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Monkey Frame Clutch Purse – Tutorial

Monkey Frame Cluth Purse Pattern & Tutorial
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Monkey Frame Cluth Purse Pattern & Tutorial

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Monkey Frame Clutch Purse

Pattern: Download here.

Material:
1. Exterior fabric for A pattern, 2 pcs.
2. Exterior fabric for B pattern, 2 pcs.
3. Inter-lining fabric for A & B pattern, 2 pcs.each
4. Poly-sponge for A & B pattern, 2 pcs each
5. Iron-on interfacing for A & B pattern, 2 pcs. each
6. 8.5cm wide frame clutch (口金), 1 pc.

Finished product Dimension: Approx. 10.5cm W x 9.5cm H x 6.5cm D

Monkey-Frame-Clutch-PatternDownload and print pattern. Cut out the fabrics as per pattern shown above.
purse partsIron on the interfacing by sandwiching the poly-sponge in between for pattern A & B respectively.Sew on Chi-Chai Monchan felt onto the right side of exterior fabric A (click here for the tutorial of making the Chi-Chai Monchan Felting). Embroider “Chi-Chai Monchan ♥ Bananas” onto another piece of fabric A.Tack stitching pink colour thread onto fabric B with about 2mm spacing for each stitch and 10mm width apart for each line.
embroidery label pocketPrepare the slip pocket. I sew on my label onto it :)
Sew the slip pocket onto the inter-lining as shown.
4 piece jointJoin fabric A & B by back-stitch A-B-A-B as shown, then complete it by stitching it to A again. Be careful on the bottom tip, just sew until the tip end, please don’t go beyond that point.
4 piece joint bottomThis is the picture of how the bottom is supposed to look like before completing the joining.
clip curveClip curve near to the stitching line (please don’t cut the stitches) at the space of 1 cm as shown. This is necessary to have a nice curvature at the corner of the purse.
The wrong side should look like picture shown below.
Flip it over and it should look like this.
Repeat the above steps to the inter-lining.
Iron the joint seams.
Again, the bottom of the 4-piece-joint should look like this.
Now, we have finished both interior and exterior pieces.
Turn the inter-lining (2) to the wrong side.
Insert (1) into (2).
Sew the upper portion by back-stitch.
Reserve half of the border un-stitch. We are going to use this un-stitch portion to gain access to turn the purse inside-out.
turn purse inside outPull out the exterior face from the un-stitch gap.
insert lining into purseSmooth out the inter-lining into the purse.Stitch up the un-stitch portion to close the gap.
Tack-stitch the peripheral and get ready for the sewing the frame onto it.
Mark the center line by water-erasable pen.
Attach metal frameStitch the frame with back-stitch, begin from the center line. I used 4 strands of nylon thread to reduce the chances of thread breakage.
Complete!!!!
How to sew Frame Purse

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  1. mushroommeadows says:March 3, 2009 at 12:03 am

    WOW!!! Thanks for the tutorial…this is fantastic! :)

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  2. Craftpassion says:March 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Hi mushroommeadows, hope you will try this out. I am making another one for my other friend but with different design. Hope that I can post up the photos soon.

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  3. futuregirl says:March 3, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    Great tutorial! Very thorough and well photographed!

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  4. Craftpassion says:March 4, 2009 at 1:39 am

    Thanks futuregirl, I took lots of pictures for every step I made. Those posted one are the best photographed and illustrated.
    I could complete sewing a purse in a day or two, but with the photograph, it took me 4 days!!!

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  5. LollyChops says:March 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    This is an amazing tutorial. Extremely well done and heck…what a cute purse!! I just love it!

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  6. catty says:April 27, 2009 at 3:05 am

    absolutely adorable!

    where do you purchase your kiss locks? i can never seem to find them.

    Thanks!

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  7. Craftpassion says:April 27, 2009 at 5:19 am

    Catty – I plan to set-up a store in ArtFire or Etsy. You can buy from me later. Please come back to check for the latest update. Thanks!

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  9. Sewmarm says:July 24, 2009 at 1:30 am

    That monkey is so cute, I want to take him home with me!!! But seriously, it was a great tutorial and you did a very professional job.

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    • Craft Passion says:July 26, 2009 at 5:23 pm

      Thanks Sewmarm. I hovered over to your blog and I was amazed by your video tutorials in sewings. You are great and I will make sure to follow through all the tutorials and learn them :)

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  10. NASIA says:August 2, 2009 at 3:41 am

    Hi from Greece! Wow! I just discovered your site! It´s….. simply fantastic! Very good work! Gongratulations! I love your purse! Keep up the good work! Greek kisses!

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  11. ayu says:October 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    wow…really great.cantikkk :)

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  12. Gabby Andserson says:November 12, 2009 at 5:27 am

    Here is another tutorial on purse frames that is helpful.

    http://kassi-oh.blogspot.com/

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  13. Karyn says:January 29, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    Hi – I really like this tutorial! I have a question though – what is poly-sponge?? Might it be called by another name here in the UK? Any suggestions on what to look for here would be great!

    Thank you!
    Karyn

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    • Craft Passion says:January 30, 2010 at 1:03 am

      The poly sponge is a kind of polyester batting, it comes with or without iron adhesive. If you can’t find those with adhesive, you can always use high loft quilt batting.
      Hope this help :)

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  14. Sheri@childmade.com says:June 4, 2010 at 1:27 am

    That is just adorable!! The little monkey just makes it! Thanks for sharing … I’ve posted a link.

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  15. Danielle says:September 22, 2010 at 7:24 am

    If I may ask: what are the dimensions for the pattern? I’d like to give this type of clutch a try & I’m still new to sewing. Thank you!

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    • Craft Passion says:September 22, 2010 at 1:50 pm

      I have misplaced the paper pattern. Will let you know the dimension as soon as I find it.

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      • Craft Passion says:September 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm

        I think the fastest way you can do is estimate the widest width of the Pattern A as 10.5cm. Use this scale to get the rest of the dimensions. The actual length from a to a is more than 8.5cm, so you have to gather the curve a little when you sew to the frame, this will make purse more “chubby”.
        Hope this help.

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  16. Nurzaihan says:November 25, 2010 at 8:05 am

    Hi nice work…
    may I know where you get all the material for your sewing project…
    can’t wait to try all your project…
    thank you

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  17. sharon showalter says:December 8, 2010 at 4:21 am

    Where can I find these wonderful ball clasp purse handles?

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  18. Amani says:February 22, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    the tutorial is very helpful. I’m gonna try making one!

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