Sewing Project - Zippered Tote

I made a zippered tote bag from microfiber fabric.  I loved the blue of the fabric and I paired it with a slow stitching piece I made in my early days of this craft.   I found a piece of green linen that matched the border on the slow stitching accent for the zipper insert.

The finished size of the bag is 18" T without the straps by 19" wide. I made French seams on the inside to have it nice inside.  The blue bag was stitched with hems on the top.  

The zipper insert which is all finished was stitched to that hem at the top of the bag.  The pieces of the insert measured 4" before sewing and it was just enough so I could turn the zipper to the right side on the second edge. I added green tabs to the both ends of the zipper.

The straps measured 29.5 inches long finished before they were sewed onto the bag. They were all finished with top stitching all the way around.

The slow stitch accent had a piece of cotton poly placed on the back to hide all the stitching and make the inside of the pocket finished.  I cut the fabric to the size of the accent, stitched all the way around leaving a gap to turn it right side out.  I put a top stitch seam along the top edge which will match the top stitching to the rest when it is sewn to the front of the bag. The piece was then sewn to the front of the bag with top stitching with reinforced corners.

I added a few blue beads as a pull to the zipper.  I added a key fob to the front of the bag which is long enough to sit inside the bag. This allows your keys not to be visible when you are carrying the bag.  If there is something else on the fob it may be okay to have it on the outside.

I left an opening in the ribbon of the key fob so that something else like a carabiner or such could be added to carry something else securely.

Microfiber will wear well and makes the bag washable.