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Zipper Top Notions Pouch Workshop

  • Bolt Fabric Boutique 2904 Northeast Alberta Street Portland, OR, 97211 United States (map)

Tuesday, July 21st
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Level 1: You can thread a sewing machine and sew a straight line.


Conquer your first zipper installation in this notions pouch sewing workshop! Students will make one small (8½“ x 5½“) and one medium (11” x 7½“) pouch. They can be used as travel bags, storing knitting/crochet supplies, or holding your sewing notions for future projects.

Taught by Christiane Winter, accomplished sewist of many bag samples for Bolt and other shops around town!

    • How to thread and operate a sewing machine

    • Using interfacing to strengthen and pad fabric

    • Preparing zipper tabs

    • Boxing corners to allow a bag to stand up

    • ¼ yard exterior fabric: lightweight canvas works well

    • ¼ yard lining fabric: quilting cotton or Essex 

    Both the small pouch and medium size pouches can be cut from 1/4 yard of the fabrics. However, if you end up sewing the two sizes, different exterior and lining fabrics might be more fun.

    • ¼ yard Pellon® 987F fusible fleece

    • Zipper tape 

    For small pouch: ¼ yard

    For medium pouch: ½ yard

    • 2 #5 zipper pulls

This is a Level 1 class. Read more about our class levels here! Ages 18 and up.

Our classroom is on the second floor and is currently only accessible by stairs. We are working on a solution to make our space accessible to everyone. Thanks for your understanding and patience while we work this out. You may e-mail us at classes@boltfabricboutique.com if you have any questions about this process.

Our cancellation policy can be found
here.

This class requires a minimum of 3 participants. The class may be subject to cancellation if the minimum enrollment is not achieved. In that circumstance your class fee will be refunded.