Zipped purse retrieval - inspired by Pennifold's projects! This was one of the first projects I tried with my new machine. I had finished all of the stitching and cut it out when I realised that the bobbin was incorrectly inserted so there was completely wrong tension. (It was so easy to pull all of the stitching out!)

I had kept all of the components so today I remade the design in a smaller size.
It is unusual in that the zip is added after the fabric is ctitched to the stabiliser and quilted. The second picture shows the channel created for the zip. (I had cut the stabiliser away with a craft knife.) The zip is placed over the top of the channel and either a trim added, as I have done, or a decorative stitch added over the tape edges.
This is all very quick and easy to do, but the downside is that the tearway stabiliser has to be removed from the inside of the quilting on the purse front. (The rest is hidden under the lining.)