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The Build Bag Book: Satchels
I’ve used a home décor-weight fabric with a woven pattern for this satchel; when choosing fabric with a woven design, take a look at the wrong side – you may find a delightfully contrasting pattern that can be used to create a striking effect!

Finished size
29.5 x 24 x 6.5cm (11½ x 9½ x 2½in), excluding strap

Posted by Search Press • Published 3rd February 2021 • See Search Press's 272 projects »

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© 2024 Debbie Shore / Search Press · Reproduced with permission. · ‘The Build a Bag Book: Satchels’ by Debbie Shore ISBN: 9781782217688 RRP: £17.99 Publisher: Search Press Available from www.searchpress.com

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Step 1
Using your template
Cut the following:
•  2 square satchel pieces from outer  fabric and foam stabilizer, on the fold
•  2 square satchel pieces from lining, on  the fold
•  4 square flaps from outer fabric and  1 square flap from fusible fleece, on  the fold
• 1 square base from outer fabric and   foam stabilizer, not on the fold
• 1 square base from lining, not on the fold
• 2 square sides from outer fabric and  foam stabilizer, not on the fold
• 2 square sides from lining, not on the fold

Also cut:
•  10 x 102cm (4 x 40in) outer fabric for  the strap
•  10cm (4in) square outer fabric for the  centre of the bow
Step 2
Sew two of the outer square flap pieces right sides together for your bow, leaving a turning gap of about 7.5cm (3in) in one side. Snip across the corners, turn right side out and edge-stitch all the way around.
Step 3
Sew the 10cm (4in) square right sides together along one side to make a tube. Turn right side out. I deliberately used one side of the fabric for the main part of the bow and the other for the knot as a feature.
Step 4
Wrap the tube around the centre of the sewn flap, gathering the flap piece in the middle, and hand-sew at the back to make a bow, as shown.
Step 5
Make an open-ended strap from the 102cm (40in) length of outer fabric.
Step 6
Fit the slim half of the magnetic snap to one of the remaining square flap  pieces, centrally, 2.5cm (1in) from the bottom.

Tip Add a jewelled brooch to the centre of the bow for a glam evening look!
Step 7
Fuse fleece to the wrong side of the remaining flap piece. Sew the two flap pieces right sides together, leaving a turning gap in one side of about 7.5cm (3in). Snip across the corners, turn right side out and edge-stitch around the seam.
Step 8
Fuse foam stabilizer to the wrong sides of the remaining outer pieces (the satchel front, back, sides and base). Fit the second half of the magnetic snap to the centre front of the bag, 7.5cm (3in) from the top.
Step 9
Sew the flap right sides together to the centre of the back satchel piece.
Step 10
Sew a side panel to each side of the front of the bag, right sides together.
Step 11
Sew in the back of the bag, right sides together.
Step 12
Sew in the base, right sides together, then turn the bag right side out.
Step 13
Sew the lining pieces together in the same way, leaving a turning gap in the base of about 13cm (5in).
Step 14
Sew the ends of the strap, facing downwards, to each side of the bag. Make sure it’s not twisted!
Step 15
Drop the bag inside the lining, right sides together and matching the seams, then sew around the top.

Turn right side out, then hand-sew the opening closed.

Push the lining inside the satchel, then edge-stitch around the top.
Step 16
Hand-sew the bow to the flap, with the centre of the bow 2.5cm (1in) from the edge; put a few stitches around the bow to secure it.