By Stephanie Burwell
@SewWithStephanie
The Mom’s Essentials Pouch is an embroidered zipper pouch for pumping accessories and motherhood essentials. The Mom Essentials Pouch is a roomy, lined zipper pouch designed to help keep the small necessities of motherhood organized and easy to find. It is large enough to hold pumping accessories, nursing pads, milk storage bags, tubing, chargers, pacifiers, snacks and other everyday mom essentials.
The exterior pocket provides a dedicated space for embroidery, making it easy to personalize the pouch with a name, monogram, floral design, meaningful phrase, or custom motif. Whether you are making one for yourself or creating a thoughtful handmade gift for anoter mom, this pouch combines function with a beautiful personalized detail.
With a wide zipper opening, boxed corners, a fully lined interior, and an optional side loop, The Mom Essentials Pouch is designed to be practical for home, work, travel, or your diaper bag.
Pattern Features
- Roomy lined zipper pouch
- Exterior pocket designed for embroidery
- Boxed corners for added depth and storage
- Optional side loop
- Zipper tabs for a neat, professional finish
The Mom Essentials Pouch was created to make motherhood feel a little more organized while still leaving room for creativity and personal style.
Glossary
RST: Right Sides Together, meaning the placing of two fabrics together with the right sides facing each other.
WST: Wrong Sides Together, meaning the placing of two fabrics together with the wrong sides facing each other.
Notch: A small marking made on a pattern to indicate Front, Back, or where to match your pattern pieces.
Edgestitch: To stitch close to finished edge or seam.
Staystitch: To stitch along seam line, usually on the wrong side of the garment, to keep the section in place and from stretching.
Topstitch: To stitch on the RIGHT-SIDE of the fabric, typically using a 1/4″ seam allowance from the edge.
Sandwich: The placing between two other pieces of fabric. Intended to be sewn all together.
Baste: Long stitches made to the garment, sewn by either machine or hand for the purpose of keeping two or more pieces of fabric together before sewing the final stitch.
Useful Information
All Seam Allowance is 1/2″ unless stated otherwise.
Finished Size
Approximately 11 inches wide x 7.5 inches tall x 3 inches deep.
This size is intended for wearable pump parts, nursing pads, tubing, chargers, storage bags, and other small mom essentials.
Embroidery Area
The outer pocket includes an embroidery safe zone measuring approximately 7 inches wide x 3.25 inches tall.
PRINT NOTE:
PRINT THE PATTERN PAGES AT 100% / ACTUAL SIZE. DO NOT USE FIT TO PAGE. MEASURE THE 2 INCH TEST SQUARE BEFORE CUTTING.
Materials Needed
- 3/4 yards of 54″ wide woven fabric
- 10″ zipper
- Medium weight interfacing
- Embroidery stabilizer (if embroidering pocket)
- Fabric marker
- Coordinating thread
- Basic sewing supplies
- Zipper foot
Suggested Fabrics
This pattern was intended for woven fabrics that have structure, such as canvas, denim, cotton twill, etc.
Pattern Pieces and Assembly
- BODY
- ZIPPER TAB
- LOOP
Cutting Layout
Make sure to transfer all pattern markings to fabric and attach interfacing where instructed before moving forward.
Sewing Instructions
STEP 1: THE POCKET
(OPTIONAL) Prep the Main Fabric POCKET with stabilizer and add your embroidery design.
You can find the link to the #MOMLIFE design I used here.
RST, pin the Lining and Main fabric POCKET together.
Sew along the raw edges leaving 2″ open.
Turn the POCKET Right Side Out.
Pin POCKET to the Main BODY piece matching the pocket placement. Sew along the POCKET, topstitching. Make sure to close the opening used to turn the POCKET Right Side out.
STEP 2: THE ZIPPER
Take the ZIPPER TAB pieces and fold the short ends in towards the Wrong Side. Align each zipper end with the tab as shown. Enclose the zipper with the other end of the ZIPPER TAB. Sew along the fold closest to the zipper.
Place one MAIN BODY right side up. Place the zipper right side down along the top edge. Then place one Lining BODY right side down on top, sandwiching the zipper. Sew using a zipper foot.
Press exterior and lining away from the zipper having the Main and Lining BODY WST. Topstitch close to the zipper seam. Repeat for the other side of the zipper using the remaining Main and Lining BODY pieces.
Open the zipper halfway – allowing you to turn the Pouch Right Side out at a later step.
STEP 3: THE BODY
Place the MAIN BODY pieces RST and Lining BODY pieces RST.
Make the LOOP by folding it in half lengthwise with RST. Sew along the raw edge. Turn Right Side Out.
Place the LOOP along the Zipper seam, keeping the folded edge inside, aligning the raw edge with the edge of the Pouch.
Sew around the entire pouch with a 1/2 in seam allowance, leaving a 4 inch opening along the bottom to turn the Pouch Right Side Out at a later step.
STEP 4: BOX THE CORNERS
At each Main BODY corner, pinch the side seam and bottom seam together so the seams are together.
Measure 1.5 in from the corner point and draw a line across the corner. This line should be about 3 in long. Sew along this line.
Do the same for the corners of the Lining Body.
Turn the Pouch right side out through the lining opening and the open zipper. Push out the corners.
Close the lining opening with an edgestitch, then push the Lining Body through the zipper.
You Did It!
Congrats on completing your Mom Essentials Pouch! I can’t wait to see your version. If you need assistance I am always happy to help. Just send me an email and we can chat.
Also, you can book a one-on-one sewing session for extra help here.
Don’t forget to tag #Sewwithstephanie and #momessentialspouch so that I can see and share your makes!
