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A zippered pocket is ideal to keep your keys safely put away in your bag. So here is a tutorial on how to add a zippered pocket to your Candy bag lining.
This pocket has to be sewn before the “Assemble the lining” step of the instructions.
To create this pocket you’ll need a 15 cm (6″) zipper.
The pattern
This is the pdf file for the pocket pattern, open it with Adobe Reader and print it without modifying the output size (‘Page Scaling : None’, or ’100%’, or ‘Full size’).
[button link=”http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Patron-poche-zippee-Zippered-pocket-pattern.pdf” size=”large” color=”#7bc2b5 ” style=”download”]Zippered pocket pattern[/button]
Cut
Cut 2 pieces of fabric from the pocket pattern.
Transfer the zipper placement marking to the wrong side of one piece.
![Couper 2 fois](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee1.jpg)
Sew
1. Pin the pocket with the marking to a Candy lining piece, right sides together. Place it 5 cm (2″) from the top and center it widthwise.
![Épingler la poche](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee3.jpg)
2. Stitch right over the rectangular marking.
![Coudre sur le repère rectangulaire](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee4.jpg)
3. Cut inside the rectangle and through both layers along the center line and both “V” (see pattern), up to the stitching line but without cutting through it.
![Ouvrir la fenêtre](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee5.jpg)
4. Push the pocket through the opening to the wrong side of the lining. Press the window edges.
![Vue endroit](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee7.jpg)
![Vue envers](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-b8.jpg)
5. Center the opening over the zipper. Pin or baste and topstitch, with a zipper foot, 0,2 cm from the edge.
![Cadrer la fenêtre autour de la fermeture à glissière](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee9.jpg)
![Surpiquer tout autour](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-b2.jpg)
6. On the wrong side, pin the 2nd pocket to the 1st one, right sides together. Stitch around the pocket with a 1 cm (3/8″) seam allowance.
![Assembler les deux pièces de poche](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee12.jpg)
[button style=”” color=”red”]Becareful ![/button] Fold the bag lining as you go to avoid catching it in the stitching line.
![Bien replier la doublure pendant la couture](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-zippee11.jpg)
At the “Assemble the bag to the lining” step of the instructions, this pocket will have to be against the back of the bag.
![Tuto poche zippée](http://sacotin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tuto-couture-poche-b3.jpg)
Voilà, you just added a zippered pocket to your Candy bag !
I wrote a second tutorial with an alternative method, a little more complicated but with a cleaner finish inside the pocket : {tutorial} Zippered pocket – 2.0