Tutorial: Purse organizer from a placemat

Tired of stuff getting lost in the bottom of your purse? It seems my car keys always find the deepest corner to sneak into. Dru from Polka Dot Poplars guest blogs at Cooking With Ruthie with a tutorial showing how to make a purse organizer that will help keep that from happening. It’s super easy to make from a placemat!p It has two double-sided rows of pockets and you can just slide it into your purse. It also makes changing purses a breeze. Just take it out of one purse and put it into another, and you’re good to go.

Click below for her tutorial:

DIY Placemat Purse Organizer, by Polka Dot Poplars

[photo from Polka Dot Poplars on Cooking With Ruthie]

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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