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HANDBAG WITH INNER POCKET HOW-TO
Hello everyone!

I hope you enjoyed my last handbag posts. I’ve decided to try somthing new since I still had a lot of leftover fabric, so I decided to make a handbag for my mother’s birthday *^_^*

I generally love to figure things out for myself, so I didn’t have patterns or even a clear idea of how this would look.

Here’s a brief how-to to show you how I made it:

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  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 1
    Step 1

    Find a rectangular piece of fabric and hem the ends. Fold it in half.

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 2
    Step 2

    Sew along the sides (following my red dotted line), making sure to leave the hemmed ends open at the top.

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 3
    Step 3

    Taking the smaller piece of fabric, hem the ends, fold in half and sew along the edges (make sure to leave the opening with the hemmed ends!)
    If you would like, add two little straps and sew the top of the straps to the seam of one side of the handbag -this will ensure the stitches will not be visible from the outside.

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 4
    Step 4

    add ribbon on the pocket to match and hide the inner stitching

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 5
    Step 5

    Turn the bag inside out and sew a ribbon to the seam all the way around. Here you have the option of keeping the ribbon flat, or lightly hand sew and bunch up the fabric to give it a more romantic look.

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 6
    Step 6

    Add a handle by sewing the long fabric to the ends (I made a tube, flattened it, and bunched it like the main handbag) but you can also use a nice ribbon.

  • How to make a shoulder bag. Handbag With Inner Pocket - Step 7
    Step 7

    Pretty much done! What do you think?

    I thought it came out quite cute…..I’ll have to make one for myself later!

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Miho S.
Miho S. · 28 projects
Awesome! I hope you post it so I can see!
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Goth Kitty
Goth Kitty · Great Yarmouth, England, GB · 19 projects
im making a black one right now... gunna get some ribbon for the handle a but bug bows on the side. ^_^
thanks for a great idea Happy
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Miho S.
Miho S. · 28 projects
Thanks very much *^_^*
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Nicole Renee
Nicole Renee · Kansas City, Missouri, US · 16 projects
Cute! Well made!
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