The Sophia Carry-All bag pattern by Amy Butler is inspired by romantic travel films of the early 60’s. Strollaround town with this comfortably sized carry-all.

Pattern pieces and complete instructions are included.

Materials Needed:

Allow extra yardage for matching or centering a design on your fabric.

For 44" wide light to mid-weight fabric:

• 1 1/2 yards of fabric for the Exterior, including Handles and bias strips for covering the cotton cord
• 1 5/8 yards of coordinating fabric for the Lining
• 5 yards of 20" wide woven fusible interfacing (we use SF-101 by Pellon®)

or 54" wide mid-weight fabric:

• 1 1/2 yards of fabric for the Exterior, including Handles and bias strips for covering the cotton cord
• 1 5/8 yards of coordinating fabric for the Lining
• 2 1/2 yards of 20" wide woven fusible interfacing (we use SF-101 by Pellon®)
• PLUS 3/8 yard of 44" wide fusible fleece (we use fusible Thermolam Plus® by Pellon®)
• 1/8 yard of Timtex™ or a similar extra-heavy stabilizer
• 3 yards of 1/4" cotton cording (found in the home decorating department of most fabric stores)
• 1 sheet of Dritz™ 8 x 10" Heavy Duty Template Plastic (found with the quilting supplies)
• 22" coordinating purse zipper (we use Coats brand zippers)
• 1 large spool of coordinating all-purpose thread (we use Coats Dual-Duty Plus®)

Finished size: 14" wide across the center x 10" tall x 4 1/2" deep.

TOOLS NEEDED: Scissors, Iron and Ironing board, Straight pins, Seam ripper, Ruler and Yardstick, Chalk pencil/Fabric marker, Pencil, Hand sewing needle, Turning tool (such as a closed pair of scissors), Zipper foot to fit your sewing machine, Schmetz™ jeans/denim sharp point sewing machine needle size 100/16 or another heavyweight sewing machine needle size 16. Shipping is FREE in the USA and Canada for all purse patterns, purse pattern kits, and purse pattern booklets. For international orders, shipping is free with the purchase of 3 or more of the above.