Amy Butler: Madison Bags pattern

As featured in Quick & Crafty Magazine. 08/06 (pg.60).

Elegant and versatile take-anywhere designs that can be accesorised with their own very cute fabric flowers which look lovely on the bags, or lovely in your hair! Sewing pattern includes: instructions, full sized re-usable pattern pieces, and measurements to create your own Downtown Purse, Clutch, Uptown Handbag, & Fabric Flowers. For materials list see below.

To see a finished example of this bag click here, here, and here.

FOR THE UPTOWN HANDBAG

• 3" of 3/4" Sew-on Velcro™ or 1 magnetic snap 18mm.
• 1/2 yard of fabric for the exterior*
  *Allow extra for matching up a pattern on your fabric
• 1/2 yard of fabric for the lining
• 1 yard heavyweight fusible interfacing

Finished Size: 17 1/2" wide x 7" tall

FOR THE DOWNTOWN PURSE

• 1" of 3/4" Sew-on Velcro™ or 1 magnetic snap 18mm.
• 3/4 yard of fabric for the exterior*
  *Allow extra for matching up a pattern on your fabric
• 3/4 yard of fabric for the lining
• 1 yard heavyweight fusible interfacing
• 1/2 yard of Boning (sold by the yard)

Finished Size: 17 1/2" wide x 7" tall

FOR THE FABRIC FLOWERS

NOTE: This is enough material and notions to make one large and one small fabric flower.

• 1/4 yard of one lightweight fabric for flower petal fronts
• 1/4 yard of a coordinating lightweight fabric for flower petal backs
• 1/4 yard of Wonder Under™ (double sided, fusible interfacing)
• 2 decorative buttons for the center of the flowers
• 2-1" sew-on craft pin backs and/or hair barrette backs