An Apple A Day..

Some very exciting new here!! We finally have a Joann's!! While looking around with my aunt at our brand new pretty store we found these super cute fabrics that we thought Mini would love.



But now what to do with them??

The answer was simple summer dresses with matching purses!!

Aren't they adorable?!?! Mini is far more excited about having two new purses than the new dresses. She has already spent lots of time contemplating what a lady should carry in her purse as well. In case you were wondering the answer was her play makeup Aunt Katie made, a plastic orange from her kitchen, and of course her $4 that she has been hiding for candy money.

I am going to show you how to make the little purse in the this post the dress tutorial will be later.

Start with:

• 2 pieces of fabric cut to 9 x 7 for bottom half of bag
• 2 pieces of fabric cut to 3 1/4 x 9 for top half of bag
• 4 cuts of 18 inch ribbon (handles)
• 2 cuts of 9 inch ribbon (trim)

 First you want to fold your trim fabric in half this way you will have more support and a finished top edge. Sew this on to your bottom fabric. Don't forget to do both sides of your bag.

Next you will add the ribbon detail. This is optional. Just sew it directly onto the top of your sides.

Just trim off the extra ribbon after you finish sewing.

Now you need to sew up the sides and the bottom seams of your bag.

To give the corners more shape and a more finished look sew a small seam at an angle.

The last thing to add is the straps. For these I used the same ribbon as the trim. To have a more finished look sew two pieces of ribbon together with the wrong sides facing together.

Then I just figured out were I wanted the handles to sit and pinned them on. When sewing them I went over the previous stitch so that you can not see were they were attached.

TaDa!!!! Finished bag!!!

 

 

Happy Crafting 

Katie <3