zip -r with ~/ partially replicated my system directory - macos

I am trying to zip my nw.js application into a zip file. So I run this:
"win.sh" 3L, 121C
cp ~/nout/package.nw ~/nout/win/QuantumPilotWin/package.nw
zip -r ~/nout/QuantumPilotWin.zip ~/nout/win/QuantumPilotWin
I expected the zip file to be of a single folder, that of QuantumPilotWin
instead I get this structure:
How do I zip without the full path?
EDIT:
Trying Joe's steps I got this in the unzipped folder:


Run the zip -r command when you are in ~/nout/win/, so:
cd ~/nout/win/
zip -r ~/nout/QuantumPilotWin.zip QuantumPilotWin

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In the Terminal app on your Mac, use the cp command to make a copy of a file.
For example, to copy a folder named Expenses in your Documents folder to another volume named Data:
% cp -R ~/Documents/Expenses /Volumes/Data/Expenses
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I have this code:
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zip -r ./aktuell ./Archive/${currentArchive}-bkt
But when I run the script I get the following error:
zip warning: name not matched: ./Archive/2017_03_30-bkt
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I am using the below script to zip the folder and it contents :-
cd /home/fs/Inbnd/
pwd
tar -cvf Image_test_new.zip Image
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Archive: not_really_a.zip
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latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
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touch will_be_a_zip
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testing: will_be_a_zip OK
No errors detected in compressed data of i_am_a.zip.
unzip -t i_am_a.zip
Archive: i_am_a.zip
testing: will_be_a_zip OK
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