Gather all your supplies to get started on this project.

Make a paper pattern to help you cut the fabric.

Place the pattern over the outer fabric first and then the lining fabric. Then, draw an outline all around the different sides. You can use sewing pins to help you keep the pattern from moving around.

Next, grab a ruler and, leaving a gap of around a quarter of an inch, draw another outline around the first one you drew earlier. This quarter-inch gap is your seam allowance.

Remove the paper pattern and set it aside. Now, grab a pair of scissors and cut both the fabric swatches along the outer outline.

Place the outer fabric down with the right side facing upward and line the zipper across the top. The zipper should be facing down.

Then, place the lining fabric with the right side facing inward. So, effectively, the right sides of both fabric swatches will be facing each other on the inside.

Sew the top side of the fabric where the zipper is, along the inner outline.

Once you’ve done that, pull the lining fabric over the zipper and flatten it out on the table so that both fabric swatches mirror the other, connected at the zipper.

Pull the lining fabric inward and line it up against the edge of the zipper. Pull the outer fabric in the same way, lining the edge against the zipper, too, so that the zipper is sandwiched on both sides by either fabric.

Sew this side shut, once again along the inner outline.

Open up your fabric and lay them out. Reach in and open the zipper halfway; you’ll see that you have two corners each, of both the outer fabric and the lining fabric.

Now, it’s time to sew the corner shut, all except one corner. Grab a pen and mark an inch-wide section on one corner of the lining fabric.

Leaving that one corner aside, sew all the other corners shut.

To box the indented corners, pinch the fabric and flatten it with your thumb. Then, pin it in place before you sew across that corner. Do this for all three indented corners except the one you marked off earlier.

Pull the fabric through the gap so that the pouch is now the right side up.

Sew the gap shut, and also remember to box it.

Finally, push the lining fabric back into the pouch. Your DIY zipper pouch is ready!