Free Directions & Pattern to Sew a Totebag Style Pocketbook

The Strap

Fold and press the joined strap

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

• With right sides together, join one end of the two 5" X 35" strips,using a 1/2" seam allowance.
  
• Stitch again in the seam allowance, close to the first row of stitching.
  
• Press the length of strap in half with wrong sides together.
  
• Press the raw edges into the center pressed fold to enclose the raw edges.

• Materials & Cutting
• The Bottom Seam
• Zipper & Lining
• Zipper & Lining 2
• Zipper & Lining 3
• Side Seams
• The Strap
• Strap Ends
• Attach the Strap
• Self Made Fringe