One of your bag dudes here. As you can imagine, I make bags that are utilitarian in nature. Bags and cases to carry important electronic equipment, or safeguard something fragile and irreplaceable. I've been looking for a perfect pattern to make a travel case for my JBL Charge3 bluetooth speaker. This will fit the bill, although the dimensions are almost too tight. And I'll have to make it with a nice durable zipper. I"m a guy. We sometimes like overkill. When I told my ailing mother last year that I wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine, she suggested quilting, and bag making. I figured bags are utilitarian in nature. Sometimes, guys hate to admit it, but we do carry some form of purse. We call it a messenger bag, back pack, man bag, man purse or Murse. It doesn't matter to me. I've carried some kind of bag with my stuff in it since I was in the military. Old habits are hard to break. I've learned so much from watching and following along with your patterns. Thanks for all of your great tutorials.
Thank-you for such a detailed video. Great instructions! I love the way you not only give helpful hints, but also explain why they are important. I noticed you also remind the person watching to re-set the stitch size. Keep up the great work. From the video of your hands and your voice, you are young, but with lots of knowledge about sewing. A great video for beginners and those of us with gray hair.
By far, you give the best tutorials I've ever seen Sara! Love watching you sew!! You are very inspirational and look forward to all your creations! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for the tutorial. It is so helpful to see it in "the flesh" as opposed to just on paper. Your instructions are very clear and make it seem so easy. I always wondered how certain things are done and how you figured out all the steps is impressive. Thanks again.
Hi, thank you for great bag tutorials & making your patterns available to us for free. You are concise & to the point. I appreciate you giving the stitch lengths you used. Kudos to your videographer; they are very good.
I am inspired to make a box pouch now. Your fabrics and zipper are refreshing and cause me to smile as I follow along. Thank you for an enjoyable project. You are a very good instructor.
That was an amazing video. I've been doing quilting but I wanted to start doing bags And pouches And I found your channel and I am so lucky You explained everything so beautifully. Thank you
Just discovered your tutorial. Presented so well and such a lovely voice. And just the boxy bag I've been looking for. You make it look so easy - hope I do justice by your pattern and instructions. Thank you for being so generous via the pattern and SVG. Look forward to more of your tutorials. Thank you again.
Thank you for including in your download that all measurements are width X height. Almost no one does that and it is incredibly helpful to me. This is such a great project! I loved the video tutorial as well.
Hey there from a bag dude just learning how to make a bag. Thanks for your videos they are helping me a lot. Your a good teacher in your tutorials. You make me want to learn more. Keep up the great work.
Sara, you give fantastic tutorials for us to sew along with! I haven't made a box pouch but am certainly going to try this. Clear concise instructions for every step, perfectly focused photography make you a very classy professional teacher! X
Thanks sarah for this excellent tutorial. I just finished my first one and gave it to my friend for her birthday. The lace zipper adds such a feminine touch. She absolutely loved it! I appreciate all your great videos, patterns and information. 💕🧵✂️
A great tutorial. Thanks for your presentation. I made one with raw seams inside but wasn’t happy with it. Looks like I will be happy with my next one.
I so need to make one , but may need it longer in length :) My sister needs a knitting needle bag . I love this design and the ease of the sew out. Now to go on a zipper search. I have the cutest pink kitty and yarn ball fabric. Hope my pink zippers are long enough!
Love your demonstrations by far the best on you tube also great you let us have patterns I have always made separate linings for box pouches so an inavative way of attaching linings thanks again
Hi Sara - Awesome tutorial. I actually have those zippers and have used them in simple projects. Thanks for explaining how to sew them into a complex bag. I made a box pouch a few years ago and wish I had your tutorial back then. It would have been so much easier. Now that I have watched you make it, next one will be a lot better. I am going to use the soft and stable foam to my next one as well. It gives the bag a great shape looking at your bag. Great job. PS - I am a proud bag lady! 😊🧵
Genius! I have made box pouches before, but your method is WAY easier and I think will be a better finished product than those I have previously made. And for all of the bag dudes, wouldn't this be great in a manly fabric like camo or denim to be used for a shaving kit? Thinking about getting a head start on Christmas gifts for family members with toiletries included. Thank you Sara, for another great pattern.
At about 19:37 in the video, and in the pattern step 8 second paragraph -- I think I will sew the ends of the lining fabric together first and then sew the lining and exterior fabric all the way across. It should have the same result but be a bit easier to handle.
