This particular design makes two large and two small purses from just two fat quarters of fabric - so that's a cost of around £2-3 for all four pouches, depending on the price of your material.
The patterns for both pouches are made from a single sheet of A4 paper (folded in half for the smaller one). I hope you can follow my picture tutorial and notes...
- For the large pouch, take one sheet of A4 (letter-size) paper. Place a dinner plate at one end, so the edge of the plate is touching one short and two long sides. Draw a curve around the top of the plate.
- Fold the paper in half and cut around the curve, then open back out.
- Put your two pieces of material together and pin the pattern to them.
- Cut around the pattern, then remove.
- Place the wrong sides of the material together and pin all around, except for around 7.5cm/3" at one corner (see bottom right photo).
- Sew all around (except for the gap) leaving a small seam allowance.
- Turn the fabric inside-out and poke the corners out using a chopstick or dowel.
- Iron to flatten the seams, being careful to press under the unsewn section.
- Fold up to make an open envelope and top stitch close to the edge all the way around, including the unsewn section.
- Finally sew on a press stud and press the purse one last time.
To make the smaller pouch, simply fold a sheet of A4 paper in half lengthwise and use a large mug to make the top curve of the pattern. The larger purse is ideal as a make up bag or pencil case, whereas the smaller one is just the right size for sanitary products! I reckon a teeny one, half the width of the small one would be the perfect size for an asthma inhaler.
If you make these, do let me know how they turn out and post a picture on my Facebook page.
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