Fold the zipper panel together, matching up edges, and pin or clip together, and sew around remaining 3 edges.

Turn over and admire your main lining panel with a zippered pocket!

Now on to the slip pocket on the remaining main lining panel: take your slip pocket piece, fold in half, matching short edges, press, and sew sides and bottom, leaving a turning hole along the bottom, being sure to backstitch at start and stop of turning hole.



Trim corners, and turn through gap. Use a turning tool or chopstick to gently point out corners.


Tuck in seam allowance over turning hole, press all over, and topstitch along folded edge. Pin in place on lining main panel (the one without the zippered pocket), it should be side centred and about 1 1/4" from the bottom of the main lining panel. Stitch along sides and bottom to secure to panel, and close the turning hole.


Finally, the outside pocket: we'll start by installing the magnetic snap. I use one of my husband's old screw driver handles to flatten the prongs of my snaps, and it works quite well, so I suggest finding something similar to save your hands a bit. To position the magnetic snap, I fold my panels in half and lightly finger press to find the centres, then use the washer and a marker on the wrong side of the panels to mark my spot. The pattern suggests 1" below the top of the pocket piece, and you want to make sure you don't go much higher than that or you'll run into trouble topstitching later on. I use my seam ripper to very carefully cut holes in my extra stabilizer piece and pattern pieces for the prongs. To find correct placement for the main panel snap, lay the lining pocket panel over the main panel, and match up sides and bottom, then mark through the prong holes.  Make sure to install the snap on the lining pocket piece and the other half on one outer main panel. I like to install the male half on the pocket piece, and the female half on the main panel piece, but I'm not sure there's a hard set rule or reasoning behind that.

If you're using piping or trim, now's the time to attach it. See my blog post about piping for some tips. You'll want to add it 1/8" from the top edge of the outer pocket piece and baste in place.

My completed Companion Carpet Bag in Natural History, by Lizzy House for Andover Fabrics.