I am SEW happy I found your video Sara! I was wondering what unique hand made gift I could give my sewing/quilting friends and this bag is just PERFECT! I also have an embroidery machine, so I am going to experiment with adding machine embroidered designs to the side of the bag! Happy Thanksgiving!
I struggled with boxing the corners and sewing over the handle. Finally had to hand sew bits of it by hand because I kept breaking needles. But the project turned out well in the end.
hi Sarah, just a little message to say a massive thank you for all of your tutorials, they are so easy to follow and you have so much patience... quick question, can you tell me what you are using as your ironing/pressing mat? it looks great quality and easy to use. thank you again, from sunny England ;-]
Could you sew all the way across the lining at the boxed end before sewing to the outer and then do the shorter seam when attaching them instead of those very short seams on the lining?
Love this pattern. Does the pattern size need to be changed at all if I don't want to sew the lacy zipper on the bag? I have tons of regular vinyl zippers and would prefer to sew them in a more traditional way. Would I need to add or subtract anything from the top edge of the pattern to allow for a different zipper installation?
You can add a binding to a regular zipper and use it as she does. You can also add ribbon to the edges of a regular zipper? Make it the way you want it to look. Even just leave it as is! Cool utilitarian look!
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Your instructions are explicit, which I need! I was able to make one of these in one try! Love it Thanks
Thank you for providing the free download and SVG. I truly appreciate your generosity.
One of your bag dudes here. As you can imagine, I make bags that are utilitarian in nature. Bags and cases to carry important electronic equipment, or safeguard something fragile and irreplaceable. I've been looking for a perfect pattern to make a travel case for my JBL Charge3 bluetooth speaker. This will fit the bill, although the dimensions are almost too tight. And I'll have to make it with a nice durable zipper. I"m a guy. We sometimes like overkill. When I told my ailing mother last year that I wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine, she suggested quilting, and bag making. I figured bags are utilitarian in nature. Sometimes, guys hate to admit it, but we do carry some form of purse. We call it a messenger bag, back pack, man bag, man purse or Murse. It doesn't matter to me. I've carried some kind of bag with my stuff in it since I was in the military. Old habits are hard to break. I've learned so much from watching and following along with your patterns. Thanks for all of your great tutorials.
Steve Graham
You can even make a quilted/ foam backed draw string pouch if you find zippers a pain.
Thank you so much. The corners are a bit confusing but will replay & sew one soon.
Such an excellent video. Gives me all the info I need to be successful making this pouch. Thanks
Hello Sara, I wanted to thank you and tell you that you are a great teacher and I appreciate your thoroughness. GREAT JOB!
Hi Sara, I just run into your tutorials. You explain each step so well and how to sew the pattern parts on the machine. Great job!
This is adorable and just in time for the Holidays. You are a great teacher and thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful choice of fabrics!
I couldn’t sleep, so this was a great thing to watch at 4am. Thank you! I love your attention to detail. It’s very much appreciated.
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Your attention to detail is outstanding! Thank you for sharing your talent.
Thank-you for such a detailed video. Great instructions! I love the way you not only give helpful hints, but also explain why they are important. I noticed you also remind the person watching to re-set the stitch size. Keep up the great work. From the video of your hands and your voice, you are young, but with lots of knowledge about sewing. A great video for beginners and those of us with gray hair.
Im so grateful for these videos. Im 62 and just learning to sew
By far, you give the best tutorials I've ever seen Sara! Love watching you sew!! You are very inspirational and look forward to all your creations! Thanks for sharing!
Hi there thank you so much, your voice was so clear to understand how to follow, and i just love your free pattern thank you again
Very professional, attention to detail and beautiful choices for fabric
Thanks so much for the tutorial. It is so helpful to see it in "the flesh" as opposed to just on paper. Your instructions are very clear and make it seem so easy. I always wondered how certain things are done and how you figured out all the steps is impressive. Thanks again.
Hi, thank you for great bag tutorials & making your patterns available to us for free. You are concise & to the point. I appreciate you giving the stitch lengths you used. Kudos to your videographer; they are very good.
Thank you Sara. Your tutorial is very detailed and showing the stitching in progress is also helpful! LindaD
So great to have you back! And thanks for sharing this free pattern and the excellent tutorial.
I am inspired to make a box pouch now. Your fabrics and zipper are refreshing and cause me to smile as I follow along. Thank you for an enjoyable project. You are a very good instructor.
