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“S” is for Shamrock Pouches

February 19, 2013

Sew: shamrock pouches
Easy to sew drop cloth pouch with appliqued shamrock on front and green zipper closure.

The lining even matches the cute shamrocks:

 

And now for the best part, fill the pouches with fun goodies for kids (and adults!):
I made 10 for friends and cousins:
A really fun, festive and useful gift for St. Patrick’s Day.

 

Here’s how to make the shamrock pouches:
1. Materials:
1-exterior drop cloth @ 6″ x 12″
1-green plaid lining @ 6″ x 12″
1-med. weight fusible interfacing @ 6″ x 12″
1-5″green zipper (I buy my zippers from here.)
grosgrain shamrock ribbon
I used dish towels for the lining, remove the hem stitching:
2. Make shamrock appliques:
Apply fusible interfacing to wrong side of green plaid, make a template, trace and cut out shamrocks:
3. Apply interfacing to wrong side of drop cloth, pin shamrock in center at one end and zig zag stitch in place:

 

4. To add zipper place drop cloth right side up, zipper right side down at one end then lining:
Sew with zipper foot then top stitch lining:

 

5. Repeat process for other side and your piece should look like this:

 

6. Sew side seams, be sure to leave a 4″ opening at one side of lining.
Then miter corners and trim.
7. Turn right side out and slip stitch opening closed:
Push lining down into pouch, press and add grosgrain ribbon to zipper pull:

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Filed Under: DIY, GIFTS, GIFTS, KIDS, POUCHES, SEASONAL, SEW, SEWING, SPRING, ST. PATRICK'S DAY17 Comments

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  1. Our Pinteresting Family says

    February 19, 2013 at 12:24 PM

    These are so cute, Jamie. 🙂

    Reply
    • Judith Dembowski says

      March 15, 2020 at 11:04 PM

      I love these bags!! I’m too late to make them for St Patrick’s day so I think I will make some for Easter. I’ll order stuff from Omaha Trading to fill them with! Thank you so much. ❤

      Reply
  2. cheebo says

    February 23, 2013 at 11:47 PM

    I love your blog! I am so blessed by your creativity. thank you so much for openly posting your ideas and how- tos. This is one of the best blogs I've came across! Thanks so
    much and may god continue to bless all that you do.

    Reply
    • Judith Dembowski says

      March 15, 2020 at 11:06 PM

      Amen to that!❤

      Reply
  3. [email protected] says

    February 25, 2013 at 2:33 AM

    What a great gift — even before you added the goodies! So cute!

    Reply
  4. Katy Li says

    March 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM

    love it Jaime, this is so creative. Okay I've got to make a couple of these pouches out of some lobster fabric I have, and I'm trying to figure out the zipper part. how close to the end of the zipper do you run the zipper foot? I'm kinda bad at this. lol are the ends free floating or do you stitch them down?

    Reply
  5. Katy says

    March 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM

    oh sorry I was signed in with my wrong account, it's me ! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Betty F. says

    March 8, 2016 at 7:51 PM

    These are so cute, I think I may have to make them!

    Reply
  7. Carol says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:03 PM

    where is the link to the shamrock applique?

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      February 9, 2018 at 1:06 PM

      Hi Carol, I don’t have a specific link for the applique. Google shamrock clip art and pick your style 🙂

      Reply
      • Carol says

        February 9, 2018 at 1:44 PM

        Thank You.!

        Reply
  8. Kristad15 says

    March 18, 2018 at 9:04 AM

    Do you have a close up picture of how to miter the bottom corners of the pouch?

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      March 18, 2018 at 11:07 AM

      There is a detailed photo of the mitered corner in my post here – scroll down to around Step 8. https://jaimecostiglio.com/2015/04/from-work-apron-to-zippered-pouch.html
      Hope that helps!

      Reply
  9. Diane says

    March 6, 2021 at 10:53 AM

    What is a drop cloth?

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      March 11, 2021 at 10:52 AM

      Hi Diane, A drop cloth is a heavy canvas typically used for painting to protect the floor from splatters etc. It’s a relatively inexpensive source for a big piece of canvas.

      Reply

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