Today, I’m excited to share the second installment of the Bucket Tote Sewalong. Last week, we selected fabric and prepared for sewing and today we can start stitching. The instruction booklet that comes with the pattern uses line drawing illustrations and written instructions so for the sewalong, I like to share a video of the process. In the video, I talk through all the steps and provide extra tips and info that would be too cumbersome to include in the instructions.

In this part, we’ll be sewing the welt zippered pocket for the Regular Size tote. You can use this same technique to sew a welt zippered pocket anywhere you want one. The cool and scary thing about sewing this style of pocket is that you have to cut a hole in the middle of your fabric. The pocket fabric acts as both a facing for the opening and the pocket bag and when completed, the pocket bag is hidden inside the bag and only the zipper will be visible. It can feel very daunting to sew but if you take it one step at a time, it’s not too hard.