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Sew an Everyday Style Pocketbook. This pocketbook should easily hold every thing you use on a day to day basis but it's not so large that you'll over pack it and wish it had wheels.

Sew an Everyday Style Pocketbook

Make it in various fabrics to have a handbag for everyday that will go with every outfit you own! Materials: Fabric - 1/2 yard of 45" or 60" wide Lining - 1/2 yard of 45" or 60" wide 1 1/4 yards of piping Thread Bottom Pattern Piece PDF FormatFor the elastic topped purse - 20" of 1/2" elastic and 1 1/2" of 3/4" wide hook and loop tape Optional:Decorative drawstring -- 1 1/4 yard of decorative cording (approximately 1/2" diameter} Optional: Interfacing - depends upon your fabric choice. Most fabric will require 2 layers of fusible craft weight interfacing. Bottom: For extra stiffness in the bottom, use a stiff plastic cut 3/4" smaller than the bottom pattern piece. Note: The drawstring version can be combined with the elastic version,to maintain a secure close and using the drawstring for decorative purposes.

Free Patterns-StudioKat Designs. As a way of introducing you to our pattern line, we are pleased to offer you a new line of free designs.

Free Patterns-StudioKat Designs

Feel free to download any or all of these patterns and use them as many times as you like. I think you’ll find they make nice little gifts for friends, teachers, and family. I hope you’ll like them enough to tell your friends, or better yet, try one of my purse patterns. But— please don’t ask me if you can sell items that you make from my free designs. Because of our long-standing policy of posting these patterns free of charge, we’ve never profited from them and are respectfully asking that no one else profit from them either.*** If you are unable to download these files, please scroll DOWN for another option.

***If you have problems downloading these files*** Just send your pattern request, and $5.00 per free pattern, (to cover my printing & mailing & handling costs), to the address below, and I’ll mail you a copy! The Greatest Bag Tutorial EVER? Alrighty, I'm gonna try this.

The Greatest Bag Tutorial EVER?

I apoligize if this screws any other fellow newbie bag seamstresses up more than they already were. I don't think I should be telling anyone how to make a bag, but you asked for it, so here goes. Photo 1:(the left one, blogger moved them weirdly) I cut my material. Signature Style Tote. Pillowcase_lunchbox_tutorial. Easy Peasy Snap wallets - I'm so addicted! - TUTORIAL + SNAP TUTORIAL. I made one of these for myself a couple years ago and it ended up being my everyday wallet that so many of my friends have asked for one justl ike it.

Easy Peasy Snap wallets - I'm so addicted! - TUTORIAL + SNAP TUTORIAL

I love them cause they are cute and don't use much fabric at all, and its something I can whip up in twenty minutes. PBTex_CHLObakpak. New Tutorial. When I go away on holidays I like to take a small wallet and coin purse with me.

New Tutorial

This way I can carry just a bit of local currency and a card without my day to day stuff. I've just finished doing a tutorial for such a nifty small wallet and coin purse. You can download it from here. It has a little compartment with a zipper, a single slot and nice secure velcro fastening. Water Bottle Carrier Tutorial. This water bottle carrier was inspired when I found myself carrying everyone’s water in my backpack for the 4th of July parade.

Water Bottle Carrier Tutorial

Next time, everyone carries their own! Victoria Wallet Instructions/Tutorial. As promised here are the instruction for the wallet I posted on September 23.Victoria Wallet (4 ¼”h x 7 ¼”w, closed) (10 ¼” h x 7 ¼”w, open) Materials:

Victoria Wallet Instructions/Tutorial

Luscious Bow Tote Free Pattern: Robert Kaufman Fabric Company. Coupon Clutch. Times are tough and we are all trying to save as much as we can!

Coupon Clutch

I designed this tutorial to be a cute and fashionable way for you to organize your coupons. I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did! Charm Pack - I used Objects of Desire by Sandy Gervais 1/3 yd of Pellon decor bond interfacing a set of magnetic fasteners white card stock scrap of fusible web (7" x 4") Therm-O-Web or Steam a Seam PDF file of organizer tabs 1. Take 18 charms and cut them into 3 bricks and one square. Itty Bitty Poochie Bag. Trick-or-Treat, smell my sheets (sheets of Moda Layer cakes!).

