 Okay, now we've turned what was just product packaging into something that feels and sounds more like fabric It's pretty cool. You can sew it and everything So we're gonna take this is just a small zipper that I had so I'm gonna use this We're gonna make a little pencil bag real quick So you just need Seeing the old days. I would like to use all of this fabric. I kind of really want that we're heart says harvest snaps So I think I'm gonna cut here and here inside that line And just inside this line. Maybe you have a favorite snack That you want to use that would be cool a cute pencil bag All right, I want to I think put a little piece on each end of the zipper here So I'm going to just like that Just gonna eyeball it. I'm not measuring anything I'm not measuring a dang thing. All right, I've got the big sewing machine out This is a fof 1546 with a differential feed It's made to sew multiple layers of thick heavy fabric. I generally don't use it for something like Mixed media, but I have used it many many times on this vinyl fabric So I know it works great on this and bonus it already has white thread in it. So I don't have to re-thread anything Now if you're not familiar with sewing You don't sew on a machine. You definitely could do this by hand. There is nothing wrong with that And it's very very doable by hand. It's just going to take you a little longer All right So if you're doing this by hand or by machine first take your little scraps Put the right side of your vinyl fabric Next to the this is the right side of the zipper because the pull is right here right here So put the right side together And we're gonna don't hit this metal thing. We're going to sew a seam across the bottom of the zipper Right below that little metal stop. It's right there I do probably actually have to change my zipper foot, but again if you're using a If you're doing it by hand or using a different kind of machine do what's appropriate to your machine All right, so I'll show you what I mean in just a minute. Let me get this on here You certainly could pin things if you so choose. I'm not going to But you want to sew can you see that you want to sew right across here? Here's the little stop and you want to sew across here so that when you fold it back It looks like that And then I'm going to trim this to be the same width as the zipper Right and then we're going to do the same thing to this other end where the zipper pull is at Now because there's a zipper pull here. I'm going to pull it back just a little bit like this Just because it'll be easier to sew and I can ensure that that pull is not in my way And I'm not going to push the two ends of the zipper completely together I'm going to leave a little bit of a gap I think Like an eighth of an inch Or so I'm also not sewing very straight, but you know It's one of those days Okay, so now we have this on that side and again, I'm going to Trim it to the same width as the zipper I'm going to trim the extra vinyl fabric Most of it off leave about a quarter of an inch on either end Now we're going to take this whole piece right sides Of the zipper and it's little end pieces to the right side of our vinyl fabric And we are going to center it and then sew it down now This is like a vinyl-y plastic-y fabric now. So any holes you poke in it Are going to stay there. They're not going to go anywhere Um, so you want to use a longer stitch length And if you want to hold it down, of course, you could pin it or tape it You could also paper clip it. So I'm going to actually grab a couple of paper clips Paper clip it down Take the paper clips out. Um, before you sew everything together I'm going to take the camera down and give you a little bit different camera angle as I do this So I'm sewing the other side of the zipper in and I'm going to put coax that Zipper pull out of my way Okay, so I've taken the zipper And with right sides together, I sewed it down one side And then I sewed it down. I opened it and sewed it down the other side now Um, having it be open from here on out is kind of important If when you're trying to sew your zipper on your fabric because you've made a vinyl-y slippery plastic-y fabric Don't use pins because the more holes you poke in this The more holes will stay. They aren't going to go anywhere. Um to hold to center everything and hold it in place Use paper clips Um, you can sew the zipper in by hand. You don't have to do it by machine But if you're doing it by machine, just make sure you're using your zipper foot Um, it will aid you go slow Um, when you get down here to the end where the pull is If you're doing I can I haven't sewn the side yet so I can do this So when you're doing the first side We started at this end Sewed all the way down here before I got to where this little pull is I reached in here. I stopped with the needle in the down position And lifted the presser foot up and then opened up my zipper So the pull is out of my way and then I finished sewing when I went down the other end I sewed as far as I could to the pull again stopped with the needle in the down position lifted the presser foot up and pulled the Zipper pull again out of my way to finish sewing so that I can get a nice even line Before you do anything else though you want to open the zipper all the way. All right now We are going to take our sides of our fabric And this little piece at the end where we have that extra fabric I'm going to use my scissors. I'm going to close them and I'm going to poke that little extra piece of fabric We sewed to either end of the zipper up And pull this down tight And then I'm going to sew all the way down the side I could change zipper foots for this, but I'm not going to oops Guess what I ran out of bobbin thread Dang it Yes, I did. All right. I'm going to read thread that and I'll be back I said it wasn't going to change the bobbin thread. Well, I figured I had to change the I mean change the presser foot. Well, I had to change the bobbin thread So I figured I'd change the presser foot. All right So let's try that again. Shall we? Go back and forth at the beginning in the end just a little bit Don't do too much because again, you're going to poke holes in your fabric So again, I'm going to close this just a little bit I'm going to take my scissors and I'm going to poke them in right here So I can really lift this fabric up The little end piece of fabric I stuck on there. I'm going to pull this down And we're going to sew this down All right before you do anything else you want to trim your seams We're going to cut away a little bit of fabric at the corners do a little bit of a triangle Top and bottom I'm going to trim the seam allowance down to about an eighth of an inch This fabric is not going to ravel so you don't need to worry about it unraveling or anything You do want to be careful when you turn it right sides out because if anything If you're too rough with it you've made it into a fabric, but honestly, it's made out of packaging material So be careful All right now i'm going to reach in here gently and i'm going to open my zipper there all the way And then i'm going to Turn it right side out Just go slow It doesn't turn easily So you really just need to take your time with it I used to do a lot of these with coffee bean bags and then the bag just always smelled like coffee, which If you don't like the smell of coffee was bad, but I love the smell of coffee Okay, and i'm just sticking my finger in there to get the little corners up We're trying to You don't really want to use any of your standard corner Tools for popping out corners You really don't want to use anything more than your finger because again This is you've made it into a sturdier fabric than it was Originally as a potato chip bag, but it is still a potato chip bag. How cute is that? How cute is that little little pencil pouch? There you go So you could definitely sew this by hand and do all of the same things I did on the machine. Just do it by hand It's not hard. Um, just use a Nice strong sturdy needle and thread and take your time. That's all Have some fun with it And you definitely even could do this without turning it right inside out right side out You could do it with all the edges showing if you so wanted I'm going to give you a few more ideas this week and what you can do with this kind of fabric and this kind of material But here's one if you want to Experiment with your sewing machines and break out those sewing machines And your potato chip bags and combine the two look at the cute stuff you can make All right, that's it for right now Don't forget to like share and subscribe if you're not part of the my year 2017 facebook group Which is what this video is for and you want to join the link to that group my other facebook group My etsy shop if you want to support the channel my mailing address for happy mail all of that stuff's in the description So check it out. Um, and of course the most important thing Go out and have a great day. 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