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Date Night Wristlet

This cute and functional bag is designed to either be used alone as a
wristlet or to be carried in your larger purse as a wallet. It features 8 card
slots, a padded pocket for your phone, a zippered close and strap for your
wrist. It is large enough for your essentials yet is the perfect size to slip in to
your purse.

This bag is perfect for fat quarters or is a great scrap buster project.

Finished size, approx. 8 inches (width), by 5.5 inches (height) by .50 inch
(depth).

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Skill level – Beginner. This project is idea for your first bag. You will Pattern pieces.
find it helpful if you have basic sewing skills and have previously sewn a You will need to cut the following pieces. There are no pattern pieces
zipper. supplied, these are all rectangles and can be drawn straight onto the fabric
to cut out.

Read through all of these instructions before starting All measurements given are height x length

your project and cutting your fabric. Cut 2 main (outside) fabric 6” x 8.5”
Cut 2 lining fabric 6” x 8.5”
Useful tutorials Cut 4 card pocket pieces using fabric of choice 4.5” x 8.5”
Cut 1 inner divider piece using fabric of choice 10” x 8.5”
Cut 1 strap using fabric of choice 2” x 12”
You can find a range of useful sewing tutorials and videos at So Sew Easy – Cut 1 strap extender using fabric of choice 2” x 4”
tutorials page.
Interfacing

Materials needed Cut 2 fusible fleece 5.5” x 8”

Cut 1 fusible fleece 4.5” x 7.5”
Cut 4 light weight interfacing 4.5” x 8.5”
 Fabric – 2 or 3 coordinating fabrics Cut 1 light weight interfacing 2” x 12”
 Interfacing - fusible fleece and light weight fusible interfacing Cut 1 light weight interfacing 2” x 4”
 10” zipper or longer (don’t worry we will shorten it)
 Matching thread
 ½” swivel clip
TIP – label all of your fabric pieces as you cut them, so you can more
 ½” D ring or round ring
easily identify which is which later on.
 Zipper foot
 Hand sewing needle
 ¼” piecing foot (optional but very handy). Sometimes known as a
¼ inch quilting foot.

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Fabric requirements and suggestions Directions
Seam allowances are 1/4 inch (0.5cm) throughout unless stated
otherwise.
 Outer fabric – Fat Quarter or fabric scraps
 Contrast fabric – Fat Quarter or fabric scraps Abbreviations used – RST – right sides together.
 Quilting cotton, home décor, brocade, linen. Satin could be nice for
the inside but is a bit more tricky to sew with because it’s slippery.
 You can mix and match your fabric to make this bag from 2 Fat
Let’s start to sew!
Interfacing will be fused to corresponding pieces as you go along.
Quarters with some left over.
Cut out your pattern pieces carefully and accurately. Keep them in the
VIDEO TUTORIAL order you cut them to make them easy to identify.

This pattern comes with a full step by step video tutorial. Click on the
image below to find the video.

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Center one 5.5” x 8” fusible fleece onto wrong side of one main panel. Fuse. Fold 10” x 8.5” pocket piece in half with wrong sides together and matching
Repeat with remaining main fabric piece and fleece. raw edges. After folding you should have a 5” high x 8.5” wide rectangle.
Press to form crease at top fold. Open up piece and center your 4.5” x 7.5”
fusible fleece approximately 1/8” from creased edge. Fuse.

Refold in half with wrong sides together and with fusible fleece sandwiched
in the middle.

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 Place topstitched piece on to the right side of one lining piece with bottom
Topstitch along the creased top folded edge using approximately 1/8” or raw edges matching.
¼”seam, whichever you are more comfortable with.
Pin along the bottom and sides.

Using a 1/8” narrow seam, baste divider to main panel piece. Set aside.

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Fuse your 4 pieces of light weight interfacing to the 4 card pocket pieces.
These measure 4.5 inches by 8.5 inches.

Fold 3 of the card pocket pieces in half lengthwise WRONG SIDES

together. Press a crease in the fold. Topstitch along folded creased edge
approximately 1/8” from top folded edge.

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Take the 4th card pocket piece and fold it in half lengthwise with right sides
together.

Stitch along the length with a ¼ inch seam.

Trim seam allowance in half, the turn the tube right sides out and press.

This will form your bottom card pocket, with the finished edge.

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On your remaining lining piece mark a horizontal line 3/4” from the Position a folded card pocket piece with the raw edge along the top most
bottom raw edge. line.

Mark a 2nd horizontal line 1/2” from your first line (this line is ¼” less than Using a ¼” seam, stitch top card pocket piece to lining piece along top
the other three lines – that ¼” will be taken up by the hem of the bottom most line.
pocket divider of ¼”).

