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Have you ever thought of weaving fabric to make yourself a bag or purse? This pattern comes in two sizes for whichever you would like! You can use pre-cut fabric strips, like I did, called jelly rolls, or you can choose your own selection of colors and cut 2 ½” strips. All you need to do is sew tubes of fabric, insert stiff stabilizer inside and weave the tubes together. The sides of the purse have gussets to hold the shape and the handles are made with additional strips and some cording.
Have you ever thought of weaving fabric to make yourself a bag or purse? This pattern comes in two sizes for whichever you would like! You can use pre-cut fabric strips, like I did, called jelly rolls, or you can choose your own selection of colors and cut 2 ½” strips. All you need to do is sew tubes of fabric, insert stiff stabilizer inside and weave the tubes together. The sides of the purse have gussets to hold the shape and the handles are made with additional strips and some cording. The inside has two pockets and the entire bag is bound just like a quilt. Easy peasy! This will be a two day class so the cost will be $20 and we will have the pattern here at Schiller’s and that cost is $9.00. I really hope you will come and join us for some fun sew time and sewcial time!
*We will be making the smaller size bag measuring approximately 7 ½” high, 9 ½” wide and 5 ½” deep. If you have a Jelly Roll pack of fabric, this project will save you a lot of time!*
Fabric:
For the woven strips, use 2 ½” strips cut the full width of the fabric (WOF) generally 44”
SMALL BAG: Vertical strips – ½ yard or five strips 2 ½” X WOF
Horizontal strips – ½ yard or six strips 2 ½” X WOF
For the binding, handles, gusset and pockets – 1 yard of fabric or
use (4) 2 ½” strips for the handles and ½ yard for the gussets and
pockets.
Other Materials:
* 1 ¼ yards of stiff stabilizer like Peltex or Timtex. I prefer to use Floriani Stitch n Shape because it has a uniform thickness. We have this product here at the store.
* ½ yard of fusible batting
* 5 yards of ¼” cotton upholstery piping for handles
* 1 magnetic closure
* Matching thread, sewing machine in good working order, scissors (both large and small), a tube turning tool (like Fasturn), pins, ruler, seam ripper, marking tool etc.
Cutting:
Vertical Weaving Strips:
Cut (10) 2 ½” x 22” strips – or use your Jelly Roll strips and cut in half
Cut (5) 1 ¾” x 22” strips of stiff interfacing
Horizontal Weaving Strips:
Cut (22) 2 ½” x 11” strips – or use your Jelly Roll strips
Cut (11) 1 ¾” x 11” strips of stiff interfacing
Binding:
Cut or use (2) 2 ½” x 42/44 inch strips for bag body and lining
Cut or use (1) 2 ½” X 42/44 inch strip for pocket binding
Handles:
Cut or use (4) 2 ½” x 33” strips
Cut (4) 33” pieces of ¼” piping
Pockets:
Cut (2) fabric pieces 6” wide x 10” high
Cut (2) pieces of fusible batting 6” wide x 5” high
Gussets:
Cut (2) fabric pieces 6” wide x 13” high
Cut (2) pieces of fusible batting 6” wide x 6 ½” high
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