SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Kraft paper or other large drawing paper
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Material - 1/2 yard
- Straight pins
- Rotary cutter
- Cutting mat
- Button
- Hand sewing needle
- Sewing machine
- Matching thread
- Iron
- Chalk
DIRECTIONS:
- Draft the envelope clutch pattern: Draw a rectangle that will be the body length and width of the finished clutch - 10" long x 6" wide. Then draw another 10"x 6" rectangle to be the back of the clutch, attached to the first rectangle at a shared line that will be the fold at the bottom of the clutch.
- You will now have a 10"x 12" rectangle with a line through the middle.
- Next you will draft the triangular flap. At one of the 10" sides, it doesn't matter which, mark the center point at 5 inches in. From that point, make a mark that is 4 1/2" out. That is the top point of the triangle. Then return to your 10" line and at both points of the line, draw a perpendicular line 2 inches out, then draw a line from the end of the 2 inch line to the center point. That is the envelope-shaped flap.
- Return to the 10"x 12" rectangle that is the front and back body of the clutch and extend both sides out about 3/8" for a seam allowance.
- Cut out pattern, attach it to material with straight pins, and cut out material with a rotary cutter on a cutting mat.
- With the iron on low, fold and press material at the bottom fold line, and at the flap fold line.
- Fold the clutch along the bottom fold line but with right sides together, and sew the interior side seams.
- _x000B_Flip the clutch back right side out, open the flap and make a light chalk mark at the center triangle tip where you want the button to come through. Measure your button's diameter and extend your light chalk mark to make a line that is long enough for the button diameter to go through, and make a cut through that light chalk line.
- Then, close the flap and make a light chalk mark through the center of the buttonhole that will indicate where the button will be sewn.
- Finally, sew the button onto that spot by hand.