Hey! Welcome to day 8! of 12 days of Christmas tutorials, today i made a super cute leather clutch made from an upcycled jacket
Materials
Leather, vegan leather, cork leather or a non stretch fabric
8″ Zipper
Cotton fabric for lining
If using a upcycled jacket plan out your pieces, i find sleeves and back portion give good chunks of leather
Measurements
Outer pieces – Cut 2 – 10″x6.5″
Inner – Cut 2 – 10″ x 6.5″
Bow center – 3″ x 4″
Zipper tab piece 3″ x 3″
Bow piece – 11″ x 5″ (cut two if using a fabric that frays)
step 1 : Fold edge of tab piece down quarter of an inch, place folded edge against metal stopper, place second tab piece in same way on other end of zipper
Step 2: Take bow centre piece fold in side seams and sew down each side, fold in half inside out and sew down short side to create loop
Step 3: make a zipper sandwich, zipper pull facing outer fabric, line up raw edges and sew beside zipper teeth
Step 4: repeat last step with remaining pieces
step5: top stitch along the zipper teeth
step 6: place bow centre around bow piece
Step 7: place right sides of outer fabric and lining together, sew all the way around leaving a 5″ gap in lining
flip right sides out and sew hole in lining