How to sew an evening purse from a placemat
Make your own purse with minimal sewing! This fun evening purse is so easy to sew from a placemat or simply a round piece of fabric!
Yield: 1 purse
Equipment
- scissors
- clips
- jeans needle
- pressing iron
Materials
- woven placemat with sequins or any placemat with a little bling
- optional - fabric for lining
- 2 magnetic snaps
- matching thread
Instructions
- If adding lining, place the mat over the lining fabric and trace around the placemat with the fabric pen. Cut out leaving 1/2" allowance.
- Cut notches into the allowance.
- Press the allowance towards the wrong side of the fabric, with your iron on steam, using the circle you traced above as a guide.
- Mark where you want to add the closure and attach the magnetic snaps (use this tutorial if you need to learn how to attach magnetic snaps)
- Place the placemat wrong side up and the fabric circle right side up and clip the two together.
- Sew around the circle with 1/8" allowance.
- Fold the purse and close the snaps.
- Sew the sides about couple of inches on each side.