In The Hoop Zipper Bags, Purses & Pouches Embroidery Designs

The zipper is the reason most people never sew a bag, and the reason these projects feel like cheating. In the hoop construction has the machine tack the zipper tape in place and stitch the panels around it, so the scariest step in bag-making happens while you watch. What comes off the hoop is a finished zippered bag with the design already stitched in.

The gift-bag group is the collection's signature: Teacher, Tool Dad, Birthday Girl, Mother, and a full baby set of gift bags, plus gift card holders, reusable fabric packaging that outclasses paper and becomes part of the present. The practical wing runs deep too, a First Aid Kit, camera cases, a Floral Tablet Bag, coin purses, the Boxy and Diagonally Zippered bags, and Coffee Time and Penelope totes.

Unlike the big single-piece projects, bags are kind to small machines: most stitch in common hoop sizes, with many fitting a 5x7 and a good number managing 4x4. Each design comes with detailed step-by-step instructions and photo guides, and downloads the moment you order.

For the rest of what a hoop can construct, the in the hoop shop carries on from here; the zippers stay this page's specialty.