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New Free* pattern: The Slim Clutch(TM)

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As mentioned before, I’ve been working on some new designs using the same basic Clutch Instructions PDF tutorial.  Without having to tweak it too much so that it required a brand-new tutorial, I made up a new clutch that can be worn as a cross-body clutch (look, Ma, no hands!) or a wristlet.  With the great expat community that I am currently living in, I’ve formed some amazing friendships and we tend to go out a lot living in this great city.  The City life is quite different from the Suburban life.  Both great, but just different!  With all the restaurants and bars that we frequent, I needed a slim profile clutch to carry my essentials:  my phone and my Samsung camera phone.  Why two phones?  I haven’t had time to move all my contacts over to the Samsung and with my terrible telephone carrier, my friends sometimes get some texts and sometimes they don’t.  Mama needs a back-up!

So here’s the fabric that started it all.

Not to be used as a skirt if you are over the age of 30 IMO. It’s the size of a Band-Aid, for Goodness Sakes!

But I immediately saw its true self as a clutch!

This is the only time you can look up my skirt! 🙂 Just kidding … I am showing you the lining that I used inside the clutch. It came with the skirt! How handy.

At my place of work, there is always a glass of wine involved. 🙂

I had to do some cutting and that meant murder to the poor sequins! It was a crime scene.

The looks on their faces. They knew I had to cut them off! 🙂

The above pic is so adorable.  Oh, it’s the little things that bring a smile to me!  So I was sewing and made an error (as we all do) and had to take the stitches back out.  When I did that, look at what was staring back at me?  I found this to be quite funny!  And I found that I am in need of a manicure …

OFF with their heads! Much cleaner.

And yada, yada, yada … (name that show), look what I’ve got!

Voila!  My new wristlet using only one loop with the 15″ nickel-free chain.  You can make a smaller loop by hooking up the links with the lobster claw.

Much cuter like this, don’t you think? 🙂

There is no bulk!

Here’s the clutch in other fabrics.  Hover over the photos to see the captions describing it or click and see the gallery.

Make your own variation: angled corners, taller, shorter …

Slim profile against your body: no bulkiness.

Essentials only. Iphone, phone, Android phone, ID, credit card, cash …

Hard to describe without a double entendre: Big opening to slide it in.

In cotton for your casual outfits.

Here’s how to make it:

Download the new template using your password.

Since this is designed to be slimming on the body, skip pages 12-14 in the tutorial. You do not need to square off the corners.

You will notice in the above picture that I did not use fusible fleece for the outer fabric.  Fusible interface was used for the inner fabric only to give it some body and heft.  For the outer fabric, since I wanted it to maintain its flat slimming profile, I used Pellon’s 809 Decor Bond.  Using fusible fleece for both would have made this clutch a little bit more bulky and fluffy, which for its design and function, I did not want.

Tuck in as usual.  Sew the clutch same as Pages 16-20.

Sew across to close.

Glue into your 6×3 inch metal purse frame.

Take it to go!

May 17, 2013 - Posted by Thy K | WhileBabyNaps General Updates