This is going to be a lengthy blog post, so grab some coffee or tea before you start to read. You will thank Momma Cat for this, she promises!
Momma cat purchased this cute pattern from JoAnn Fabric and Crafts several months ago. It had a cat on it! She just had to buy it! She really wanted to make the cat purse!
A long time passed and Momma finally found the time to make her cat purse. It's a lined bag with two zippers, and a lot of details. So, it took Momma a few days to make it.
Momma used some velvet upholstery fabric for the body of the purse, and the details are made from marine vinyl.
She used this wonderful tape to hold the pieces together, instead of pins. Pins leave unsightly holes in vinyl. So this tape works really well! You just don't want to run your needle through it, or it gets gummy!
Here's the Cat's face after all the pieces were sewn onto it.
There's a little mouse detail on the zippered pocket, which is on the back side of the purse. Here's what the back of the purse looks like with the zippered pocket sewn on.
The next step was to start work on the lining. Momma Cat chose this red w/white cotton, polka dot fabric for her lining. She wanted the inside to be bright, so that items in the purse would be easier to locate. Each purse body piece was interfaced and lined before construction began.
Next, there was the gusset, which has a zipper in the top, and connects to the front and back of the purse.
Next, Momma Cat sewed the purse front to the gusset.
After that, Momma Cat sewed on the purse back. She stitched all around the purse's front and back edges to keep them crisp, and then she attached the strap. Here's the finished purse.
Momma Cat took her finished purse to work today and showed her friends. Everybody liked it! What do you think? Do you like it too?
Momma Cat is already planning her next cat purse. It will be identical to this purse on the outside, but it'll have a black and white polka print inside! Momma Cat will post it on her blog as soon as she has it finished!
- Momma Cat
Momma cat purchased this cute pattern from JoAnn Fabric and Crafts several months ago. It had a cat on it! She just had to buy it! She really wanted to make the cat purse!
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| Simplicity #1181, Cat, Fox, Owl, and Dog purses |
A long time passed and Momma finally found the time to make her cat purse. It's a lined bag with two zippers, and a lot of details. So, it took Momma a few days to make it.
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| Basic layout before sewing |
Momma used some velvet upholstery fabric for the body of the purse, and the details are made from marine vinyl.
She used this wonderful tape to hold the pieces together, instead of pins. Pins leave unsightly holes in vinyl. So this tape works really well! You just don't want to run your needle through it, or it gets gummy!
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| Perma Stick Tape holds everything in place while you sew! |
Here's the Cat's face after all the pieces were sewn onto it.
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| Cat's face completed |
There's a little mouse detail on the zippered pocket, which is on the back side of the purse. Here's what the back of the purse looks like with the zippered pocket sewn on.
The next step was to start work on the lining. Momma Cat chose this red w/white cotton, polka dot fabric for her lining. She wanted the inside to be bright, so that items in the purse would be easier to locate. Each purse body piece was interfaced and lined before construction began.
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| The purse lining with a pocket in the front. |
Next, there was the gusset, which has a zipper in the top, and connects to the front and back of the purse.
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| Purse gusset with zipper. |
Next, Momma Cat sewed the purse front to the gusset.
After that, Momma Cat sewed on the purse back. She stitched all around the purse's front and back edges to keep them crisp, and then she attached the strap. Here's the finished purse.
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| Momma Cat's finished Cat Purse! |
Momma Cat took her finished purse to work today and showed her friends. Everybody liked it! What do you think? Do you like it too?
Momma Cat is already planning her next cat purse. It will be identical to this purse on the outside, but it'll have a black and white polka print inside! Momma Cat will post it on her blog as soon as she has it finished!
- Momma Cat
What a great purse! You are so clever to figure out how to craft the face parts with Perma-Stick tape, to avoid sewing needle marks. The red polka-dot lining is a good idea, too, to make things easy to find inside. I'll bet you gets lots of compliments on this project!
ReplyDeleteMaureen,
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm glad you like the purse. Actually the face parts are sewn on! I only used the Perma Stick Tape to hold them in place while I stitched them, rather than using pins. It worked very well!
- Momma Cat
So cute! Thanks for sharing your process!
ReplyDeleteAssunta,
ReplyDeleteI am planning to make a smaller version. I'll let you know how that works out.
- Momma Cat