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Autumn Leaves La Petite Purse

By Shannon Hebert

http://northerngirlstamper-shannon.blogspot.co

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The purses made from this pattern may not be sold for commercial sales nor the pattern.
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Material List:
¼ yard of fabric for outside of purse Green & Brown
Print (A)
¼ yard of fabric for inside lining of purse Brown Pattern
Print (B)
1/8 yard of fabric for upper part of bag Green Pattern
Print (C)
Interfacing/Stabilizer
Magnetic snap
Ribbon for bow and trim

¼ seam allowance for all

I double stitch all my pockets

LA PETITE PURSE OUTSIDE CONSTRUCTION

1. Cut two from fabric (A) purse base pattern
2. Cut two from Fabric (B) purse base pattern
3. Cut 2 from fabric (C) Top of purse pattern

TO EMBROIDER TOP PIECE: DO NOT CUT OUT

PIECE UNTIL EMBROIDERED
I cut a piece to fit the length of my embroidering hoop
Once I have the hoop in I design what I want the top to
say. I place the pattern in the hoop and trace out the
image or quote with my machine to see that it fits within
the pattern.

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Once I have embroidered I take it out of the hoop and 4. Cut two pieces from stabilizer ¼ inch short width
line up the pattern to the quote to be sure I am cutting it wise than the pattern, I do this so that I can fold over
even on all sides. A hint is to fold the pattern in half both a hem when I place it to the top of the bag to be
ways. sewn across. Shown in image below.

I then measure the center point on the embroidered are 5. I iron the seam allowance over the edge of the
and place the center of the pattern on it and open the stabilizer.
pattern up. You are ready to cut your pattern. Cut
another one from a non-embroider piece of material or
embroider something for the back also and follow the
same steps.

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6. Place these two pieces on the top of the front and
back pieces of the purse.
7. Pin in place to hold. Sew a straight stich across the
bottom of the top piece all the way across.
FRONT POCKET:
8. Cut (1) 5 ¾ x 9 Fabric (B) and (1) from stabilizer.
9. With Wrong sides facing and stabilizer all sandwiched
together sew ¼ seam allowance all around leaving
opening for turning.
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10. Turn pocket inside out and place on the front of the
purse. Measure up 1 ½ from the bottom and 3” from
each edge. Pin and sew in place.
ASSEMBLE THE OUTSIDE:
11. Place you first layer being the stabilizer, then wrong
side facing your stabilizer the back of the purse. Next will
be the right side of the front of the purse. Last another
piece of stabilizer.
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12. Sew a ¼ seam allowance around the edges and
bottom leaving the top open.
13. Trim the bottom corners for turning out.
14. Turn inside out.
15. I press the purse at this point with my iron.
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HANDLES:
16. Cut (2) from fabric (A) 3 x 6 (place on fold of fabric)
17. Fold in half, length wise right sides together.
18. Sew a straight stitch along the edge. Turn inside out
and add 7/8 in width stabilizer the length of the handle. I
use a safety pin and feed it through the bottom opening
to the top. I run a straight stich on both edges of the
handle ¼ seam allowances to give the handle more
stability.
19. Connect the handles to the front and back. I measure
2 inches in from the side and pin them in place.
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ASSEMBLE INSIDE OF PURSE: double straight stitch to create two pockets. On the
20. Cut (2) from Fabric B using base pattern for purse backside I measured 3” from each side and did a double
21. Cut (2) or (4) from Fabric A for inside pockets using straight stitch to create 3 pockets.
inside pocket pattern.
22. With wrong sides facing sew top and bottom of inside
pockets patterns. Turn inside out and place stabilizer
inside for durability for the pockets.

27. I place my sew in label to the side of the inside and

place both right sides together.

23. Do this twice to create pockets for front and back of

the inside of the purse.
24. Place the pocket on the base fabric 1 ½ up from
bottom and 3” in from each edge.

28. Sew ¼ seam allowance on the sides and the bottom

leaving an opening for turning.
25. Pin in place and sew a straight stitch on the bottom. 29. Once they are sewn together you will know place
26. At this point you can decide how many pockets you your magnetic snap 1 ½ inches down from the top and 3
want for each side and the size of them. On the front 3/4 from each side.
part of the inside. I measured to the center and did a
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30. Trim off all thread.
31. Place the outside of the bag inside of the lining right
sides together.
32. Sew the top part with a ¼ seam allowance.
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33. Now you will feed the outside part through the inside
turning inside out.
34. Finish off with a ¼ straight stitch along the top of
the purse.
35. Now you are ready to embellish your purse with
ribbon and buttons.
PATTERN:
Your pattern can be easily made by using the following
measurements and connection the lines. The top part of the
pattern should measure 8” the sides 9 1/2 and the bottom
11 inches.
The inside pockets should measure 9” at the top 5 ½ on the
sides and 10 ¾ on the bottom.
HINT: to create my top piece and inside pockets I cut
the pattern twice on my cricut and then decided what
size I wanted each to be and cut them from the
second pattern. The dotted lines below shows how I
cut it for these patterns.
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The purses made from this pattern may not be sold for commercial sales nor the pattern.
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Copyright 2010 Shannon Hebert. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The purses made from this pattern may not be sold for commercial sales nor the pattern.