THE NEVENA BAG

FINISHED SIZE: 16” WIDTH X 24 ½” HEIGHT

Who says that sewing has to be “out”, when you can
make something as striking as The Nevena Bag? The
sharp, partial pleats and deep-set handles are what
give this bag an edgy look. You can, but don’t need to,
use bright colors for this bag: the design of it alone is
unique and stylish enough to be eye-catching. As it is
rather slim, this bag would be ideal for carrying thinner
items in, such as documents and folders.

ITHINKSEW NEVENA BAG

 It is also great for carrying wallets and small
essential items. Nevena is suitable for all four
seasons, and adds a gorgeous finishing touch
to clean and simple outfits, such as a business
casual number. Get ready to go out and amaze
with this item. Make sewing the new “in” with
The Nevena Bag.

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 THE NEVENA BAG
FINISHED SIZE: 16” WIDTH X 24 ½” HEIGHT

MATERIAL LIST
FABRIC OTHERS
44” wide quilting weight cotton or linen cotton or (1) 18mm Magnetic snap
home deco (1) 7” All purpose zipper for zipper pocket
(1) yard for exterior fabric (Pink) (1) Spool of coordinating thread
(1/2) yard for exterior handle (Black)
(1/2)yard for exterior bottom (Black) TOOL
(1) yard for lining Ruler, Scissors, Chalk pencil, Pencil, Sewing ma-
chine, Pins, Needle, Shape tool
INTERFACING
* Seam allowance 1/2” unless otherwise specified.
44” wide medium weight fusible interfacing
* All units are in inches.
(1) Yard
CUTTING
Draw the patterns directly onto the wrong side of a single layer of fabric. Cut out the exterior and lining. If you
would like to add an interfacing, draw and cut it out. Fuse the interfacing on the wrong side of the lining front
and back pieces following the manufacturer’s guide.
EXTERIOR INTERIOR
(2) Handle Pieces (2) Front and Back Pieces
(2) Bottom Pieces (2) 7” widtih x 9” height for Pocket Pieces
(2) Zipper Pocket Pieces
INTERFACING
(2) Front and Back Pieces
* There are two options in cutting the interfacing, with or without the seam allowance. Cutting the interfacing without any seam
allowance will give it a better overall shape; if you would like to do this, use the original pattern (gray dotted line) to cut out the
interfacing.

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 MAKE THE EXTERIOR
1 2 3

1. Make the top pleats. Fold the fabric on
foldline, and align it with the placement
line. Repeat this process for all 4 top pleats.
When you look at the pleats from the front,
they should all be folded toward the center.
Baste the pleats in place.
2. Place the center panel facing right side 3. Place the exterior handle and bottom
up. Starting from the top, topstitch 5” with right sides together. Pin and stitch
downward. Backstich on both ends. Top- both pieces, backstitch on both ends.
stitch other pleats in the same manner.

4 5 6

4. Press the seam toward the handle. Turn
the piece over to the front and press the
seam again. Topstitch 1/8” along the edge of
the handle piece. Repeat step1-4 for the re-
maining exterior pieces.
5. Repeat step 1 for the front and back bot- 6. Clip the round corner seams.
tom pleats.With right sides together, pin the
exterior front piece and back piece. Sew
around the bag using a 1/2” seam allowance.
Sew from one side, across the bottom, and
up the other side. Backstitch on both ends.

SEW THE LINING

7 8 9

7. Make the zipper pocket, see Appendixes 8. Placement of magnet is marked on pat- 9. Pin the lining pieces with right sides fac-
B. Install the pocket, see Appendixes A. tern. Attach the magnetic snap on the lin- ing. Sew the lining , leave a 5” gap to turn it
ing’s right side following the manufacture’s right side out.
guide.

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 ASSEMBLE THE EXTERIOR AND LINING
10 11 12
B A A B

11. Stitch the handle from point 12. Clip the curved seams.
B to the other side point B,
backstitch on both ends. Re-
peat this process the other
side. Last, sew the inner curve
point A to B. Repeat this pro-
10. Press the exterior and lining seam open. Turn the exterior right cess the other side.
side out. Place the exterior into the lining with right sides together.

13 14 15

13. Turn the bag right side out. Sew the lin-
ing opening.
14. Press the top opening of the bag. Place
the exterior straps with right sides togeth-
er and pin. Sew along only the short edg-
es of the handle, backstitch on both ends.
Press the seam open. Repeat this process
for other exterior handle and lining handles.
15. Tuck under the raw edges with a 1/2”
seam allowance on each strap and press.
Pin and baste handles together, Repeat this
process for the other side.

16 © 2013 Copyright of ithinksew.com

Only if you follow these conditions will I
allow you to sell the finished products. *Give
full credit to ithinksew.com for the patterns
(this applies online and offline) For example,
when you’re selling one of my products
online include a sentence like this: “This pat-
tern was designed by ithinksew.com”. A link
to my shop would also be really appreciated.
When selling the products offline, write this
on the tag. * The finished products may only
be made by crafters. It may not be mass pro-
duced. * The conditions above may change.

16. Topstitch around the armhole of the bag making an oval shape. Topstitch on
the other side in the same manner. Next topstitch the outline of the handles.

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Appendixes
A. Make the Pocket

Opening here

Picture 1 Picture 2
First, make the pocket. Place the pocket pieces Clip the corner seams
with rights sides together. Stitch around the
edges and leave a 2-3 inch gap for turning.

