Bear Pocket With Zipper

I've been wanting to do this project for a while but never had a reason to do it.

This project is great for little kids, since they love stuffed animals and they also like to keep and hide little thing.

• stuffed animal
• fabric
• zipper
• thread
• needle
• sewing pins
• seam ripper
• scissors

using a seam ripper or scissors, cut open an opening in the back of the stuffed animal. Then un-stuff some of the stuffing.

Cut out two pieces of fabric for the inside, I sketched a round rectangle that was about 6 x 5 in. but I recommend making something a little bit bigger, if you'd like to keep more things inside of it. I also marked on the wrong side of the fabric where the zipper would go.

I didn't have a zipper that was an appropriate size so I shortened a zipper that I already had. To shorten the zipper double thread your needle and loop the thread around the teeth of the zipper so that it makes a barrier. I also created a barrier at the top to prevent from the slider coming off.

Pin the bottom side of the zipper onto the good side of the fabric, then sew it together. Remember to change your presser foot to a zipper foot before you begin to sew.

Then repeat this step for the other piece of fabric, when you pin the other piece on, the sipper should be sort of sandwiched between the two pieces.

pin the two fabric pieces together and then sew them together to make the pocket.

Do a loose size check to make sure the pocket will fit comfortably inside the stuffed animal, then pin the pocket to the sides of the opening.

Once the pocket is pinned in, sew it into the bear, the best way to do this is to hand stitch it.

You are now done!