6 Easy Steps to Make Purse Pattern Pieces Using Freezer Paper

Yesterday on QUILTsocial, I showed you 2 essential steps for deconstructing a purse. Now that Marion’s old purse has been completely taken apart, today I’ll follow 6 easy steps to make a purse pattern using SEW EASY Freezer Paper for Quilting and Applique – 12.1m x 38.1cm (13.2yd x 15).

Step 1 Press all the original purse parts

The first thing I’ll do is use my OLISO PRO^TM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart Iron – Tula Pink^TM and my UNIQUE QUILTING Wool Pressing Mat – 18″ x 24″ – Grey to press all of the edges of the purse pieces nice and flat so that the pattern I make will be the most accurate.

Step 2 Iron freezer paper to purse sections

Next, I’ll use my OLISO PRO^TM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart Iron – Tula Pink^TM to iron each of the purse sections to the SEW EASY Freezer Paper for Quilting and Applique – 12.1m x 38.1cm (13.2yd x 15). The best way to do this is to place the purse section on the ironing board first, then the freezer paper with the waxy side down, then press. This will prevent wax from getting onto the iron’s soleplate.

Step 3 Cut out each section

Once all the sections have been fused to the freezer paper, I’ll use my OLFA RTY-2/DX – Deluxe Ergonomic Handle Rotary Cutter 45mm, with an old (dull) OLFA RB45-1 – Tungsten Tool Steel Rotary Blade 45mm – 1pc, to cut away the excess freezer paper from each purse shape. I always keep an “old blade” in one of my rotary cutters for cutting paper. This way, I don’t use and damage a new blade by cutting something other than fabric.

Step 4 Label the freezer paper pattern pieces

As I peel off the freezer paper templates from the pieces of the original purse, I’ll label them and write on them which fabric I need to cut them from.

Step 5 Iron pattern pieces to fabrics

Marion selected a black fabric with small flowers for the new bag. I chose a light lime green for the lining – it’s so much easier to find things in your purse when the lining isn’t black!

To make the outside of the bag sturdier, I’ve fused the black fabric to a section of BOSAL In-R-Form Unique Sew-In Foam Stabilizer – 45.7 x 147.3 cm (18″ x 58″) using

Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray – 312g. I then used the walking foot on my sewing machine to quilt parallel straight lines about 2″ apart over the entire piece.

Step 6 Cut purse pieces using pattern templates

I’ll use my OLISO PRO^TM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart Iron – Tula Pink^TM to iron each of the pattern pieces to this quilted fabric as well as the lining fabric, and then I’ll use my OLFA RTY-2/GP5 – Printed Handle Rotary Cutter 45mm and OLFA RM-MG – 24″ x 36″ Double Sided Rotary Mat to cut the fabrics to size along the edge of each pattern piece.

The pieces for the new purse are all cut out and labelled, so tomorrow I’ll start sewing! I’m excited to see how this purse goes together and what the new purse will look like. See you tomorrow.

This is part 3 of 5 in this series

Go back to part 2: 2 Essential Steps for Deconstructing a Purse Without Confusion