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Home Sewing Patterns Kissable Clutch

Kissable Clutch

Difficulty

Beginner

Designer

Ruth Oliver

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

It’s a little known fact that there’s a legal requirement to have at least one kooky purse in your life, and these bold lips by Ruth Oliver will make you happy to oblige. It has a useful hand strap on the reverse and is the perfect size for your everyday essentials, plus you can zip it to keep them all secure. It’s time to let your accessories do the talking!

Essentials

Quilt weight fabric
Quilted fusible interfacing
28cm zip

Cutting guide

Pink fabric: cut one back, top lip, bottom lip and two zip tabs
Patterned fabric: cut one back and a 6cm x 30cm strip
Contrast fabric: cut one top lip and bottom lip
Fusible interfacing: cut one back, top lip and bottom lip

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Stitch a clutch purse

1 Download and print the templates. Cut out the pieces as indicated by the cutting guide, then adhere fusible interfacing to the pink back, top lip and bottom lip. Fold one zip tab piece 1cm from he short edge, press, then topstitch the folded edge to the zip, butting the unfolded edge with the end of the metal zip pull. Repeat with the second tab for the other end.

2 Lay the contrast bottom lip lining side up and place the zip on top, aligning the left edge of the zip with the long edge of the lip. Lay the outer