The LaRue Bag Pattern was inspired by the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” and it is a versatile bag, you can wear it as a tote, messenger bag, or remove the straps and carry the bag as a clutch. The bag features an internal zippered pocket and a cell phone pocket. The finished measures are 12″ wide x 20″ tall. This pattern has been out there for a few years but it still has a unique shape and looks fashionable and modern.
Any fabric will work for this simple bag but this is a great project to be creative in your fabric selection, try faux leather, faux suede, metallic fabrics, or even fur. I used faux suede for my version of this bag.
Picture from Cosiendo y Aprendiendo
It is also a good opportunity to embelish your bag, use studs, crystals, or embroider your bag!
In my version of the bag I used a flower design and I used rivets at the center of the flower.
The original bag was made using distressed leather and was embellished with gold studs in the corner.
Materials Required
- 1/2 yd main fabric (60″ wide)
- Fusible interfacing (optional depending on the fabric you use)
- 1/4 yard for the strap, loops & tassle trim.
- 12” zipper for the interior pocket
Hardware
- 1⁄2” D-rings
- 2 – G-ring clamps 4”
- fine chain and 2 – 1⁄2″ ‘O’ ring for the fringe detail
- slider
- Rivets (to embellish your bag)
Larue Bag Pattern Download
There are 7 pattern pieces and 17 pages to print. When cutting make sure you have mirror pieces. I cut two pieces in the same direction 🙁
This is the sketch of the pattern and the free download is from the Hot Patterns website.
Download Free Pattern
Sewing Instructions
The sewing instructions are included in the pattern, It is a bag easy to sew. In a nutshell:
- Cut pattern pieces and fuse a stabilizer on the exterior pieces (I used fusible fleece)
- Embellish the bag exterior
- Sew the pockets to the lining pieces
- sew the exterior of the bag – take into consideration that part of one of the sides are the handles and that the belt loops should be attached.
- sew the lining leaving an opening to turn the bag and sew it to the exterior around the handles.
- Finish the armhole using bias binding
- Sew the bag strap and the tassle trim.
I hope you like it.
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The pictures of the distressed leather bag used in this posts are from Amazon – this bag used to be on sale at Amazon but it is no longer available.
Happy Sewing,
Anabelle
