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Small Patriotic Patchwork Handbag & Fabric Flower By Shannon Hebert
Instructions for the Fabric Flower can be found on my blog
Supplies:
Tools, Dies, Templates, Patterns Cutting Ruler (I used a 12 x 9)
Rotary Cutter
Iron Fabric
1/3 of Fabric A 1/3 of Fabric B
Stabilizer
Trim 24” of Handle
½” Organize red with white trim ribbon for ties
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INSTRUCTIONS: Cut the Fabric
Cut (4) from Fabric A (yellow fabric here) @ 5 ¾ x 5 ¼
Cut (4) from Fabric B (black fabric here) @ 5 ¾ x 5 ¼
Cut (1) from Fabric A for long inside pocket on fold 5 x 11
Cut (1) from fabric A for small inside pocket on fold 4 ½ x 6
Cut (2) from Fabric B @ 11 x 11 1/2
Cut (1) from stabilizer @ 11 x 11 1/2
Assemble
1. Take and sew (1) of each 5 ¾ x 5 ¼ from Fabric A and
Fabric B along the short end 5 ¾ x 5 ¼ with a ¼” seam. Press seam to darker fabric.
2. Repeat this step (3) more times
3. Press the seams to one side on the darker material. Start by press the seam with both right side seams still together.
4. You will then lift the darker material open to the seam and
press again.
5. This will smooth the seam out nice and neat.
6. Sew together the strips you just created now on the long
sides of each one. You will notice that your seams will be
opposite of each other.
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7. Now you will have your outside of the bag completed.
8. Now lay it wrong side down on your cut piece of stabilizer or you can use iron on stabilizer to give the bag stability. There
are a couple thicknesses you can choose from lightweight to
heavy weight. I prefer Heavy weight.
9. I smooth the pieced piece on the stabilizer to smooth out
any distortion or wrinkles and pin in place for sewing. I
prefer to pin than to baste stitch.
10. Fold in half right sides together of Patchwork piece and pin
in center on the sides and top part of handbag to hold in place while you sew.
11. Sew a ¼ - ½ seam along each end of the bag leaving the
top open. (be sure to use the same seam allowance for the lining of the bag).
12. I first clip the corners.
13. Take a corner and folding it and creating a triangle. I
measure it at 3” and then sew across once I mark it with my marking pencil.
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14. Repeat the steps for the other side
15. I then trim off the corner leavening about ½ “.
16. Press the seams of each side open so that it does not bunch
up when you assemble the inside.
17. You will now sew the Fabric Flower or any embellishment
you will have on the outside of the handbag.
18. Cut two Nylon handles @ 12” each. I have taken and done
some decorative stitching on the handle to match the Fabric.
Play around with some scrap fabric and the decorative stitches you may have on your sewing machine.
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19. You will now pin the handles in place. I use 2 ½ inches from
the top side of the handbag for placement of my handles on each side.
20. You are now done this part and can put aside while you
assemble the lining of the handbag.
21. Take the two pieces of the lining fabric and sew them
together at the bottom leaving a 3 inch opening for turning.
22. Now create the two inside pockets.
23. The pockets were cut on the fold of the fabric so now just
turn them wrong side together and press. I do this so there
is little shifting and I don’t have to pin.
24. Sew around all 3 sides for the small pocket leaving a 1 ½
opening for turning.
25. Clip the corners and turn. Press and sew a straight stitch to
the top part of the pocket.
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26. The longer pocket is created just by sewing the bottom long
edges and turning right sides out.
27. Sew a straight stitch on the top of the folded seam.
28. You will now place the two pockets on the lining and sew in
place.
29. I sew the smaller pocket 3 ¼ up from the center of the
lining and 2 ½ from each side. 30. I sew the longer one in place 3 inches up from the center of
the lining.
31. To get a straight stitch around the pockets I use the
hemmer foot butted up to the fabric and move my needle over to were I want the stitch.
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32. Once the long pocket is also sewn in place I then fold the
lining in half to give me the center point of the long pocket
and stitch down the center to create two pockets.
33. Now that your pockets are in you will now assemble the
lining like you did the outside of the handbag creating your corners.
34. Place the outside part of the bag inside the lining with right
sides together.
35. Pin the ribbon in the center of each side to create your bag
tie closers.
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36. Pin top together and sew a straight stitch all the way around
to close the top of the bag.
37. You will now pull the inside out from the bottom opening of
the lining. Stitch the lining bottom opening closed either with
a hand sewn blind stitch or a machine stitch.
38. I then press the top being careful not to iron the handles if I
used nylon material as this will melt. 39. Line up the top of the bag in the matching with the
hemming foot and sew a straight stitch all the way around
40. You are now all done.