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1. make several sketches of how big and how you want the bag to look like. Round, square etc. Also decide the length and such

2. now you make the patterns in paper. That will more or less mean that you draw and cut out the sizes of the pieces you want from the fabric on paper first. you don't need the whole length on the strap. If you have half the length on the paper you can put it against the fold on the fabric. that way you save fabric too.

Also; don't forget to add space for where you're gonna sew. ok?
I have 1cm but idk how other would use measurements with sewingmachines.




3. now you're gonna place the paper-patterns on the fabric with needles. If you're using fabric where you see where the treads in it goes, make sure your fabric is paralel edge to edge.



then you place the strap and purse on the fold and keeps them there with needles. when you now cut with the strap in half length, when you fold the fabric out it will have twice the length. see?
And you need to cut up the fold with the purse parts because you need to seperate pieces with the outside colour. one for front and one for back. And you need 2 pieces of the inside colour of the bag.

7. Overlock (sew zik-zak over the edge of the fabric piece) around the 4 pieces. that way the fabric wont get ruined or split up.

since I used threads that had the same colour as the fabric it was EXTREMELY hard to get it clear on a picture.



8. If you got an application (a piece of decoration fabric you want sewn on) then iron it on with aplication-paper. it will glue it on and keep it flat on the fabric for when you zik-zak sew it on. If you don't have the aplication-paper then try keeping it on with needles. I forgot to use the paper xD



9. sew the outside pieces together and then do the same with the inside fabric. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THE LIGHT SIDE OF YOUR FABRIC OUTSIDE WHEN YOU SEW! OR ELSE YOU WILL SEW IT WRONG! RIGHT AGAINST RIGHT! got it? for fabrics that looks the same on both sides ; sew on whatever side you want. DO NOT SEW THE TOP TOGETHER! or else you wont be able to open it.



now you have 2 seperate "bags". This is the tricky part....putting it together!

13. now turn it inside out carefully. It will look something like this :




13. Now we can't just have that whole open now can we? turn the inside fabric inside the outside so it's where it's suppose to be. Turn the whole inside so it looks like the rest of the top line and keep the entire top together with needles so it's almost flat there.



13. now sew a straight line around the purse on the top. This will make the whole close (because it will be sewed together) and keep the purse flat and nice. If you happen to miss the whole because you sewed too low, don't worry. just sew again a little higher up. I had to



Now you're done. I hope this wasn't too complicated. If you decide to make a bag like this ; please take a picture of your end result so I can see how you did it =3

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