{"id":15285,"date":"2011-06-12T00:31:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T04:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=15285"},"modified":"2015-01-09T01:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T06:59:59","slug":"make-a-girls-pouch-purse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/12\/make-a-girls-pouch-purse\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Girl’s Pouch Purse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Laurel and Robert arrived for a two day visit,\u00c2\u00a0 my little granddaughter was wearing the ladybug dress<\/a> I made recently. While she was here, we made a matching “purse.”<\/p>\n

This\u00c2\u00a0 is a nice little sewing project for a child, as the purse foundation can be a ready made handkerchief requiring just 4 lines of straight stitch to be finished.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Or it can be more elaborate, like a square with lace edging or bias binding and machine embroidery.\u00c2\u00a0 Note:\u00c2\u00a0 I attached the bias binding but Laurel did\u00c2\u00a0 the remainder of the sewing.<\/p>\n

Regardless of your choice, you begin with a finished square.\u00c2\u00a0 Large squares make large purses, smaller squares make smaller purses.\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing tricky here.<\/p>\n

Laurel’s purse began with a 16″ square of sturdy white cotton, bound with black bias, to mimic the pockets on her ladybug dress.<\/p>\n

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Step #1–16″ square with finished edges<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next, embroider one or more corners. \u00c2\u00a0 Be sure to embroider on the “right” side of the square.\u00c2\u00a0 The “wrong” side of the fabric will be the outside of the purse.\u00c2\u00a0 The folded corners, with or without embroidery, will be the attractive feature.\u00c2\u00a0 The “wrong” side outer surface of the purse will be covered, mostly, with the folded corners.<\/p>\n

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Step #2–embroider one or more corners<\/p><\/div>\n

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This single ladybug was extracted from a design of three in Zundt Design’s Pissaro Collection.\u00c2\u00a0 Though it was the smallest of three, it was still too large.\u00c2\u00a0 So it was reduced in BuzzSize by 30% and then stitched with 50 wt. DMC machine embroidery thread to compensate for the drastic reduction.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Even minimized,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 this big bug still looks like a major player in the garden.<\/p>\n

The square was placed flat on a table, wrong side up.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the four corners were folded toward the center.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no magic number or measurement.\u00c2\u00a0 Just try to keep the newly formed corner triangles the same size.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Larger corner triangles mean smaller purse storage area.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t be surprised when a handkerchief is not exactly square and the triangles seem irregular.<\/p>\n

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Step #3–draw stitching line with washaway marker<\/p><\/div>\n

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Draw a stitching line for the casing with a water soluble marker. It is helpful to extend the line beyond the triangle edge so beginners can lineup the foot more easily.<\/p>\n

Consider the ribbon width when determining the casing size.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially when sewing on the bias, it is helpful to a child to have both a line and more pins than are shown here.<\/p>\n

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Step #4–straight stitch along marked lines to create a casing. Step #5–insert 2 lengths of ribbon through the casing.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stitch on the drawn line to make the ribbon casing. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Use two ribbons, with diagonally opposite entrance and exit corners.\u00c2\u00a0 Be sure to make the ribbon long enough that the purse can be flattened for ironing after being laundered.<\/p>\n

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Note the two corners which served as entrance and exit for the two ribbons.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Laurel’s second project shows this more clearly.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I had taken more pictures of this hanky purse to compare, side by side, with the ladybug purse.\u00c2\u00a0 But this is not complicated.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure you can figure it out.<\/p>\n

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Pull up the drawstring ribbons to form a pouch.<\/p>\n

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The ladybug purse was made to match a dress.\u00c2\u00a0 The easier hanky purse could be a sweet little present for the big sister of a new baby who is being showered with gifts.\u00c2\u00a0 Beginner kid “sewists” could make them up for friends or for birthdays.<\/p>\n

If you have any thoughts of teaching a child to sew, this is a perfect beginner project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  When Laurel and Robert arrived for a two day visit,\u00c2\u00a0 my little granddaughter was wearing the ladybug dress I made recently. While she was here, we made a matching “purse.” This\u00c2\u00a0 is a nice little sewing project for a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,42,18,73],"tags":[615,614,511,616],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15285"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33014,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15285\/revisions\/33014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}