How to make a clutch bag with a bow knot Do you have a clutch bag? I will introduce a way to teach you how to make a clutch bag. If you don’t have this kind of bag, it is just for you to have a new one. While if you have already had one, you can have a look and compare it with yours.
Some may don’t like clutch bag as it is not convenient for carrying especially when they have too many things in the hands. Yet clutch bag is needed matched to your different types of clothes. And a bow knot is added in the way of how to make a clutch bag. Well, shall we go down to the point?
Materials for clutch bag
Linen fabric
Sewing threads
Cotton fabric
Sewing machine
Zipper
Scissors
Pins
How to make a clutch bag? Step 1: cut the fabric
Step 2: go on making the strap
Cut off the fabric below as picture 1 says.
Sew close to the edge on one side to close
Prepare the necessary materials. Take out
the opening of your strap. Then sew down
the strap piece; fold it in half; iron the
the other side in the same way. Fold the
pattern and fold down original cease.
bow knot piece in half. Sew the edges of
Step 3: make the bow knot Sew the two sides and fold it in half at the reverse side. Sew two inches from the left side.
the two sides.
Step 4: finish the bow knot Cut off the excess fabric. Flip it inside out so you have a little tube. Lay two pieces of bow fabric; fix them with pins. Sew down each edge using the presser foot as your guide.
Step 5: make the bow
Step 6: fold the body fabric
Flip this tube inside out. Press it; make sure
Press the interfacing to your exterior
the seams are on the outside. Scrunch up
body fabric pieces. Fold one long edge
one end. Fit through your small tube to make
down
a bow.
interfacing. Then press one edge down
for
about
0.5cm
along
the
0.5cm on each of the interfacing pieces.
Lay the bow on one exterior piece with the
Step 8: pieces
folded edge on the top and pin both sides.
Lay the exterior bow piece with the folded
The bow should be longer than the exterior
edge right along the zipper with the zipper pull
piece. Sew down both sides; trim the
facing up to the left; sew along the edge. Sew
excess pieces of fabric off the bow. Lay a
the other side in the same and don’t forget to
zipper with the pull upside down and on the
pull the zipper down before you do. With the
left; lay the fold of one of the interfacing
zipper pulled down a few inches, fold the strap
pieces on top and stitch.
in half and lay on top of bow with about an
Step 7: add a zipper
seam
the
interfacing
inch of strap coming off of the side. With the strap held inside, pin the exterior pieces and interfacing together, leaving interior pieces free; sew the three sides. Flip the entire bag through that hole.
Step 9: the ending work Press the hole closed; fix the pattern with pins; sew it. Put the lining back into the bag; press it well.
What do you think of the clutch bag with a bow knot? Is it better than the bag you have already had? If you like it, hurry to follow how to make a clutch bag.
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