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PUL snack pods

by Linda Theil

Spencer-Ogg cosmetics pod 85% full size in Mook Fabrics PUL/cherry pie white

I am a big fan of the "Spencer Ogg Cosmetics Pouch" so when I wanted to try making reusable snack bags from the food-grade, polyurethane laminated fabric (PUL) I ordered from fabric dot com last week, I defaulted to my favorite single-piece, unlined, zippered-pouch pattern by Diane Spencer-Ogg.

After experimenting, I came up with a satisfactory snack pod with the following specs and adaptations:

  • The snack pods are made of a single layer of PUL fabric without interlining.
  • To make a sandwich-sized snack pod of 5x5-inches finished, I reproduced the Spencer-Ogg pattern to 85-percent of the original pattern size. The pattern piece is 9x10.5-inches.
  • Although the pattern calls for boxing at both top and bottom of the pod, I eliminated the cut-outs for the boxing at the top of the pattern and sewed the side seams with boxing only at the bottom.
  • I used three-inch lengths of one-inch-wide grosgrain ribbon to make a zipper tab on the closed zipper side of each pod.
  • I used a regular zipper foot to install the zipper, but used a Teflon foot for all other stitching. I used a zig-zag stitch to reinforce and finish all interior seams.

I used a chunky, continuous zipper coil of 1.25-inch width cut to a 12-inch length, for ease of insertion. I'm not sure what the size the zip I used is, but it is 1/4-inch smaller than a 1.5-inch wide #5 sized zipper. I have included a video of how to easily install zipper pulls on continuous zipper coil below: "How to put a zipper pull on continuous coil zipper tape" on Linda Theil YouTube Channel.

Below: compare PUL snack pods to 100% sized Spencer-Ogg cosmetics pod in red.

Resources

"How to put a zipper pull on continuous coil zipper tape" Linda Theil YouTube Channel, https://youtu.be/7WvBZQLjAyc

"Spencer Ogg Cosmetics Pod" Appleton Dance web-log post at http://appletondance.blogspot.com/2020/09/spencer-ogg-cosmetics-pod.html#.X9d5zkJKjGY

"Easy Zippered Box Pouch" video tutorial by Diane Spencer Ogg at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH_HE3X43ws

Spencer Ogg free pattern for Cosmetic Pod at https://www.spencerogg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cosmetic-Pod.pdf

"Free sewing pattern -- cosmetic pods" Spencer Ogg blog post at https://www.spencerogg.com/free-sewing-pattern-cosmetic-pods/

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