This purse is from Burda #8560. I made it for an undergraduate work study in the costume shop; I drew her name for the Secret Santa gift exchange. I love the pattern and the fabrics chosen, and was highly tempted to keep the purse for myself when I finished it!
I had a more difficult time choosing fabrics than I expected, especially because I don't know the recipient very well and didn't want to give her a purse she would never use. I knew I wanted to use a corduroy for one half, but had a lot of trouble finding an appropriate pair. The paisley fabric was suggested to me at a store on Fabric Row, and luckily they also had a matching corduroy.
As written, the pattern calls for two coordinating fabrics on the outside, and the facing of the same two fabrics but reversed so that the print has a solid facing and vice-versa. I didn't learn the pattern's major defect until I brought it home: the facing stops a few inches down on the inside, and the white interfacing is visible for the lower 2/3rds of the bag. Yuck! I added two lining pieces to the lower ends of the facing pieces so that the bag would be fully lined, and I understitched these to keep the seams neat.
The interfacing that I chose is a fusible interfacing designed for shirt collars and cuffs. It worked really well with the fabrics, holding firmly and providing adequate structure to the bag without causing it to appear bulky. To finish, I used a magnetic snap and edgestitched all the way around the top of the bag and the strap.
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