Zippered Pouches

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about making a plastic bottle case. Well, I realized that although the bottles were cheap (free), the zippers cost around $2, $2 something at the dry goods store. . . not cheap at all. Luckily, I'm into swap meet and garage sale shopping, so I added "zippers" to my list of things to look for. 

I found this beat-up pouch at a Kalaheo Project Grad garage sale.  Look at the zippers!  Cute yah!  And got three!  The pouch cost me less than $1. 

I got to thinking that I should use the zippers on something other than just plastic bottles, so I went online to look for ideas. 



I found directions on how to make a pencil case! You can find the instructions here. 


So perfect yah!  I bought the material at a garage sale in Hawaii Kai.  The girl had packs of assorted 1/2 yard pieces for $2 per pack.


Here's another pencil case that I made with material from the same girl.  The green zipper I found at the swap meet.  It was 50 cents.  The glass bead is from a bracelet that I took apart, also from the swap meet.


I just finished this pouch last night. I made it for Leslie. I took apart a drawstring bag that I'd had in the closet for around 15 years. The material is still in good shape. It actually had some brown spots on it, but I used the method taught by Honolulu Aunty to Kay of Musings to get rid of them.


I'm having fun sewing again. Wonder how long it'll last. We'll see.