{"id":71790,"date":"2026-08-05T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71790"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:11:18","slug":"more-metro-2x-zip-fun-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/more-metro-2x-zip-fun-games\/","title":{"rendered":"More Metro Double Zip Fun and Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141709_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71791\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141709_wm-sm-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Metro Double Zip #2 with wave pockets\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141709_wm-sm-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141709_wm-sm-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141709_wm-sm.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Double Zip #2 with wave pockets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/metro-double-zip-fun-and-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After my adventures with waves the other day<\/a>, I tried again and this version is great. I still wouldn&#8217;t put a driver&#8217;s license or credit card in the wave pockets, but some receipts or a photo would be ok.<\/p>\n<p>I think the non-pocket side of this pouch is a little boring, though I guess it wouldn&#8217;t be if I fussy cut some cool fabric for that side. I think extra pockets is better, though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71792\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141800_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71792\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141800_wm-sm-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"Metro Double Zip #2 with wave pockets - back\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141800_wm-sm-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141800_wm-sm-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731_141800_wm-sm.jpg 823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Double Zip #2 with wave pockets &#8211; back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I made the vertical measurement of the pouch a half inch taller as well, because I thought everything at the top was a little squished. I am pleased with the way this version came out. I plan to make a few more of these. I had one special request for it, so I&#8217;ll see what I can do.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, the way Sara told me to make the strap is genius! I didn&#8217;t understand the directions at first, but when I got it, it was one of those AHA moments I wish I had known years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my adventures with waves the other day, I tried again and this version is great. I still wouldn&#8217;t put a driver&#8217;s license or credit card in the wave pockets, but some receipts or a photo would be ok. I think the non-pocket side of this pouch is a little boring, though I guess it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/more-metro-2x-zip-fun-games\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Metro Double Zip Fun and Games&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[128,316,493,488,353,255,544],"class_list":["post-71790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts","tag-minikins-patterns","tag-pouch","tag-process","tag-project-bag","tag-sew-sweetness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71794,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71790\/revisions\/71794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}