Materials used: 1 full placemat, 1.5" cut of another placemat to use for handle, 2 fat quarters 18x21" for the lining, about 10x12" piece of fabric for your flap cover (basically needs to be wide enough to span the width of the bag and long enough to flap over opening and part way down the purse and heavy Pellon interface that same size. You'll also need a closure piece. I used magnetic snaps.
This placemat is a plastic material that have a woven feel to it. It came 4 in the pack and that allowed me to use one of the for the handle.
Fold in half and sew with half inch seams. I used my heavy duty needle and had the stitch length at 3 just like I'd normally do with leather like material. After you've got a flat pouch, square the bottom for about 2 inches. To square the bottom of the bag, you simply create a triangle with base that is 2 times the height.
Before folding and sewing the right sides of the lining together, you'll want to make your pocket. At this point I also put my label.
Sew the sides of the lining and square the bottom with the exact same dimensions as the outer bag. This is where I made a mistake. I should have made my lining and additional .5 inch so that when I flipped things out, it would sit on the bottom. Because the placemat is stiffer, I wanted to use the lining also as a basting to purse opening. To avoid scratches and to frame the purse. Before sewing that tho, I had to install the magnetic clasp to the flap and the body of the purse.
with the pieces of the flap put together (basically iron the facing to the covering fabric, install the snap to the lining and sew the lining to the front piece as seen below.
Without sewing yet, pin the flap to the purse and fold over to mark where you want the snap to close. Once you've determine where your snaps will be, leave some pins as markers for when you're ready to sew the flap on.
Sew the flap snipping off a triangle a the back end of each said. Flip inside out and steam iron into shape.
Now you can sew your lining and flip around. I prefer to leave the opening at the top and just sew around the edge to hide my opening.
Completed lined purse bottom. This little bit used as a faux bias for the mouth of the purse ends up with the lining sitting higher in the purse. If I'd made the lining longer, it would have sat on the bottom.
Realign the purse flap to the pin markers you had and sew in place.
I chose to put a bias on the placemat piece for the handle so that the handle would stand out.
Sew down the handle to the purse and you're done.
Final product. The matching dress blog is coming up.
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