One Side Zipper Tape Purse

Instructions

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Take to rectangles pin right sides together

Stitch ½” seam allowance along the edge and across the

bottom

Or fold a retangular piece of fabric in half.

Stitch across the bottom edge

Roll out zipper coil 2x’s finished length across the top of

the finished purse, plus a ½”.

Use only 1 side of the zipper coil.

Take the zipper and line it up

against the top edge of the purse.

Small side of zipper teeth is face up.

Allow ½” of zipper tape extra to lap

off end of the fabric.

With zipper foot stitch

close to zipper teeth, ½”

seam allowance, keeping

zipper tape lined up on

the edge of the purse

top.

As you approach seam

allowance for side of

purse, press seal

allowance flat and

continue to stitch zipper

tape to the end of the top

edge.

Here is the top of the purse with one side of the zipper

stitched on. Side edge is not finished.

Match zipper teeth together, with coarse side of zipper

face up. One end of the zipper coil can be cut shorter, to

help slide on zipper slider easily.

Slide the zipper slider onto the longer end of the zipper

coil large end, then slide in to the shorter side of the coil.

Pull it until it clicks, pull slide a little.

Turn fabric wrong side

out and stitch the open

seam closed using a ½”

seam allowance.

Stitch ½” seam allowance

up to and over the zipper

teeth. Go slow when

stitching over the zipper

teeth. Do back tack, so

edge of zipper does not

come open. Trim zipper.

Here is what the inside

of the purse will look

like when stitching is

finished.

Finished top edge of the 1 sided zipper purse. You still have

the other side of the zipper tape to make another purse. You

just need another zipper slider.

Two finished purses.