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This sophisticated bag, made from luxurious wool tartan, has a beautiful, vintage feel about it. It’s fully lined and finished with leather handles to ensure it looks great but can also last a lifetime. A set-in zip gives a professional result and keeps your possessions safe. Why not purchase extra fabric and make an on-trend skirt to match?
Sew a handbag
1 Download the templates above and print. Cut out two bag pieces on the fold and two gussets from tartan fabric. Try to match up the pattern so that the back and the front are the same. Cut the same pieces from coordinating cotton to make the lining.
2 Trim a 7cm x 48cm strip of blue velvet fabric. Fold over 1cm on both long sides and tack. Thread a mother of pearl buckle through 50cm of mint ric rac and, making sure that it’s central, pin it across the centre of the velvet strip. Hand sew in place using small stitches. Pin the velvet strip across the widest part of the bag front and hand sew using whip stitch. Remove the tacking stitches.
3 Fold over the straight edge a
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