Make a purse to carry inside other handbags, to keep track of keys and other small items. This simplifies my everday life.
All you need is a few pieces of fabric, ribbons, lace and a zipper. The blue and flowered piece is from Laura Ashley. The rest from local dealers.
Attaching the zipper is the hardest part, especially if you don’t have the right gear.
One side of the bag, almost done!
Bottom of the purse.
See the tutorial of Make fabric bag with zipper for details.
A mobile case of fabric might be easy to do, I made this last night, took maybe just an hour because I skipped making lining which is recommended.
Cut two pieces of the same size, one piece half the size for a pocket and a small piece for the enclosement. Zig zag around all the sides of the pieces.
Fold in the side that is supposed to be the opening of the pocket and stitch.
Pin the three pieces together. Make sure to place the pocket correctly. Stitch together.
Stitch the smallest piece together with inside out, along the longer sides. Turn it right. Pin onto the back of the case and stitch after opening of the case has been folded and stitched.
Stitch on velcro on the inside of the small piece and onto the front of the case. Just measure by closing the case and then stitch it on.
Make a fabric bag with zipper, since I am a beginner to using zippers in my projects I made this tutorial. Good for real amateurs like me. 🙂
The fabric I used comes from IKEA, it is old and served as a try out.
Plan if you are going to make a simple bag or one with lining.
Cut out two pices of fabric, one piece each for the bags front and back. I measured the fabrics short ends after the zippers length.
I usually zig zag along all sides of the fabric. Then place the fabrics towards each others right sides and stitch together on all ends except the opening.
Place the both fabrics onto the zippers one side. The lining on the backside and the front fabric on the zippers right side. Stitch on.
Later stitch on the other end of the lining fabric onto the zippers other side.
After putting on the linings two pices on the zippers backside, and one side of the exterior fabric on the front side of the zipper, you can sew the sides and bottom of the bag/bags.
Almost all set, check out how the inside of the bag looks.
Turn the bag right, while the last side of the exterior fabric is still loose.
Put the last remaining side on the outer side of the zipper. Stitch on and your fabric bag is done!
This crocheted case is made of cotton which is washable in machine. It fits all kind of smartphones, such as iPhone, Sony Ericsson Xperia, HTC Desire and Samsung.