Itty Bitty Poochie Bag

Itty bitty little versions of my Poochie Bag pattern. Fast and fun little bags to hold Halloween treats, sweets and goodies. Or maybe office goodies, thread, sewing notions, embroidery floss, seed packets, stickie note packages, etc. Using fabric ribbon for the handles, these little puppies sew up speedy fast. Gym Dandy Bag. Thanks for checking out my project.

Gym Dandy Bag

This is my fourth Bake Shop post and I couldn't be more excited. What an honor to be part of this talented group of designers. In addition to designing patterns for bags, quilts, runners, and wool felt projects, I also own Prairie Point Junction quilt shop in Cozad, Nebraska. Be sure to stop by and visit us if you happen to be traveling across Nebraska. Crochet Clutch. I've always wanted to learn how to crochet but never had anyone to show me the finer details of crocheting. Strippy Charm Pouch. Hi! My name is Kim and I blog over at Kim Sherrod Studio. I am so excited to share with you my first post here on the Moda Bake Shop. Lately I love to create projects that are small and very quick to pull together. This little pouch is a snap to put together and makes a perfect gift.

Doggie Do Bag. 1 honey bun of Charlevoix 2 fat quarters zipper fusible fleeceDeco Bond black thread Mini ricrac Black scrap of felt From the fat quarter, cut two 7.5" x 8" pieces for the lining. Cut 2 pieces of fusible fleece 7.5" x 8". Fuse the fleece to the lining pieces. Select 9-10 fabric strips from your honey bun. Press open. Continue adding pieces until the whole piece is covered. Do this for both pieces. Trim both pieces to 6.5" x 7.5". Boutique Shopper. Hi! I'm so glad that I can finally post this tutorial! As you can see, from the above picture, that this bag was made during the sunny summertime. It is no longer summer where I live. Have fun making this bag. Free Chevron Wristlet Pattern! I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for the chevron trend.

So I’m over on Grosgrain today for free pattern month with a tutorial for a little wristlet that can provide you with your Chevron-fix on a daily basis. Since I like to carry different bags on different days, this wristlet functions as my “wallet,” I just throw it in whatever bag or purse I happen to be carrying that day. It’s plenty big enough to hold all of the essentials: credit cards, cash, cell phone, pen and checkbook, chapstick, whatever. “Sew”ing Seeds with the Two Peas {a patchwork lanyard tutorial} VERY EASY and low tech Covered Notebooks… For several years in a row, the Two Peas have crafted trinkets and sold them locally giving the proceeds to our local Children’s Hospital. One of the more popular items we made was covered notebooks. Super easy to do make, quick and very pretty.

One year they made a huge stack and the notebooks themselves were delivered to ‘tween and teen patients at the hospital. Pleated Purse Tutorial. Here is what you need: 3 different fabrics (outer, coordinating fabric, and lining), iron-on interfacing, coordinating thread, magnetic snaps, cutting board, rotary blade, pins, iron, ironing board, and of course, a sewing machine. Free Pattern & Directions to Sew a Fabric Women's Wallet With a Coin Section. How to make a drawstring, two pocket bag using 2 squares. Scrappy Snappy Pouch Tutorial. After posting the tutorial for scrappy patchwork, my friend Susan (aka The Sloppy Sewer) tested it out and had some questions. Little boxy pouch tutorial « three bears. My latest favourite thing to make, little boxy pouches. It took me almost an entire morning, lots of paper and sellotape and countless cups of tea to figure this out.

Ruby's Party Bag. Snappy Bag Tutorial. The Backpack. iPad sleeve three ways. Are you an "early adopter"? One of the first to own a new Apple iPad? Be the envy of your friends not only for having the coveted device, but for having the coolest carrying case on the block. This tutorial contains three variations on the pattern to allow you to choose the one that best suits your style. These iPad sleeves use the new Moda Snuggle fabric to create an inner lining that is both soft and protective. 1 jelly roll.

Coordinating ribbons, buttons, or other embellishments.