I am rather pleased with myself....

I have been sewing for as long as I can remember, my Mum taught me when I was about 7 and I always did sewing at school but tonight I have sewn my first ever zip in, hard to believe isn't it after all these years but whenever I have made cushions or something similar I have searched for patterns without zips.

As I have done quite a few quilts over the last few years I have accumulated a few small pieces of fabric that I want to do something with, not big enough for cushions but far too big to throw away so I made some Mug Rugs and was now looking for more ideas when I came across this tutorial at Flossie's Teacakes for a lined, zippered make up bag and had to have a go, so here is my first zip

One thing I wasn't happy with, my zip was a little on the heavy side as the edges where the zip goes in are not as neat as I would have liked but easy solved as I will get some lighter weight zips.

It only took me about 45 minutes and its a really easy tutorial to follow so if like me you have a few bits of fabric lying around have a go at one of these.