I did get all of my strips sewn together. It wasn't hard, just my eyes would cross while watching to make sure I was catching both sides with the zigzag stitch but it turned out nice and I love the colors!
Next, I decided to do a different type of pocket. This is going to be a big bag and I wanted something
that would zip closed so nothing will fall out. I needed something large enough for two phones, our keys, and probably sunscreen and a hairbrush. I decided to make a separate hook for the keys so they are not moving around and scratching the screens on the phones. Here is what I came up with.
This is a zippered bag with netting and the hook on the left side will be for our keys to keep them safe. At first I thought I would just hand stitch the pocket and I got about half way finished and decided I didn't like the way it looked. I didn't want to stitch it because it would show on the back of the bag. I then thought I may as well try it and see how it looks. I sewed it with the aqua thread and you could not even see it but I sewed the zipper with black thread and it looked awful. So I ripped it out and put the nylon thread just in the bobbin and believe it or not, it sewed out just fine and you cannot see it at all now.
Last for now, I had to do a running stitch on the top and bottom edges with some heavy thread and pull them in for several inches and now it looks like a boat. 
Should have it finished soon!