Mark the next line 3/4” up from your second line.

Mark the final horizontal line 3/4” from your 3rd line up. You should finish
with 4 lines marked.

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Move to next marked line down placing another card pocket piece on Lastly the 4th pocket with the finished edge is stitched along the bottom
lining and on top of first card pocket sewn down, stitch across bottom as line.
you did for the first card pocket.

Stitch 3rd piece to 3rd line down.

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Either measure or fold entire piece in half width wise to form a crease or Stitch up from bottom across all 4 pieces to form pockets on each side.
measure piece to find middle. Mark with an erasable fabric marker such as
Using a long stitch length, baste sides. Set piece aside.
a Frixion Pen.

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Make straps. While outside edges are folded toward the middle crease, fold entire piece
in half again. You will end up with skinny pieces that have the raw edges
The same technique is used for both strap pieces.
folded into the middle.
Fuse interfacing to both strap pieces.

Fold strap piece in half lengthwise and press well to form middle crease.
Unfold, fold in raw edges to meet middle crease just created.

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Top stitch along open long side and then along opposite long side, on both With your longer piece, slide on your swivel clip now. Bring edges and
the long strap and the smaller piece that joins it to the bag. ends together and secure ends together just in from the raw edges.
Double stitch this seam and then trim close to the stitching.

This piece should finish large enough to slip over your hand. Adjust your
size as needed.

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Turn the strap the other way out so that the raw edge is on the inside. Double stitch across the strap again to hold the swivel in place and hide
that raw edge.
Slide the hardware down to the stitched end and pinch it closed as shown.

Set these strap pieces aside.

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Insert the zipper. Lay one of your main panel pieces right side up.

Position the zipper right side down on top of your main panel piece with
top raw edges aligned. The trimmed end is even with the side edge.
Trim the closed end of your zipper so that the zipper tape extends ½ inch
from the bottom stop. Position one lining piece right side down on top of the zipper, aligning the
three raw edges.

You will have a sandwich with zipper right side down in the middle of a
main panel piece and lining piece which are right sides together.

Snap on your zipper foot.

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Beginning at one side, sew the zipper in place between the layers. Press the fabric away from the zipper in the center and top stitch along
each edge neatly and evenly.
Flip the main panel and lining pieces together with wrong sides together
and press both away from the zipper.

Repeat above steps with remaining main and lining panel pieces on other
side of zipper. (See the video if you need more clarification on how to sew
in and press the zipper.)

Zipper side 2 “sandwich” above. Your first sandwich will be in the middle of
this sandwich with main panels right sides together and lining panels right
side together.

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Open zipper a little over half way. Open your panels so that the right sides of the main panel pieces are
together and the right sides of the lining pieces are together with the
With your strap extender piece fold in half to form a loop and position your zipper in the middle.
1.5” x 4” strap extender just below the zipper on one side with the raw
edges of the strap extender just beyond the raw edges of the main panel
only being careful to move aside lining panel underneath.

If you are using a ring, remember to add it now before sewing.

Machine baste in place securely to main panel only.

Do your best to make sure the zipper teeth are pointing towards the lining
pieces and all other parts of the seam including seam allowances and
zipper tape, are on the main fabric side of the bag. (See video for
clarification.)

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Pin securely all around pouch edges. Finish the bag.

Sew with a ¼ inch seam allowance all around the perimeter EXCEPT leave
Prior to turning, press your seams back on the lining panels at your
a gap of 4 or 5 inches in the bottom of the lining which is unsewn. You will
opening, in line with your stitching line.
turn the bag the right side out through this hole later.

This will make closing them up very easy and neat later on.

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Clip corners and trim seams on both the main fabric and the lining if
desired.
Trim zipper and strap extender edge back to raw edges.
Reducing some of this fabric can make the bag less bulky in the seams and
help make it look more crisp when you turn the right side out.

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Reach in through your opening and open zipper all the way.

Turn your pouch right side out through the lining opening and the open
zipper. Press the pouch.

Using a ladder stitch hand sew the bottom opening close. Or if you don’t
want to hand sew, close opening, pin and edge stitch across the bottom.
This will leave a “ridge” from your seam across the bottom inside of your
pouch.

Push lining to inside of pouch and use a blunt tool to press out the corners
to and bottom.

Press again if needed. Attach strap with swivel clip.

Enjoy your new Date Night Wristlet!

Thank you for downloading this Date Night Wristlet pattern and tutorial. I
hope you enjoyed making this project and remember that I love to see
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