Paris Purse – the perfect statement or party bag!
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This is one of those elegant and original purses that will have everyone asking you where you bought it. It is particularly designed for that special day like, for example, a wedding. It has 3 interior slip pockets and is fully lined.
The Paris Purse is a small purse measuring 9″ wide by 7″ and with an excellent and extremely helpful pattern to follow is perfect for a very confident beginner to intermediate bag maker.
What you will need to make the Paris Purse:-
- 18″ x 22″ – a fat quarter of cotton exterior fabric
- 10″ x 5″ – cotton/faux leather/thin vinyl (don’t use too sturdy fabric here) accenting fabric for sides
- 18″ x 22″ – a fat quarter of cotton lining fabric.
- 18″ x 22″ heavy-weight interfacing such as Fast 2 Fuse Heavy, Pellon 72F Peltex 2 Sided Fusible or Pellon 71F Peltex if you prefer one-sided fusible interfacing
- ½ Yard – lightweight fusible interfacing such as Vilene G700 woven fusible, Pellon SF101 Shape-Flex or similar
- 10″ x 5″ – a scrap of fusible fleece, only if you’re using cotton for contrast fabric for the sides
- One set of 7 1/2″ purse frames. Here is a link to 7.5-inch purse frames on Etsy.
- Two ½” wide D-rings
- If desired one slim chain shoulder strap or make your own favourite shoulder strap
- Strong fabric glue such as Gütermann’s HT2 to glue fabric to the frame
- Fray stop (or use fabric glue)
- Rotary cutter, cutting mat & ruler
- Wonder clips
- Basic sewing supplies and sewing machine.
