How to Make a Folding Leather Purse

Making your own fashion accessories gives you the ability to take control of your personal style, especially when it comes to designing your own purses and handbags. Making a folding, satchel-style purse out of leather proves to be a creative task that results in a decorative and functioning accent to some of your favorite casual and formal outfits.

Things You'll Need

• Leather fabric square,12 by 12 inches
• 2 linen fabric squares,12 by 12 inches
• Fabric glue
• Velcro square set, 2 by 2 inches

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Instructions

• 1

  Spread the leather square out in front of you, with the right side facing down.

• 2

  Squeeze a layer of glue over the surface of the exposed leather. Make a criss-cross pattern.

• 3

  Layer one of the linen squares over the leather. Press down firmly to adhere the linen to the glued area.

• 4

  Squeeze a line of glue, horizontally, across the center of the linen. Squeeze a line up each side. Leave the bottom and top edges alone.

• 5

  Place the second linen square over the glued layer. Press down firmly for about a minute. This adheres the sides and the center to create an upper and lower pocket.

• 6

  Adhere a square of velcro at the top, and then at the bottom of the square.

• 7

  Fold the square in half from the bottom, up and connect the two velcro pieces. This creates a folded leather purse.