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Summary: Want to sew your own purse? Learn how to iron a strap before sewing it onto the purse in this free video about easy purse patterns.
Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell...read more
"Okay, and once you go ahead and reverse your strap, you're going to want to take it and roll it so the seam is all on one side. I kind of usually work it on the way down, and just start at one end. Make sure you have your iron set at the correct temperature for your strap. For the strap, I usually try to make sure I use something a little thicker. If you don't use something thicker, then after you do this stuff, I would suggest you fold it in half again and iron it in half so that it's actually quadrupled instead of doubled. Because the strap is something you don't want to break. When we're done, it'll actually look like a strap."
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