Inspired by romantic travel films of the early 60’s. Stroll around town with this comfortably sized carry-all.

Materials List

Allow extra yardage for matching or centering a design on your fabric.

For 44" wide light to mid-weight fabric:

* 1 1/2 yards of fabric for the Exterior, including Handles and bias strips for covering the cotton cord
* 1 5/8 yards of coordinating fabric for the Lining
* 5 yards of 20" wide woven fusible interfacing (we use SF-101 by Pellon)

For 54" wide mid-weight fabric:

* 1 1/2 yards of fabric for the Exterior, including Handles and bias strips for covering the cotton cord
* 1 5/8 yards of coordinating fabric for the Lining
* 2 1/2 yards of 20" wide woven fusible interfacing (we use SF-101 by Pellon)

PLUS

* 3/8 yard of 44" wide fusible fleece (we use fusible Thermolam Plus by Pellon)
* 1/8 yard of Timtex™ or a similar extra-heavy stabilizer
* 3 yards of 1/4" cotton cording (found in the home decorating department of most fabric stores)
* 1 sheet of Dritz™ 8 x 10" Heavy Duty Template Plastic (found with the quilting supplies)
* 22" coordinating purse zipper (we use Coats brand zippers)
* 1 large spool of coordinating all-purpose thread (we use Coats Dual-Duty Plus)

Finished size: 14" wide across the center x 10" tall x 4 1/2" deep

TOOLS NEEDED: Scissors, Iron and Ironing board, Straight pins, Seam ripper, Ruler and Yardstick, Chalk pencil/Fabric marker, Pencil, Hand sewing needle, Turning tool (such as a closed pair of scissors), Zipper foot to fit your sewing machine, Schmetz™ jeans/denim sharp point sewing machine needle size 100/16 or another heavyweight sewing machine needle size 16.