Shoulder purse with six color spiral embroidery

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Six Color Spiral Shoulder Purse

This tutorial guides you through creating a small shoulder purse that combines practicality with a vibrant design. You’ll learn how to sew, quilt, and embellish the bag with a six-color spiral machine embroidery pattern. It’s the perfect project when you need a compact yet spacious bag for your essentials.

We used the design Six Color Spiral for the large hoop (5" x 7")

The finished size of the purse is about 6 1/2" W x 9" H x 2" D.

A small black purse with shoulder length handle and spiral embroidery in 6 bright colors.

You will need :

embroidery threads in 6 colors, the colors are up to you;
about 1/2 yard of black cotton fabric;
low-loft polyester batting;
black binding;
6" long zipper for the pocket;
sew-on snap, 1/2";
ready-made shoulder handle 29"-30" long.

You will also need:

quilter's ruler,
rotary cutter and/or scissors,
tailor's chalk pencil,
iron,
#12-14 quilting needle and black quilting thread;
#12 universal needle, and black sewing thread;
#16 universal needle and double-strength sewing thread.

Finished purse with some items which can be place into it

Embroidery:

Open the color card, select threads. Stabilize a piece of black fabric with medium-weight cut-away stabilizer. Hoop the fabric tightly. Upload the Six Color Spiral file into your machine and embroider it.

Cut away the excess stabilizer, trim the stitch-out to approximately 10" x 12", leaving the embroidery in the center of the piece.

Making Panels:

Out of the fabric, cut 3 more pieces measuring 10" x 12".
Out of batting, cut 2 pieces measuring 10" x 12" each.
Make 2 "sandwiches":

fabric - batting - fabric
fabric - batting - stitch-out .

Pin all layers together.
We quilted in a free-motion style all over the pieces. On the "sandwich" with the stitch-out, start from the center, and echo-quilt the emboidery first.

Trim both quilted pieces to 8" x 10".
Finish the raw edges with zig-zag stitch or on a serger.

The raw edges of both panels are finished with the serger.

Position the panels face to face, align all edges. Pin the bottom. Stitch together with seam allowance 1/2".
Open and press the seam.
Topstitch 1/4" on both sides of the seam.

Front and back panels stitched together.

Pocket:

For the pocket, out of black fabric, cut 2 squares 8" x 8" each.
Finish the raw edges with zig-zag stitch or on a serger.
Sew the zipper between these 2 squares:

Place the edge of the zipper tape on the edge of one square with right sides together. Use your zipper foot and stitch, with 3/8" seam allowance.
Repeat for the second part of the zipper and the second fabric square.
Turn right side up, press the seams, topstitch 1/8" from each seam.

Fold the piece with right side inwards. Align the edges, pin together. Stitch the bottom, seam allowance 1/2". Press the seam open. You'll get a tube with the zipper on the upper side and stitched lower side.
Turn the tube right side out.

The pocket with attached zipper and stitched bottom.

Position the pocket onto the wrong side of the back panel, about 1 1/2" from the upper edge. Pin the sides.

Stitch the pocket to the panel along the sides with seam allowance 1/4".

Assembly:

Fold the working piece with right sides inside. Align the edges. Stitch the sides with seam allowance 1/2". Press the seams open.

The sides of the purse stitched together.

To make box corners, separate the front and back panels at the corners. Center the seam on the side with the bottom seam.
Measure 1" along the seam from the corner.
Draw a line perpendicular to the seam across the corner and machine-stitch it several times.

Box corners are made at the bottom side of the purse.

Finish the upper raw edge with bias tape.

The upper raw edge is finished with the bias tape.

Handles:

To attach the handle, you will need 2 loops. Out of black fabric, cut 2 strips 3" x 5" each.

Fold the strips lengthwise in half and press. Fold the long raw edges inside to the crease line and press.

Tuck the long raw edges inside and press.

Topstitch along each side of the working pieces with seam allowance 1/8". Thread them into the rings of the handle. Stitch the ends close. Finish with zig-zag.