Luxe velvet and all things dalmatian print are our two biggest style crushes right now, so this statement clutch bag with its plush quilted mustard gorgeousness and hand-drawn animal print dots nearly tipped us over the edge - in a good way.
Get thee to a sewing machine ASAP, mix new season trends and textures together and update your look for in time for happy hour. Heck, we'll be taking our clutch bag everywhere. And did we mention it has a yarn tassel on the zip? This is DIY so done right.
MATERIALS
■ 35.5 x 45.5cm (14x18") cotton velvet in mustard yellow (Fabric 1)
■ 1m (39 3/8") medium weight cotton in white (Fabric 2)
■ 35.5 x45.5cm (14x18") wadding
■ 35.5 x 73.5cm (14x29") lining fabric in cream (Fabric 3)
■ 35.5 x21.5cm (14x 8 1/2") fusible interfacing
■ 28-33cm (11-13") zip with exposed teeth
■ Matching sewing thread
■ Black fabric marker
■ Navy blue embroidery thread
■ A6 piece of card
1. Using the black fabric marker draw a dotty, dalmatian-style pattern all over the right side (RS) of Fabric 2 then leave to dry. Alternatively, you could source a dalmatian print fabric to use as Fabric 2. Cut two 35.5 x 16.5cm (14 x 8 1/2") pieces from Fabric 2 and iron the interfacing to the wrong side (WS) of the panels. Trim away any remaining excess fabric.
2. Lay Fabric 1 on top of the wadding, RS up, and pin the layers together as shown.
3. Starting in the middle, use long straight stitches to quilt the velvet and wadding, creating a grid of 4cm (1 5/8") squares, then crossing through them with diagonal lines. Alternatively, you can be as minimal or creative in your choice of quilting design as you like. If you go for a different quilting effect, be sure to practise sewing on scraps of velvet and wadding before committing the final design to Fabric 1.
4. When you've finished quilting Fabric 1, trim away any remaining straggly threads.
5. Pin the long edge of a Fabric 2 piece to a short edge of the Fabric 1 piece, RS together. Repeat with the other short edge of Fabric 1.
6. Sew in place with a 1.5cm (5/8") seam allowance, then gently press the seam allowance into the panels.
7. Pin the zip along the long edge of one Fabric 2 panel with RS together and aligning the edges.
8. Place Fabric 3 on top the Fabric 2 panel with RS together, thereby sandwiching the zip tape.
9. Switch to the machine's zipper foot and sew into place, stopping the line of stitching to open the zip, in order to finish sewing the length. Press the Fabric 2 panel and lining fabric away from the zip.
10. Repeat Steps 7-9 with the other Fabric 2 panel, being careful not to twist the outer fabric or lining.
11. With the clutch bag WS up and the zip in the centre, pin the bag's Fabric 1 piece together at the side seams over on one side of the zip, and the side seams of the bag's Fabric 3 lining over on the other side of the zip.
12. Sew these side seams into place with one continuous line of stitching across Fabric 1 and Fabric 3 lining on one side, then do the same on the other side, this time leaving a gap of approximately 7.5cm (3") in the lining so you can turn the bag RS out later on.
13. If your zip is a little shorter than the width of the bag, at this point you'll also need to sew two little indents across the top of where Fabric 2 meets the Fabric 3 lining, up to the points where the zip tape begins and ends.
14. Before turning it through to the RS, the bottom of the bag needs to be given a little depth and shape. To do this, fold the corners of the quilted velvet back on themselves, so the side seam line runs down the middle of this newly pinched-out corner. Sew a line across the corner, roughly 5cm (2") down from the point, as shown. Don't trim these corners away as they'll add to the structure of the finished bag.
15. Turn the clutch bag RS out through the gap left in the lining. Fold the raw edges at the gap to the WS, then pin and sew using blind slip stitch.
16. Next, create a tassel to attach to the zip pull. Cut a length of navy blue thread approximately 15cm (6") long and put aside. Wrap the remaining thread around a piece of A6 card 30 times. Slip the 15cm (6") length of thread through the loop of wound thread and tie together at the top. Now slide the bundle of thread off the card.
17. Secure with another short piece of thread, tying it around the bundle roughly a quarter of the way down. Cut the lower part of the bundle to release the strands of thread, then trim to neaten. Attach the tassel to the zip using the thread ends at the top.
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