DIY: Clutch Tutorial

Here's a super easy 5-step DIY leather fold over clutch tutorial. Unfolded, it can also be used as a laptop protector. You can customize your clutches by choosing your own sizes and fabric/zipper colours.

Materials:

-leather/faux leather

-zipper

-ruler

-fabric scissors 

-pins

-sewing machine 

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Step 1: Cut 2 pieces of leather in the same size. (The size is up to you, here they are both 11"x15")

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Step 2:  With right sides together, sew the zipper to one of the leather pieces. Using your zipper foot on your machine will make this easier.

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Step 3: This is the trickiest part- take your second leather piece and do the exact same this you did in step 2, but on the other side of the zipper. Make sure right sides are together!

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Step 4: Pin the two leather pieces along the three other edges. Open the zipper and sew along those three sides. (Here, the zipper is on the right side of the image)

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Step 5: Once sewn, clip the bottom corners to reduce bulk and turn the clutch inside out. Poke all four corners, fold over and voila! 

By: Andrea Tait