Topstitch

Picture 3 Picture 4
Turn the pocket right side out, push out the Attach the sewing label. (Optional)
corners, and press. Topstitch on the top edge
only.

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Picture 5
Place the pocket on the right side of the lining,
with the topstitched side facing up. Topstitch
the pocket in place; starting at the top of one
side, across the bottom, and back up to the
top, back-tacking at both ends.
Only if you follow these conditions will I allow you to sell
the finished products. *Give full credit to ithinksew.com
for the patterns (this applies online and offline) For
example, when you’re selling one of my patterns online
include a sentence like this: “This pattern was designed
by ithinksew.com”. A link to my shop would also be really
appreciated. When selling the patterns offline, write this
on the tag. * The finished products may only be made by
crafters. It may not be mass produced.
* The conditions above may change.

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B. Make the Zipper Pocket

Picture 6 Picture 7
Draw the zipper line onto the wrong side of Cut out the inside as indicated on the zipper
zipper pocket piece as indicated on the pattern. pocket pattern.
Place the zipper pocket piece onto the lining
back with right side together. Pin and stitch in
an rectangular shape. Backstitch on starting
and ending points.

Picture 8 Picture 9
Insert the fabric toward the wrong side of Press the seam. The right side of lining will
lining. look like the picture.

Picture 10
Place the zipper onto the wrong side of the
lining. Match the zipper's right side with the
lining's wrong side.
Picture 11
Flip the back piece, so you can see the wrong
side of the lining back. Place the other zipper
pocket piece with right sides together. Stitch in
a rectangular shape. Stitch only the two lining
zipper pocket pieces.

2
C. Make the Elastic Pocket

Picture 12 Picture 13
Double fold and pin the top seam (1 ¼”) Attach a safety pin to one end of the elastic
of the lining pocket piece on the wrong band.
side of the fabric. Sew the elastic line
close to the edge, backstitching on both
ends.

Picture 14
Insert the elastic band into one open end of
the elastic line. Push and pull the safety pin
until it comes out of the other end of the
opening.
Picture 15
To make the bottom frill, running stitch two lines
along the bottom edge of the lining pocket piece.

Picture 16 Picture 17
Place the pocket piece on the lining back Sew the pocket’s divider lines as your desired
piece. The lining piece’s right side will meet length.
the pocket’s wrong side. Pin along the bottom
edge, making sure to pin at each end. Pull
one end of the running stitch thread. Pull the
other end of the running stitch thread to
match the bottom of the lining back piece. Pin
and sew the two together. Backstitch on both
ends, and cut the excess elastic.

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** When printing this pattern, please
print it without any margins at actual size.

** After printing the pattern and taping the

pieces together, please follow the reference 1”
the provided size guide (3" or 5").

** Patterns marked as A4 are for users who

utilize the A4 standard paper size.

** If you experience that certain parts of the

pattern are not printing, you should be able to
ignore those near the edge/border. These are
usually just guides & signs.

CUTTING LINE

STITCH LINE
PLACE ON FOLD

Place on Fold: This means to draw the pattern

on the other side as well by folding the fabric to the line.
Therefore making two times the original pattern.
 Fold line

Placement line

Placement line
Fold line
Upper Pleat Upper Pleat

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Exterior Bottom(1)
Exterior: Cut 2

1/2” seam allowance included

3”
 ”(7.62cm)

Fold line
Bottom Pleat

A B

Placement line

Exterior Handle

Fold line
Exterior Bottom(2)

Bottom Pleat

Placement line
3”(7.62cm)

Exterior Bottom(3)
PLACE ON FOLD
 3”(7.62cm)

3”(7.62cm)
3”(7.62cm)
Exterior Bottom(4)

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Exterior Handle
Exterior: Cut 2
1/2” seam allowance included
PLACE ON FOLD
 A B

Lining(1)
 3”(7.62cm)
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Lining(2)
Lining: Cut 2
Interfacing:Cut 2

1/2” seam allowance included

Lining Poket
7” width X 6” height (Cut2)

Lining Zipper Pocket Panel Magnetic

9” width X 6 1/2” height (Cut2) Snap
 Zipper Pocket(Lining)
Lining(3)

3”(7.62cm)
Pocket PLACE ON FOLD
Lining(4)

3”(7.62cm)
 Zipper Pocket(Lining)

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LIning Zipper Pocket
Lining: Cut 2
3/8" seam allowance included
A4 Paper Size
Pattern
A4

A B
Exterior Handle
A4

3”(7.62cm)
THE NEVENA BAG
Exterior Handle
Exterior: Cut 2
1/2” seam allowance included

PLACE ON FOLD
A4

A B
Lining(1)
A4

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Lining(2)
Lining: Cut 2
Interfacing:Cut 2
1/2” seam allowance included
Lining Poket
7” width X 6” height (Cut2)
Magnetic
Snap
 3”(7.62cm)
A4

Zipper Pocket(Lining)
Lining(3)
Pocket

PLACE ON FOLD
 Lining(4)
3”(7.62cm)
A4
A4

Fold line

Placement line

Placement line
Fold line
Upper Pleat Upper Pleat
10 3/8” (26.35cm)

PLACE ON FOLD
THE NEVENA BAG
Exterior Bottom
Exterior: Cut 2
1/2” seam allowance included
 A4

Fold line Bottom Pleat

Exterior Bottom
Placement line

Fold line
Bottom Pleat

Placement line

3”(7.62cm)
A4

Zipper Pocket(Lining)
THE NEVENA BAG
Lining Zipper Pocket
Lining: Cut 2
3/8" seam allowance included