Pretty Little Purse Pincushion Tutorial

Materials Needed:

1- 10" x 6" Fabric Piece for Exterior

1- 10" x 6" Piece Fusible Fleece
1- 5" x 6" Coordinating Fabric for Interior

2- 8" x 2" Fabric Pieces for Straps
Iron
Sewing Machine
Straight Pins

Pencil/Marking Pen
Ruler
Scissors

Hot Glue Gun

Poly fill/fiber stuffing
Rice
Ric Rac or Fun Trims

*Optional but Very Helpful Items
Self Healing Cutting Mat
Rotary Cutter Begin with all of your fabric pieces cut.Iron exterior fabric to fusible fleece. Then fold in half, pin and sew 1/4" straight stitch down each side, back stitch.Trim off corners at the folded end (make sure not to cut into stitching)Fold bottoms corners at the side seam flat and pin into place, with your ruler measure 2" mark with a pen, and sew the 2" box seam. I run my machine forward and back stitch a few times!Snip the corners off.
Turn the body inside out.For the Straps. I use the a double fold bias tape method.
With your 2- 2" x 8" pieces fold long ways in half, iron, then

fold the strip in half so the two folded edges meet. Iron into place. Then run a straight seam to close the edge in place, I add another seam to the opposite side as well! Measuring 1" from each end side seam, position 1 end of the strap and pin into place. Repeat for the opposite side.

Stitch into place. Measure 1" from the top of the bag, fold down and pin into place. Now you can either run a straight stitch or add some fun trims, like ric rac! Do some touch up ironing at this time!Time to stuff!

I like to add a 1/2 cup of rice to the bottom to help weight the pincushion down! Add a nice hand full of poly fill. Taking the 5" x 6" fabric piece of fabric gently fold it down over the poly fill. Take your time and work with it to lay nice and flat!Now with a hot glue gun run a small bead of glue around the top edge to hold fabric in place. Again take your time as you do not want the glue to show!

Add some more fun trims or flowers and you are finished!

This makes a great gift or party favor!

An original pattern created by
Boutique NutMeg Designs 2009
Reproduction not permitted

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This pattern is intended for home use and gift giving. Please do not use this pattern for retail sales.