DIY WATERMELON CLUTCH // TUTORIAL + DOWNLOAD

Hello everyone! After a busy period that kept us away from the blog, we are back with something new... the first post in collaboration with Panini Tessuti , a company from Modena! We are really very happy with this collaboration, with the material they provided us we interpreted a classic of this summer... watermelon! We decided to make a clutch bag in eco-leather , a material that we really like. The one provided by Panini Tessuti is really excellent quality, it is very soft and easy to sew, even in multiple layers... plus it is available in many colors on their online shop ! The company is also a sponsor of the magazine "Ago filo e fantasia" and provided us with all the material to make the tutorial contained in the next issue... of which we will not reveal anything for now ;) Let's move on to the pattern!

 

MATERIALS

• red, white, green and black faux leather
• 30cm zipper
• template (see the notes below)
• sewing machine
• white, red and black thread
• sewing needle
• scissors
• taylor chalk

TEMPLATE NOTES

• Download the pdf template here.
• Watermelon template includes seam allowances (dotted line).

TUTORIAL

CUTTING OUT

Start cutting out the template pieces. Pin them to your faux leather, draw around the pieces using a tailor chalk, then cut them out (1). Make sure you have the following pieces:

• 2 sides in green
• 2 sides in red
• 2 stripes in white
• 16 black seeds

CONSTRUCT THE SLICE

Place a red panel right side up, then lay a white stripe on the top, making them fit together, and stop them with pins. Sew them together with a very tight zigzag stitch (the seam must look like a cord), using the white thread (2).

Cut the exceeding red faux leather on the back, under the seam (3).

Sew 8 seeds on the red panel with a central straight stitch, using the black thread. Then place a green panel right side up and lay on it the previously sewn red and white panel, placing it as the template and stopping them together with pins. Then, always using a very tight zigzag stitch, sew the white part with the white thread and the red part with the red thread (4).

Repeat the operations for the other panel (pics 1-4).

Place the open zipper on the stitched panel, with the right sides facing (5).

Sew the zipper near the red edge of the slice, using a straight stitch and the red thread (6).

Press the seam flat on the right side, always using a straight stitch and the red thread, stitching just below the zigzag cord (7).

Repeat the operations for the other panel (8).

Sew the panels together with the right sides facing (9). Remember to leave the zipper open, otherwise you will not be able to turn the bag out!

Fix the zipper extremes sewing them at the binding inside the bag (10). Turn the bag inside out.

 

For this occasion you can see us in an unusual bucolic location...the countryside near our grandparents' house! XD We were a bit skeptical at the beginning, but the bag looks really good in this landscape...don't you think so?