That was an amazing video. I've been doing quilting but I wanted to start doing bags And pouches And I found your channel and I am so lucky You explained everything so beautifully. Thank you
I love this bag and I have never seen a lace zipper. It is so pretty
Just discovered your tutorial. Presented so well and such a lovely voice. And just the boxy bag I've been looking for. You make it look so easy - hope I do justice by your pattern and instructions. Thank you for being so generous via the pattern and SVG. Look forward to more of your tutorials. Thank you again.
Thank you for including in your download that all measurements are width X height. Almost no one does that and it is incredibly helpful to me. This is such a great project! I loved the video tutorial as well.
Can’t find the free download to print. Please advise. Do wish to make.
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Hey there from a bag dude just learning how to make a bag. Thanks for your videos they are helping me a lot. Your a good teacher in your tutorials. You make me want to learn more. Keep up the great work.
Another great pattern and tutorial......thank you so much. Happy to see your back.
Love this pouch! Now to make a few for the men in my life. Thanks Sara ❤️
Thank you so much for the pattern! Made my first ever box pouch thanks to you!!! Can't wait to make more!!!
Sara, you give fantastic tutorials for us to sew along with! I haven't made a box pouch but am certainly going to try this. Clear concise instructions for every step, perfectly focused photography make you a very classy professional teacher! X
Love these lace zippers! I am going to use this pattern as my beginner bag. It looks great!
Thanks sarah for this excellent tutorial. I just finished my first one and gave it to my friend for her birthday. The lace zipper adds such a feminine touch. She absolutely loved it! I appreciate all your great videos, patterns and information. 💕🧵✂️
💗Thank you Sara for evertthing you do for us all 💗
Welcome back Sara! Thanks again for another great pattern. You are an inspiration with your creativity!
I must make this! I have not sewn a zipper project in years. This is so cute and great tutorial! Thanks!
Great little bag, love the lace zip and lemon fabric. Thank you for the tutorial ☺️👍☺️
Thank you, thank you. Great teaching.
I loved this video. You have an amazing calm way of teaching. I am so happy I found you. I can’t wait to bake emits pouch .Thank you!
Thank you so much Sara for the valuable time that you always give us, love this pattern and I’m crazy in love with that zipper!!! 💚
Incredibly clear, thorough and easy to follow! Thank you! Hugs😊👌💕❤️
Thank you for this tutorial! ❤️ watching you work. I am a newbie to sewing anything but quilts.
Wow, Sara. Super skills. Must be ancestral memory.
A little extra fussing but the finished inside seams are worth the time. Made many pouches with only served inside seams. This looks much nicer. Thanx
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much for this
Love this tutorial. Im in love with the zipper.
Thank you for the pattern! It will make a great gift.
Love the Lemon fabric.. Thank you for this pattern.
Love every one of your videos!!!! Thank you so much for all you do. You are an inspiration!
That yellow is so rich. Love it.
Your directions are easy to follow
A great tutorial. Thanks for your presentation. I made one with raw seams inside but wasn’t happy with it. Looks like I will be happy with my next one.
Such attention to detail!
Excellent tutorial! Well done.
I so need to make one , but may need it longer in length :) My sister needs a knitting needle bag . I love this design and the ease of the sew out. Now to go on a zipper search. I have the cutest pink kitty and yarn ball fabric. Hope my pink zippers are long enough!
Love your demonstrations by far the best on you tube also great you let us have patterns I have always made separate linings for box pouches so an inavative way of attaching linings thanks again
SUPERBE ! LOVE It ❤️❤️❤️Merci beaucoup pour tous tes tutos ! Have a great day !
So nice to hear your voice and see you back!!! Hello from 104 degree Orangevale, CA.
These box pouch make nice pill bag for people ,that take their pills to doctors appointment
Thank you for the pattern and the tutorial, you always make it look so easy or should I say sew easy 🤗😍😘
This bag is fantastic! Thanks for sharing .
Hey,thanks for sharing.I have learnt a lot of tips from you.all the best.
Thank you for the video and free pattern. I hope I can figure out how to put in a regular zipper for masculine bags.
Thanks so much for the tutorial !! Your videos are the best !!
You make it look sew easy!!! Thank you for your videos!
such a fun easy make
thank you so much for making clear instructions and perfectly boxed ends x
Welcome back. Love the pouch. Thanks.
