Anna-Bella Zip Purse Pattern

The Anna-Bella Zip Purse Pattern by The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs includes sewing instructions for creating a long, zippered purse with handles, featuring a sweet verse and appliqued hearts on an EPP Hexagon background, great for carrying sewing notions, including longer scissors, 12" ruler, cutters etc. or use for knitting needles, or a handy purse for carrying just about anything. Features appliqued hearts and stitched sentiment "Live, Laugh and Love with Abandon" on natural linen, on an English Paper Pieced background with hand-stitched quilting. Finished size: 12" x 4".

Materials needed:

• (16) 4" x 10" co-ordinating prints, or a variety of 2" scraps
• 2" striped fabric for handles
• 6" x 6" Natural Linen
• 14" x 12" fabric for Lining
• Cosmo Stranded Embroidery Thread: 466 Red + one contrasting for hand-quilting
• 9" zipper
• 5/8" Hexagon Papers
• EPP glue basting pen (optional)
• 6" Parlan, or lightweight fusible wassing/pellon
• Applique basing glue
• Template Plastic or Thin Cardboard for template
• Matching colored cotton
• Blue Water-erasable Marker
• Tan fine-point Marker
• Patchwork Ruler
• Zipper Food for your sewing machine