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Two Zip Hipster Pattern

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Category:

Sewing

Type:

Accessory

Fit:

Girls, Women

Item:

Bag

Skill Level:

Intermediate

Basic Skills Necessary:

How to use your sewing machine: How to change your stitch length, seam allowances, etc.
It's helpful to have already made a simple bag before, but not entirely necessary

Pattern Description:

15 page full color tutorial with photos
17 pages of computer generated pattern pieces (9 pattern pieces total, must be printed and taped together)
Dimensions provided as well as pattern pieces
Detailed construction and zipper instructions

This is the bag everyone has been waiting for! The perfect size for shopping hands-free or taking just-enough-but-not-too-much to that summer outing. People will ask you where you got your designer handbag. Zippers are not scary! 15 pages of full color, tutorial style instructions will walk you through exactly how to install the zips. Learn how to install a wide-opening inset zipper, a technique you can out into use on many other bags as well. The front of the bag features a slip pocket for whatever you need handy and a secure zipper pocket for your phone or wallet. The special front pocket construction allows the pocket to lay flat and keeps the bulk out of the seams. The adjustable strap gives you the option of wearing this cross body or just on one shoulder, and the method of construction allows you to get a full strap out of just a single yard of fabric!

This bag will easily carry your e-reader or trade paperback!

Sizing / Finished Measurements:

11" tall, 9" wide, 1.5" deep with a 30"-56" adjustable strap

Materials:

Main Fabric - 1 yard
Lining Fabric - 2/3 yard
20" fusible interfacing - 2 1/2 yards
20" sew-in interfacing - 1 yard
Bag hardware: 1.5" rectangle + 1.5" slider
14" or longer zipper + 9" or longer zipper

You Will Also Need:

Size 80/12 or 90/14 needles
Rotary cutter & mat or ruler & scissors to measure strap piece

Pattern Reviews

Average Review (of 2 reviews)

Wow - so easy, fun, functional, and professional looking! April 3, 2013

JulieKSU91

I cannot believe how impressed I am with myself having made one of these bags! Even my hubby keeps saying he can't believe I made it; he's usually not really impressed with my sewing and quilting!

Erin is an a.maz.ing instructor! I hated sewing in zippers before this project and let me say I am no longer scared!!! I did happen to get the upper zipper flipped, which was no fault of Erin's. I thought I had it correct according to the photo, but I didn't listen to her text - bad sewer! But she saved me by telling me in the next step to check the zipper before moving on. That was the *only* time I had to get out the seam ripper - a record for me on a project and amazing considering the number of steps to make this!

The only other mistake I did, again because I didn't pay attention, was to sew both open ends of the strap to the same side rather than just one. All it took to fix it was cutting one end off so I could then feed it through the adjustment hardware. Only I really know the "leftover" is there.

Erin's directions are not only clear and concise, but she puts the directions right by the photos, which are step-by-step and so informative. Her patten pieces are so well marked, too! If you have to join pieces of paper, she has matching shapes (different on each one) to line them up. She also has the piece letter and its finished dimensions, the grain line, plus how many of each fabric/interfacing to cut out. Brilliant!

I came into this project from an extremely frustrating, but should-have-been-simple project where I also purchased a PDF pattern (for nearly the same price as the 2ZH). I was so relieved to see how wonderful a pattern designer Erin is!

I plan to make many more of these as gifts and also in other fabrics for myself. I also cannot wait to purchase more of Erin's projects.

This bag turns out incredibly professional looking. To get an equivalent bag I would have had to have paid $40-50.

Also, Erin's choice of interfacing and stabilizer is spot on. She even suggests certain machine needles, which made ALL the difference when sewing this - especially at the end when I needed to go through layers and layers of fabric. I was ready for my needle to snap, but nope, thanks to Erin!

I've been using this bag for about a week now and I get so many compliments on it. Some people don't know what my alma mater's mascot is (the fabric), but they love the design of the bag! It's so comfortable to use, too!

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Fantastic pattern! January 20, 2013

katili

This pattern was very well written, with clear and easy to understand instructions. I'd never done an inset zipper like this or an adjustable strap, but the pattern explained it all very well.