Artful Thursday – Sewing a Little Purse

I hadn’t intended on this being so little, but … having what I had on hand, this is what I came up with….

I thought this Amy Butler “Dew Drops” fabric was fantastic and I had just a 1/4 yard of it.  I used the tutorial over at Prudent Baby for her Pretty Pleated Purse… but I left out the pleats.  It was a super-fast and easy project.  Here’s how I modified it to omit the pleats:

I centered the interfacing along the top and bottom halves of my outside fabric instead of onto two sewn pieces of fabric (see her tutorial pictures, you’ll see what I mean.)  I cranked up the contrast on this photo so you could see the interfacing:

This turned out to be a “little” purse when I realized I had a 7” zipper instead of a 10” one called for… so out came the scissors to trim the fabric down to size:

        

Other than that, it was a breeze – even putting the zipper in  - all her pictures and instructions were fantastic!

Happy Artful Thursday.

I said at the start of Artful Thursdays that I’d only make things for myself these days…. but this one is a gift for a teen.  I have plans to make a bunch more for myself and my girls, but this is the one that I created first, and I’m glad that I started out small. 

Do you ever want to keep the things you make for other people? 

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