{"id":71745,"date":"2026-08-03T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71745"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:24:40","slug":"metro-double-zip-fun-and-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/metro-double-zip-fun-and-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Double Zip Fun and Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw a picture of a pattern<\/a> on IG. I couldn’t get the wave design out of my head. I didn’t want to buy the pattern as I don’t need a coin purse, or a pattern in Chinese. Also, I wanted to try it larger and thought I probably had several patterns I could use. I decided to play around with the Metro Double Zip pouch<\/a>. This is a Sew Sweetness<\/a> pattern from Minikins Season 2 that I thought would work in this context. <\/p>\n

Minikins Season 2<\/a> is the one season from which I haven’t made many of the patterns.  I am not a wallet or a clutch person. I mean I use a wallet and clutches occasionally, but not made from quiltmaking cotton. I also have grocery bags and am not into Essential Oils. As I have said before<\/a>, I bought this season for the Day Trip Wallet. This also means that I am very excited when I have a reason to make one of the bags or pouches from this season.<\/p>\n

The Metro Double Zip pouch is an unanticipated gem. I made two of them, each of which took me about 2 hours, aside from figuring out the wave. It was fun to figure out the wave pockets.<\/p>\n

I have seen a number of curved pockets lately and I want to learn more about them so I can add them to bags as I want. My experience with the EPPic<\/a> has made me positively bold!<\/p>\n

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Metro Double Zip #1 with wave pockets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first one is totally usable, but not quite as usable as the second. I didn’t get the wave pockets right. They are a little small and floppy.<\/p>\n

Still, I was fairly excited about actually making a change to a bag that wasn’t terrible. All of the stitching and turning of the pockets made them a bit thick, so I’ll change that along with making them taller.<\/p>\n

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Metro Double Zip #1 with wave pockets – back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided to try again. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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