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Practical Bag Organiser | Easy Storage Sewing Pattern

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Download Debbie Shore's bag organiser sewing pattern, which has oodles of pockets for storage.

With its lightly padded exterior for some added protection, this bag organiser project is large enough to fit an iPad, and there’s room for your phone, note pad, pens, cosmetics and more! It also makes it easy to transfer your essentials when swapping handbags. The D-ring tab on the side is a perfect place to clip keys, and the centre section zips up for added security.

It’s quite easy to increase or decrease the size of the organizer to fit your handbag but note that the fabric requirements will change if you do so.

I’ve used strong canvas fabric for the outer bag and quilted it to give the plain colour a bit of interest but, of course, you could use any cotton, printed or plain, or why not try denim or faux leather?

Note: use a ¼in (5mm) seam allowance.

Finished size: 12½ x 8½in (31.75 x 21.5cm)

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You will need:

Equipment

• Sewing machine with a standard and zip foot 
• Fabric shears or a rotary cutter and cutting mat 
• Erasable marker pen and ruler: I used a heat-erasable pen 

Materials

Gather:

• 26 x 9in (66 x 23cm) of outer fabric: mine is plain purple canvas 
• 26 x 6in (66 x 15cm) of fabric for the outer pockets: mine is plain lilac fabric 
• 39 x 30in (99 x 76cm) of lining fabric: mine is spotted lilac fabric 
• 26 x 9in (66 x 23cm) of fusible fleece: I used Vlieseline H630 
• 26 x 5in (66 x 13cm) of mesh fabric for outside pockets 
• ½in (1.25cm) D ring
• 15in (38cm) zip: mine is white for a bit of contrast, but yours can match your outer fabric if you prefer 

Cut:

• Two 13 x 9in (33 x 23cm) pieces of outer fabric  
• Two 13 x 9in (33 x 23cm) pieces of lining 
• Two 13 x 6in (33 x 15cm) pieces of outer pocket fabric for the large outer pockets 
• Two 13 x 6in (33 x 15cm) pieces of lining to line the outer pockets 
• Two 13 x 5in (33 x 13cm) pieces of mesh fabric for the small outer pockets 
• Two 13 x 1¼in (33 x 3cm) strips of lining to bind the mesh pockets 
• Two 13 x 12in (33 x 30.5cm) pieces of lining for the large inside pockets 
• Two 13 x 10in (33 x 25.5cm) pieces of lining for the small inside pockets 
• 2 x 3in (5 x 7.5cm) strip of lining fabric for the D-ring tab

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