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Hello! Welcome back to another episode of[br]Make, Thrift, Buy – the show where you send

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in accessories or clothing that you’ve seen[br]on the internet, and then I try and recreate

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it, through a combination of crafting or thrifting[br]or sometimes – both!

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Today’s challenge is this super cute fluffy[br]purse/clutch thing, suggested by Anonymous.

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Now I don’t know why Anonymous didn’t[br]want to leave their name, but you did direct

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me straight to the German Asos website so[br]I know that you are at least from Germany

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or speak German! Detective skills.[br]Also ASOS is where the original purse can

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be found, but it seems to be perpetually out[br]of stock.

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So I thought that I would try and recreate[br]it for myself.

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So, let’s begin!

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So – fluffy fabric. My old arch nemesis.[br]I bought this fake fur fabric for new, from

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spotlight, because I didn’t want to chance[br]another fluffy blue shorts incident by using

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some unknown thrifted material.[br]But, it does appear that any fluffy fabric

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just… goes everywhere .

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DID YOU SEE THAT?!

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Seriously?? Come on.[br]Before I've even started, I’ve pulled off

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enough fluff to make a small animal.

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ANYWAY – once I got over that, I started[br]actually thinking about the project. I decided

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that I wanted to make a clutch, rather than[br]a purse like the ASOS one. I also decided

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that I wanted both sides of the clutch to[br]be furry, unlike the ASOS purse where one

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side is this leathery material.

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So, turning the fake fur over to the wrong[br]side, I drew out two identical rectangles

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with the dimensions 12 inches by 10 inches.

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Then I cut them out – and check it out,[br]my mum got me this rotary cutter for Christmas

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which OH MY GOD makes cutting things SO much[br]easier. LOOK. AT. THAT. So easy. Of course,

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scissors will work just fine if you don’t[br]have a rotary cutter yourself.

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And there’s my two rectangles that will[br]make up the outer part of the clutch.

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Now, for the inner lining. I also cut out[br]2 identical-sized rectangles with some lining

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fabric.[br]And these are the 4 pieces that I will need.

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The next thing that I did was to sew on some[br]googly eyes. I found these googly eyes that

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have this plastic loop on the back so that[br]I can handsew them on instead of just gluing

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them, which wouldn’t be as durable.[br]So, on one piece of outer fabric, I figure

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out where I want the eyes to go and then I[br]sew them on by hand, using a needle and a

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thread. To sew them on I go up through the[br]back of the fabric, through the loop at the

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back of the googly eye and back down, and[br]then up and down a couple more times to secure

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the eye in place, and then I tie a couple[br]of knots in the back to make one big knot

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so that it’s really secure, and then cut[br]off the excess thread.

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Then, I grabbed a zipper. And this zipper[br]is thrifted. The most important thing about

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this zipper, though, is that it needs to be[br]longer than the side of the clutch where you’re

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inserting it. So, my zipper needed to be longer[br]than 12 inches. It’s actually way longer

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than that, but that doesn’t matter because[br]I’ll be cutting it shorter later on.

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Now, to sew the clutch together, first I lay[br]down the lining fabric, then the zipper - right

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side up, and then the fake fur, right side[br]DOWN.

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And I make sure that the top edges of all[br]three are aligned.

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Then, I pin the fabrics and the zip to hold[br]them in place, and I’m going to sew across

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here.[br]However, when I'm sewing I’m going to flip

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it over so that the foot of the sewing machine[br]will be gliding along the lining, rather than

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the rough underside of the fake fur.

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While sewing, I use a straight stitch and[br]a zipper foot. A zipper foot isn’t necessary

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in this step, but it will make life easier![br]Then, going really slowly so my sewing machine

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doesn’t freak out, I sew all three layers[br]together.

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When I’m done with that, I flip everything[br]over so that the right side - the fluffy side

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- of the outer fabric is facing outwards.[br]I also temporarily pin the lining to the outer

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fabric just to keep them out of the way in[br]the next step.

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And the next step is to: repeat the same thing[br]again!

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I lay down the lining fabric, then the zipper[br](with everything attached to it) right side

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up, and the last fake fur piece right side[br]DOWN. I make sure that they're all lined up

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at the top edge, and then I pin them together,[br]and sew across the top like this, but along

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the lining side again.

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At this point, the clutch is looking like[br]this!

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Then I half unzip the zipper, and then I fold[br]the fabrics over so that the two lining pieces

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are on one side, and the two fake fur pieces[br]are on the other side, both right-sides together.

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Then, I pin the zipper so that it’s folded[br]towards the fake fur pieces, cut off the excess

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zipper pieces, and THEN, I sew using a straight[br]stitch around most of the outsides like THIS.

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Make sure that you take extra care while sewing[br]over the zipper. When I got up to the zip,

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I took my foot off the pedal and I used the[br]handwheel instead, to make sure that my needle

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wouldn’t hit the zip and snap.

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Make sure you're leaving a gap in the lining[br]fabric - you don't want to sew it totally

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closed at this point.

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When I had done that, I pulled everything[br]through the hole in the lining, and then

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through the open zipper!

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I also pushed out the corners[br]of the outer fabric, and then I pulled the

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lining out one last time so that I could sew[br]the gap closed, like this.

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And – that’s it you guys! I'm done!

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So - How Did I Gooooo?

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[music plays]

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So can you make this for yourself?[br][scissors snipping sound effect]

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Yes you can! Now obviously you don't have[br]to make it as big and, like, clutch-sized

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as I did, you can make it smaller and more[br]purse-sized like the one on ASOS. All you

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have to do is adjust your measurements according[br]to how big you want it to be, just remembering

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to leave about an inch or so for seam allowance.[br]And, as worried as I was about the fluffy

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fabric going everywhere, once it's all sewed[br]together and there's no raw edges, the fluff

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actually stays on the bag, and it doesn't[br]go everywhere, so, that's a good thing! And

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it's super snuggly and nice and I really like[br]it. I also discovered that if you turn it

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upside down and unzip it, it looks like it[br]has a mouth! Which is another great thing

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about it. As always, if you attempt to make[br]this, or you try out any of my other tutorials,

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then please tag me on instagram with the hashtag[br]#diyannika, because I really love seeing what

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you guys come up with - it makes me really[br]happy! I hope you're all having a good day,

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and I'll see you all for my next video. Bye!