Beautiful fabrics! Thank you Sara for this pattern and tutorial. You make it look so easy!!!
Love it!! Good to have you back!
Fab tutorial as always. Thank you Sara ☆
Awesome job Sara, I love the pouch
Love this pattern and I can't wait to make it. I was unable to download the PDF. Thanks for sharing with us, Sara.
Hi Sara - Awesome tutorial. I actually have those zippers and have used them in simple projects. Thanks for explaining how to sew them into a complex bag. I made a box pouch a few years ago and wish I had your tutorial back then. It would have been so much easier. Now that I have watched you make it, next one will be a lot better. I am going to use the soft and stable foam to my next one as well. It gives the bag a great shape looking at your bag. Great job.
PS - I am a proud bag lady! 😊🧵
So EXCITED to do this project!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Semplicemente perfetta nelle spiegazioni. Complimenti sinceri!
Thanks, great tutorial as always. And I love the cheerful colours of your fabric and zipper. Will make a pouch asap :)
Love the pattern. Thanks Sara
Great video Sara. Thank you 💕
Genius! I have made box pouches before, but your method is WAY easier and I think will be a better finished product than those I have previously made. And for all of the bag dudes, wouldn't this be great in a manly fabric like camo or denim to be used for a shaving kit? Thinking about getting a head start on Christmas gifts for family members with toiletries included. Thank you Sara, for another great pattern.
Charlene Jutras Great idea, Charlie!
yes i agree
Really cool pouch!
Thanks Sara! I’ve been wanting to use one of those zippers! Hope you are doing well
Hello, thank you for your great tutorials
beautiful thank you will try it have a bunch of the lace zippers
At about 19:37 in the video, and in the pattern step 8 second paragraph -- I think I will sew the ends of the lining fabric together first and then sew the lining and exterior fabric all the way across. It should have the same result but be a bit easier to handle.
I am SEW happy I found your video Sara! I was wondering what unique hand made gift I could give my sewing/quilting friends and this bag is just PERFECT! I also have an embroidery machine, so I am going to experiment with adding machine embroidered designs to the side of the bag! Happy Thanksgiving!
So good to see you!!
Love the fabric
Beautiful. .love it!
Very beautiful 😊thank you
Very very nice 🌹thank you 🌺
I struggled with boxing the corners and sewing over the handle. Finally had to hand sew bits of it by hand because I kept breaking needles. But the project turned out well in the end.
Super chouette ! thanks
Thank you
What kind of machine do you have? It looks so easy to work with. Great video!
Fantastic tutorial! I love how detailed you are. I have a question. What is the purpose of leaving that half inch unsewn?
On step 8 you sew the exterior and lining separately so leaving a gap enables them to be split for sewing
A great pattern and tutorial. I can't print the pattern so I would like to know the measurements so I can cut without the paper pattern.
Thank you, Sara!!! xox
SO CUTE THANK YOU!!
hi Sarah, just a little message to say a massive thank you for all of your tutorials, they are so easy to follow and you have so much patience... quick question, can you tell me what you are using as your ironing/pressing mat? it looks great quality and easy to use. thank you again, from sunny England ;-]
She is using a wool mat. Very nice to use & makes fabrics very flat especially when quilting.
I think this will make the perfect pouch for a bee sting kit since my daughter is allergic. I'll have everything she need in one place
It’s great to see you back and thank you for this beautiful pattern. Can’t wait to try it! Where do you get the lace zipper from?
You can order them from Amazon
Sarah, can i use waterproof fabric for this project and if so, do you iron on shapeflex using a cloth and a cooler iron
Thank you for the tutorial! If using a mormal zipper, should I add the width of the zipper tape to dimensions of the pattern?
If you want to attach it on top like the lace zipper you can follow the pattern as is.
Could you sew all the way across the lining at the boxed end before sewing to the outer and then do the shorter seam when attaching them instead of those very short seams on the lining?
Hello, I cut the pattern and I noticed that one side is about 1/4 inch wider than the other side. Is this correct? Thank you!
Love this pattern. Does the pattern size need to be changed at all if I don't want to sew the lacy zipper on the bag? I have tons of regular vinyl zippers and would prefer to sew them in a more traditional way. Would I need to add or subtract anything from the top edge of the pattern to allow for a different zipper installation?
You can add a binding to a regular zipper and use it as she does. You can also add ribbon to the edges of a regular zipper? Make it the way you want it to look. Even just leave it as is! Cool utilitarian look!