Recessa Shoulder Bag

PDF SEWING PATTERN WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND VIDEO TUTORIAL

This is a PDF pattern in English available for instant download. You will not receive the completed bag. 

Recessa Shoulder Bag

The Recessa Shoulder Bag is designed for women with an eye for elegance and style.

The signature feature of the Recessa - the recessed base - is not only a design feature, but also allows the bag to stand firm wherever you set her down, maintaining her structured shape.

At the top is a recessed zipper closure to keep your belongings secure and out of sight. The bag has long, comfortable handles to carry the bag on the shoulder.

The Recessa Shoulder Bag complements every outfit, whether you’re going to a business meeting or a weekend brunch. She is stylish with a timeless appeal.

Highlights of the Pattern

• Long handles to carry the bag on the shoulder
• Recessed top zipper closure to keep your belongings safe
• Recessed base to make your Recessa stand tall and firm
• Zipper pocket, divided slip pocket and credit card pocket on the inside to organize your belongings.

Dimensions

The finished dimensions of the Recessa Shoulder Bag are approximately:

W 11” (28 cm)

H 9 ¼” (23.5 cm)

D 5” (12.5 cm)

Shoulder drop of Handles 11 ½” (29.5 cm)

Sewing Level

Sewing level is rated as adventurous beginner - intermediate.

Recommended Fabrics

The exterior of the Recessa Shoulder Bag can be made from vinyl, cork or leather. For the lining you can choose Water Proof Canvas (WPC) or quilting cotton interfaced with woven interfacing. To give the bag the needed structure, all exterior pieces will be stabilized. Recommendations for stabilizer is given in the pattern.

Files

With your purchase you will receive the following files:

1 PDF file with instructions

1 PDF file with pattern pieces to print at home (letter and A4)

1 PDF file with pattern pieces to print at a copy shop (A0)

1 PDF file with pattern pieces to use with a projector

1 ZIP file with SVG files for a few pattern pieces to use with a Cricut cutting machine

Disclaimer

I encourage you to make as many bags as you wish to sell, however this pattern may not be used for mass production. When posting on your social media, a reference to KC original would be appreciated. Please do not sell or distribute this PDF pattern.

YouTube

If you are a visual learner there is a YouTube video for you to watch made by Judy Eubanks Flores of Judy’s Lone Star Shop.

https://youtu.be/n8tOk_UDW_0

Materials

Exterior (choose vinyl, corck or leather):

• Vinyl/cork: 24” x 48” (60 x 120 cm) for non directional material
• Leather 3 oz (1.2 mm)1 : 8 sq ft

Lining:

• Quilting cotton or other light weight fabric: 35 ½” x 55” (90 x 140 cm)

Interfacing lining (no need for WPC):

• Woven interfacing (Vilene G700 or SF101): 35 ½” x 55” (90 x 140 cm)

Stabilizer:

• Decovil light, LuxeFuse or leather stabilizer: 17” x 28” (43 x 72 cm)
• Decovil heavy or Salpa (1 mm thick) for base: 12” x 5” (30.5 x 12.5 cm)
• Nylon stabilizer tape of 3/8” (1 cm) wide: 71” (180 cm) long
• Nylon stabilizer tape of ¾” (2 cm) wide: 16” (41 cm) long

Hardware:

• Logo badge (optional): 1x
• Chicago screws OR decorative conchos with a post length of ¼” (6 mm). The post length will depend on your choice of materials: 4x
• Double cap rivets of 8x8 mm (size will depend on your choice of materials): 3x

Zippers:

• #5 Zipper tape: 1x 12” (30.5 cm) long, 1x 8” (20 cm) long
• #5 Zipper pull: 2x
• Metal zipper end: 1x

Notions and Tools

• basic sewing tools and sewing machine
• teflon foot or walking foot, teflon (narrow) zipper foot if working with vinyl or leather
• universal needles or leather needles #16 or #18 (size 100 or 110) depending on your chosen materials
• hand sewing needle
• bonded nylon thread tex 70
• leather glue or contact cement with silicone brush depending on your chosen materials
• fabric glue
• fray check
• Lock Bond or Loctite metal glue (optional)
• 1/8” (3 mm), ¼” (6 mm) and 3/8” (1 cm) DST (double sided tape)
• ruler, craft knife, rotary cutter and/or scissors
• 2.5 mm and 3 mm hole puncher
• silver pen, sharpie, erasable fabric pen and/or chalk to make marks (test on scrap pieces first)
• clips and pins
• skiving knife or electric bell skiver (optional)
• seam roller tool or rubber mallet
• duct tape
• scrap pieces of Decovil heavy and Decovil light, or glass fiber tape
• Tokonole or edge paint with edge coat roller or awl (optional)
• spray starch (optional)
• stapler or hemostat (optional)