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Emergency Zippered Pouch

June 3, 2012 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 11 Comments

Here are some more Emergency Zippered Pouches made up over the weekend.

These ones were made using some Bliss fabric that I had in my stash. They take a little less than an hour to make so are the perfect project when time is short.

Sarah and I are finding them very useful to hold all manner of supplies, so I was requested to make up some extra’s so we have all bags covered!

Our tutorial for the Emergency Zippered Pouch has proven to be very popular with over 25, 000 views in the past two months. What is really lovely, it that some readers have taken the concept and made it their own to fit a blood glucose monitor and other emergency supplies. Brigette from KB Design modified the design to make a pouch for her epi-pen. You can see her lovely version below.

If you make anything using one of our tutorials or patterns, please let us know and we can pin your photo to our Pinterest page – “Made Using A Spoonful of Sugar Patterns/Tutorials” . You can find us on Pinterest here.

 

Filed Under: Back to School, Sewing, Sewing Tutorials, Travel Tagged With: bag, gifts, zipper

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Comments

  1. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    June 4, 2012 at 4:23 am

    What we all need… great idea for the kids cars too… Another one for the Must Made List 🙂 Thanks Girls xx

    Reply
  2. Sara says

    June 3, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    Such a cute idea!! Little ones would eat this idea right up!!

    Reply
  3. Shannon says

    June 3, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    I saw these posted on pinterest – so cute and clever!

    Reply
  4. Terriaw says

    June 4, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Such adorable pouches! I love these new versions you are sharing. I’m addicted to zipper pouches, so I love to make them to hold all sorts of goodies.

    Reply
  5. April says

    June 4, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    So cute! These actually inspired my ring purse that I make, but it was from a different post Love them and your blog! April@Little Mama Hen

    Reply
  6. Simone de Klerk says

    June 5, 2012 at 1:30 am

    What a sweet pouch. I think I should make one for in the car!

    Reply
  7. Jenniffier Kramer says

    June 11, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    Super cute and what a great idea!

    Reply
  8. Mary Furbee says

    December 14, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    These will make great gifts stuffed with bandaids, gauze, alcohol pads, ointment, and gloves.

    Reply
  9. Brigitte says

    May 20, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Das Epi-Pen Täschen ist immer noch in Gebrauch. Es ist natürlich immer bei mir, ob in der Hand-, Einkaufstasche oder im Rucksack.
    Grüsse aus der Schweiz
    Brigitte

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      May 20, 2015 at 6:12 am

      Hi Brigitte – Glad to hear that you are still using your epi-pen ouch 🙂 Have a great week, Lisa

      Reply

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