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Autumn Leaves La Petite Purse

By Shannon Hebert http://northerngirlstamper-shannon.blogspot.co

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Material List: yard of fabric for outside of purse Green & Brown Print (A) 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

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 line up the pattern to the quote to be sure I am cutting it even on all sides. A hint is to fold the pattern in half both ways.

4. Cut two pieces from stabilizer inch short width wise than the pattern, I do this so that I can fold over a hem when I place it to the top of the bag to be sewn across. Shown in image below.

I then measure the center point on the embroidered are and place the center of the pattern on it and open the 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.

5. I iron the seam allowance over the edge of the stabilizer.

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6. Place these two pieces on the top of the front and back pieces of the purse.

10. Turn pocket inside out and place on the front of the purse. Measure up 1 from the bottom and 3 from each edge. Pin and sew in place.

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 x 9 Fabric (B) and (1) from stabilizer. 9. With Wrong sides facing and stabilizer all sandwiched together sew seam allowance all around leaving opening for turning.

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 seam allowance around the edges and bottom leaving the top open.

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 seam allowances to give the handle more stability.

13. Trim the bottom corners for turning out. 14. Turn inside out. 19. Connect the handles to the front and back. I measure 2 inches in from the side and pin them in place.

15. I press the purse at this point with my iron.

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ASSEMBLE INSIDE OF PURSE: 20. Cut (2) from Fabric B using base pattern for purse 21. Cut (2) or (4) from Fabric A for inside pockets using 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.

double straight stitch to create two pockets. On the backside I measured 3 from each side and did a double straight stitch to create 3 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 up from bottom and 3 in from each edge.

25. Pin in place and sew a straight stitch on the bottom. 26. At this point you can decide how many pockets you want for each side and the size of them. On the front part of the inside. I measured to the center and did a

28. Sew seam allowance on the sides and the bottom leaving an opening for turning. 29. Once they are sewn together you will know place your magnetic snap 1 inches down from the top and 3 3/4 from each side.

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33. Now you will feed the outside part through the inside turning inside out. 34. Finish off with a straight stitch along the top of the purse.

30. Trim off all thread. 31. Place the outside of the bag inside of the lining right sides together.

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 on the sides and 10 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.

32. Sew the top part with a seam allowance.

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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.

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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.