"XYZ" on this Cute Zipper Pencil Case!

My daughter and I were shopping today. She came across a bin of brightly colored zippers. She said it would be really cute to sew them together as a bag. We thought of making a large bag out of them but she said she doesn't often use a bag so she thought a pencil case would be of more use and still cute.

So, we got a rainbow assortment of zippers and she put them in the color lineup she wanted. We then put them end to end so that the zippers would open opposite each other. She sewed them together with right sides together alternating the zippers openings.

We thought about what to use for the back and she came up with jeans. I thought upholstery material would work well if you could find a cute pattern. We looked through my jean scraps I save for quilting and found this pair of cute pants she used to wear. We cut out one of the sayings and used that for the back.

She sewed them together with a bit of a gather on the back making the back just a bit bigger so it could hold more pencils.

She zig-zagged the edges so they wouldn't fray or get caught in the zippers. She had never sewed anything other than during her home economics class so I was really excited for her to take on such a project and finish it in a few hours. She needed some guidance on the zipper foot but came through with flying colors. I do think a bag made out of long zippers alternated would be fun. Maybe someone will try it and send us a picture or a link.

So, "XYZ" and find all the cute ways you can use your zippers!