Can you ever have too many beautiful purses? These purses can be used for so many things….as a purse when you just need the bare essentials to duck to the shops, storing jewellery or other small items when you travel, as a craft bag for a creative project, holding some baby essentials or medications and or as a great gift bag that eliminates single use wrapping paper!!

This online tutorial will be screened from our studio.

During this tutorial, Julie will be sharing all of her purse making secrets she has developed over years of sewing and they will help you complete your own stunning projects.There are lots of great skills that will be covered in this tutorial as well as the simple calculations to make a bag whatever size you like.

Make a tassel

Tutor: Julie Hillier

Skill level: It will help if you are familiar with the use of a sewing machine

Length: 2 hours

Inclusions:

• Comprehensive notes emailed to you at the conclusion of the session
• A link to the video recording of the entire tutorial so you can review at a later date

When making your own zip purse, please consider using fabric you already have or recycling/upcycling some fabric

In this workshop learn how to:

• Cut from the pattern
• Attach wadding to your fabric
• Making zip tabs
• Inserting the zip
• Attaching the lining
• Stitch the bag including making box corners if required
• Create a tassel or leather pull for the zip

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If this workshop is full or the listed date is unsuitable for you, please check our newsletter for advanced notice of our next available workshop, or you can send me an email to arrange a private lesson for a time that suits you.

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