Last summer I made a Plover Pouch in to a small handbag for my youngest daughter and never ended up sharing it here, and now my oldest wanted her own Pink Plover Handbag!
So jumping back to last summer, after looking at the designs she wanted, we decided that the Plover Pouch was the perfect starting point for a cute little handbag. I fully admit this was out of my comfort zone. I hadn’t worked with vinyl much, but was determined to see how it went on a small Plover! For hers I used black Mora Faux leather from Emmaline Bags that I had in my stash. But I never took pictures of it because she starting using it right away. I guess that’s a good thing! I kept meaning to make another, but I guess I got busy with other things.
Pink this time!
So my oldest daughter asked me to make her one for a trip she was going on after Christmas, but she wanted hers in pink. I couldn’t say no!
I used EB-Fuse medium weight interfacing on the Mora and used waterproof canvas for the lining. I kept it simple with no inner pockets (next time I’d definitely add some for her). But I did manage to sneak in a cute patch from Matchy Matchy!
I used some double sided 1/8″ wide tape (WAWAK Double-Sided Adhesive Basting Tape – 1/8″) which worked really well to keep things in place before sewing. Other than that, the Mora sews up beautifully. I did skip the topstitching around the main panel/gussets, felt like it wasn’t really needed there with the faux leather and I didn’t want to mess anything up at that point!
Strap Hardware
For the strap connection I used these strap anchors from Emmaline Bags. They worked great! I was nervous because of the layers at the gusset, but it worked great. For the other one I had made, I used some leather and d-rings and riveted it on to each end of the gusset. I like the look of that one, too!
She said she’ll untuck the one zipper end if closing it (while tucked in) becomes cumbersome. But for now it’s tucked in. I might mess around with trying a different zipper install method next time!
Project Details:
Pattern: Plover Pouch (Small size) with handle attached at gussets
Fabric:
Interfacing:
Hardware:
- Strap Anchors from Emmaline Bags
- Swivel Snaps from Emmaline Bags
- this zipper from Emmaline Bags (cut down)
- Strap ends from Emmaline Bags
Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. Lucky girls, those would be some hard bags to find out in the shopping world!
Lovely! They give me some ideas. I like a small bag.
Thank you for this post. It’s the perfect solution for a small crossbody bag I’ve been wanting to make (I’ll add a longer strap). It’s so beautiful!. All your patterns and designs are. Also, thank you for referencing sources. That helps so much!
That is adorable!