Child Purse Tutorial

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This Child Purse Tutorial makes a fleece sheep purse that is adorable and soft. Perfect for stashing little treasures and toys in. To make your own fleecy sheep purse, you will need:

YOU WILL NEED:

All seam allowances are 1/4″ and are included in the pattern. I recommend a walking or even feed foot for this project.

Child Purse step-by-step Tutorial:

Step 1 – Stitch the Fluffy Ears

Sewing the sheep ears. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Sew darts.

sewing the pink and white pieces.

Place one pink and one white ear right sides together and stitch notched edges.

finishing the ears. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Using the guideline on the pattern piece, fold the ear with the pink on the inside. Baste the raw edge closed.

Step 2 – Add Personality to the Face

trimming the quilt batting

Trim 1/8″ from the outside of the quilt batting. Adhere the batting to the wrong side of the face piece with spray adhesive or glue stick. Place wrong side of face to the right side of a white circle as shown and stitch around the edge using a straight or zigzag stitch.

attaching safety eyes. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Attach eyes. Cut a small scrap of pink for the nose and stitch in place. Hand or machine stitch the mouth.

Quick Tip

For this Child Purse Tutorial, I recommend using safety eyes if this purse is for a young child.

Step 3 – Attach the child Purse Handles

sewing the handles. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Take strap pieces and fold in half and sew along the long edge, right sides together.

attaching the handles to the face. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Using a safety pin, turn right side out and topstitch along the two long edges. Repeat for the second strap. Baste one strap to the face circle using the markings on the pattern piece. Baste second strap to the other white face circle, using the same markings.

Step 4 – Prepare the Soft Lining

preparing the soft lining. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Use spray baste or glue stitch to adhere quilt batting to wrong side of pink lining pieces (2 circles and 1 gusset).

attaching velcro to the lining

Attach velcro squares to the right side of pink lining circles as marked on pattern piece.

Step 5 – Put all the fleece sheep purse pieces together

putting all the purse pieces together. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

We will now complete this Child Purse Tutorial by putting all the sewn pieces together! First, baste ears to the face circle, right sides together, following pattern markings.

pinning the pieces together. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Align notch on bottom of face circle with notch on white gusset and sew, right sides together. Repeat with the second white circle.

sewing the pieces together.

Assembly the lining in the same manner but leave a 2″ gap in the bottom of one of the seams for turning.

Slip lining inside outer purse, right sides together, and stitch around all top edges, being sure not to catch the ears or the handles in the seam. This is the most difficult part of the Child Purse Tutorial; pin lots and go slow.

sewing the pieces together. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Turn right side out and hand stitch opening shut.

Step 6 – Finish this Child Purse Tutorial with a Cute Bow

making a bow. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Fold bow piece in half so that short edges meet, right sides together. Stitch short edge, leaving a 1″ gap in the middle of the seam for turning.

sewing the ends together

Roll the bow so that the seam is now in the center and sew the two other ends, right sides together.

sewing the opening shut

Turn bow right sides out and hand sew opening shut.

pinching the center of the bow together. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Pinch the center of the bow together and use a few hand stitches to secure.

making the bow center

To make the center of the bow, fold the bow center piece, right sides together, so that the long edges meet. Stitch.

sewing the bow center. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Turn bow center right side out and wrap around the middle of the bow. Hand sew the raw edges together.

adding the bow to the sheep purse. I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.

Sew the bow in place on the purse. you’ve completed this Child Purse Tutorial!

Download the child purse Pattern Below:

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I love this fleecy sheep purse pattern and tutorial. Such a great handmade gift DIY idea and perfect sewing for a little girl.