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you will cut 2 of these for the interior and 2 for the exterior
here are all the pieces. the ones on the far left are key...they will be attached to the zipper and you will start with those.
you then have the body of the purse (interior and exterior) and then you have 2 pieces (at the bottom of the photo) to create the strap for your shoulder.
you will sandwich the zipper between one zipper piece of each the interior and exterior. make sure the top of the zipper (outside face) faces the good side of the exterior fabric.. you may want to unzip the zipper to make this process easier. oh and cut the zipper to the length that you want for the opening. make sure to sew at the end of where you cut so that if you accidentally unzip it all the way..you don't waste an entirely good zipper...this has happened to me... the shorter the zipper the smaller and scrunch-ier the purse.. my zipper is about 12".
this is what it will look like once you finish both sides and both interior and exterior. this picture shows only the interior side.
then take one of the interior body pieces and pin in place with pleats. i start from the middle of each piece (zipper piece and interior body) and pin them to keep them centered...then i pleat and pin..space them accordingly so that once you reach the end where it curves that it will line up with the end of your zipper piece. which by the way...the zipper piece should be just a tad longer on either side of the length of your zipper.
do this to both interior body sides.
now you want to put the good sides of the interior body pieces together and sew them...like so.
make sure you leave a space..this is where you will turn your purse inside out at the end.
now you will do the same to the exterior fabric. pin and pleat and sew.
open it up and face the good sides of the exterior together and sew..this time don't leave a space like the interior pieces. unzip the purse more than half way so it's easier to turn inside out.
now where you left the space...turn the entire purse inside out
and this is what you get when you turn your purse exterior side outside. you will have holes on either side of the purse unfinished for your strap.
put one side of your strap in the hole and turn this portion of the purse inside out so you can sew it easier.
and basically wrap your purse around the strap and sew. make sure the zipper ends are lined up and close to each other.
With printable pattern
you will cut 2 of these for the interior and 2 for the exterior
here are all the pieces. the ones on the far left are key...they will be attached to the zipper and you will start with those.
you then have the body of the purse (interior and exterior) and then you have 2 pieces (at the bottom of the photo) to create the strap for your shoulder.
you will sandwich the zipper between one zipper piece of each the interior and exterior. make sure the top of the zipper (outside face) faces the good side of the exterior fabric.. you may want to unzip the zipper to make this process easier. oh and cut the zipper to the length that you want for the opening. make sure to sew at the end of where you cut so that if you accidentally unzip it all the way..you don't waste an entirely good zipper...this has happened to me... the shorter the zipper the smaller and scrunch-ier the purse.. my zipper is about 12".
this is what it will look like once you finish both sides and both interior and exterior. this picture shows only the interior side.
then take one of the interior body pieces and pin in place with pleats. i start from the middle of each piece (zipper piece and interior body) and pin them to keep them centered...then i pleat and pin..space them accordingly so that once you reach the end where it curves that it will line up with the end of your zipper piece. which by the way...the zipper piece should be just a tad longer on either side of the length of your zipper.
do this to both interior body sides.
now you want to put the good sides of the interior body pieces together and sew them...like so.
make sure you leave a space..this is where you will turn your purse inside out at the end.
now you will do the same to the exterior fabric. pin and pleat and sew.
open it up and face the good sides of the exterior together and sew..this time don't leave a space like the interior pieces. unzip the purse more than half way so it's easier to turn inside out.
now where you left the space...turn the entire purse inside out
and this is what you get when you turn your purse exterior side outside. you will have holes on either side of the purse unfinished for your strap.
put one side of your strap in the hole and turn this portion of the purse inside out so you can sew it easier.
and basically wrap your purse around the strap and sew. make sure the zipper ends are lined up and close to each other.
With printable pattern
