FUNNESS😊

Thanks a million! What model is your Janome? It looks like it handles thick bags very well!

Your detailed instructions are very clear and helpful. However, this method would be difficult for projects using oilcloth. Can it be adapted. If so how?

would like also to see how you made your sewing machine mat

hi lynne. still watching your videos. you are such a good teacher so calm and relaxed, you make me want to try all the bags. do you remember where you got the cup fabric i just love it. i am in UK though. keep up the videos your great. also i think your hair looks great. happy sewing.

Nice, clear and at a good pace. Many videos are way too fast!! Thanks so much!

Wonderful idea

Have you any tips for making zipper panels in oil cloth? Pulling through would be very difficult using that material.

Did you make the tassel? This bag is really pretty!

Hi, I just found your videos and I really like it. You are a very good teacher. Do you have a pattern for this bag? I am very interested in buying a pattern. I saw that it has been a while since you have made a video. I hope you have not stopped making them. Thank you.

Hi Lynn, loved yet another one of your amazing tutorials ! I'm curious, do you have a tutorial for your "Valorie" bag or would you have the pattern on your facebook ? I love all your bags and have made most of them ... thanks as you have taught me how to create amazing bags, one thing I also say to myself before sewing in the lining "If you see just UGLY & UGLY you are sewing the lining correctly" saved me many, many times !