Hello! My name is Tania Castro, Welcome to my channel!
Today I've got a new video about how to make a homemade purse
using easy-to-find materials that are also very cheap.
So I am going to show you how the purse turned out and also
I am going to put up some photos so that you can see it
This is the purse... this is how it turned out
I like it very much. It has a long chain strap.
And... What I like the most is the padding here on top
It makes it look more professional to me
I showed it to my mom and my sister and they said it's beautiful, and Chris, too.
I hope you like it!
This is how the back part looks, and this is how it looks in the front
The bottom part.... as you can see, it's sewn well
The only thing that I am going to tell you is to buy a type of leather fabric that is softer
because, this fabric is tougher and it made it difficult to use the sewing machine at the end of the project
it almost didn't work because of this
so I ended up gluing the lining with silicon glue
because it was not working and that's I recommend you buy a softer fabric
So now I am going to give you some instructions really quickly
about how you may want to look at the purse, and analyze it
For example if you have a purse and you want to make one that looks similar but in a different color
then what you could do is count how many pieces of fabric the purse is made of
So I see here the top part, this one in front, the back piece, and the sides and bottom are one part
So look at your purse, draw your template of paper or cardboard accordingly,
and then you will trace that onto the fabric, and you are now going to see the steps of how to do that
I hope you like this video, subscribe... AND
If you like to see tutorials of how to make purses, let me know in the comments and I will make them more often, Thank you!
These are the measurements that I am using, as you can see, there are just 4 pieces, no more
So you can pause the video to see the measurements and draw them
Here I am going to trace the measurements that I had already drawn on the paper because
it's much easier. I am going to trace them leaving a few centimeters on the edges
for when I have to sew them.
You already know that this is the bottom part and the sides of the purse
There really aren't many parts
Here is the front part, and you can see that all of the parts have the same measurement
The only one that is longer is the top part
This is the back part
also leaving centimeters of separation, at least 1 centimeter extra should be left for when we sew it
Now I am tracing the lining, using the same template that I used to cut the leather
because it's going to be for the lining of the purse so that the threading of the leather can't be seen
As you can see, this one also measures 25 centimeters wide, the front lining and the back lining,
The only difference is that this one is 21.5 centimeters in height while the others measure less
It's important to get the measurements correct because it's fundamental.
If not, when you try to put all of the pieces together, and sew them together, they are not going to fit well
This one measures 55 centimeters because this one includes the bottom and the sides
Also, you'll want to take into account that the two sides are the same length,
when you sew them, they aren't going to turn out well if you cut them to different lengths
This is the front part, so I am drawing lines with the ruler where I am going to use the sewing machine
(but the sewing machine didn't work well for me here so
I didn't put any padding here...)
I used the same process in the top flap of the purse. I cut the sponge fabric to the same measurement.
The first thing that I am doing is to make a hem, and then I am going to sew the hem to the leather
and then I am going to connect the two pieces because if I try to sew all three pieces together,
the sewing machine wouldn't do it because the three pieces are too thick
In the parts that are formed in half-circles, you'll have to cut them into smaller pieces
so that you can round them when you sew them and they don't come out square
Here I am sewing the hem to the leather as I mentioned earlier
This sponge is especially for this, it comes very thin and I bought about 6 yards for $4
so it was super cheap. This part is easy because all you have to do is connect the pieces.
This upper part is where I am placing the magnets because it's the top flap of the purse
so when we close the purse, these magnets will touch the magnets on the front of the purse
I am using silicon glue here because it's a very easy way to do it.
It would have been difficult to use the sewing machine because I'd have been
trying to sew on top of other sewn threads
because I already made the hems of both sides
and don't worry, because we are going to use the sewing machine to pass over the lines
that we drew with the ruler, so it will all be securely fastened together
Moreover, the hot glue is really good with this fabric, it's really tough to undo the hot glue
Here we are just going to sew over the lines that we drew earlier.
As you can see, this part is very simple. They are just straight lines but they end up
looking like diamonds instead of squares
It's very easy to do this part and it gives the purse a professional touch. I like how it looks.
Now I am going to sew the sides and bottom to the front part.
I put it exactly in the middle because the sides must be left ready to sew
Here I am assembling all of the pieces, like putting a puzzle together
because they are all already cut and I labelled them all so that I can identify them so it's not confusing
I cut off the corners so that they come out round and it will be easier to fold
because the leather is pretty tough, if you don't cut the corners the purse will be very difficult to sew
I already sewed one side here, and now I am going to sew the other side,
Here we simply have three pieces, the back piece, the front piece,
and the long piece which will serve as the sides and the bottom
Here it is all together and assembled... the form of the purse can now be seen
These are the "hooks" or fasteners that I bought at the craft store and they are very cheap
Here I am sewing them with the same fabric. I cut off a small rectangle of fabric
and I'm using the rectangle to attach it to the purse
Before you put in the lining, you have to put in the hooks so that the sewing thread can't be seen
This is the lining of the inside part in Lycra, I am making a hem here
because I am going to put the pieces in separately because it's easier
This is one of the pockets for the inside part for money or cards, and I am making two of them
It's easy, you just have to cut a square and fold it over to give it edges so it looks like it has a hem
Now take the sides of the lining and glue the pocket onto it, and obviously not on the top part!
Reinforce the pocket with more glue in any parts where it hasn't connected well
Now, we are going to use the same poster board we had earlier to cut pieces of cardboard
It's good for these to be a bit thicker so that the purse has a firm structure and doesn't wrinkle up
I am gluing the Lycra onto the cardboard so that the purse has form and the threading cannot be seen
I am also going to put this in with silicon glue because it would be more difficult to sew it
Now I am making the front part and the back part
There's not much science to it, you just have to line the cardboard with the fabric
Just put on the hot glue, and line the cardboard, and cut the corners so you can fold them easily
This back part doesn't have to look perfect because this will be in the wall of the purse
The front part has to look good, though
Don't worry if it looks a bit... "clumsy" as I like to say
These are the parts that have to look good... the visible parts
Here I am placing the magnets so that they are in the same position so that they touch
when the top of the purse is closed
Here I am placing the back wall and now the front well
This way, the purse has form and structure and will won't get wrinkled,
I am attaching the chain that bought at the craft store
Now I am gluing on a bow with silicon glue, and I put it on to reinforce the magnets
because, given how small the magnets are, they aren't too strong
so you'll have to buy bigger ones than me so that the purse closes shut
I put a little bow on and it looks pretty, it doesn't look too simple or boring, and now it's ready
It looks very professional with the sewn lines, and if you make your own, send me a photo!
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