American Express

I have been wanting to make a cutlery pouch for work for quite a while and i am also wanting to add a metal straw. Now it's sitting on my desk reminding me of all of the pretty fabric i have at home waiting to be sewn!

Download The Cutlery Pouch Sewing Pattern pieces.

This pattern is easy to cut out and sew! You can sew a bunch of these pouches fast by using my Quick Sew pouch tutorial

Please be aware this tutorial is for personal use. If you love this tutorial and want a easy to print (full PDF pattern) version and to sell the purses you make from this pattern, you can purchase the Tutorial to PDF Pattern Bundle + Bonuses

For this pouch you will need continuous zipper tape and zipper pull or a 10" zipper.

Cut 2 pouch pieces in exterior fabric, 2 pieces lining fabric and 4 pieces fusible interfacing (SF101 or similar).

cutlery pouch sewing tutorial

Fuse interfacing to each piece of the fabric, 2 exterior and 2 lining pieces.

Place the zipper right side down along the top of the exterior piece of the pouch and place the lining piece on the wrong side of the zip. The zip will be in the sandwiched in between of these pieces along the top. leave 1″- 2″ wriggle room to put your zipper pull on one end.

See my continuous zipper video HERE to learn how to put a zipper pull on.

Sew along the top of the pouch 1/4" from the edge however you can use a zipper foot and sew close to the zipper teeth if you like. I stitch all the way down the length of the zipper. Open out and press these and attach the other sides of the pouch exterior and lining being careful to line up with the previous sides.

Open out and press these too. At this stage top stitch along the top near the zippers on each side.

On the side you are putting your zipper pulls on, cut a V like shown, it doesn't have to be perfect. I do it this way as i find it easier to hold the zipper tape.

Place one side of the zip though the zipper pull hole and the other side in as far as it will go, hold like shown use your other hand to pull the zipper pull.

Ensure the zipper pull is in the middle of the case.

Place the lining pieces and exterior pieces right sides together. Face the teeth of the zip towards the lining (See above), this is important for the zip to sit correctly.