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Pleated Tote Tutorial – Waterfront Park

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Looking for a fun way to showcase some of your favorite new fabric finds? How about a fun tote you can carry around!

The Waterfront Park Pleated Tote is a fun sewing craft that uses leather, rivets, interfacing, and of course fabric to make a fabulous finished purse that you will love carrying around! With hidden pockets and a re-purposed belt, you’ll adore the little details this sewing tutorial provides.

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Let me show you just how its done…

How to Sew the Waterfront Park Pleated Tote.

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And there you have it, a fun tote to sew that you will love to show off to all of your friends! Practice this saying…

Why yes, yes I did make this.

Now smile!

 

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You can find the entire Waterfront Park fabric line by Violet Craft for Michael Miller Fabrics on their website here. Its one of my favorite new releases! Thank you again to Michael Miller Fabrics for providing the Girl’s Night Out Los Angeles Dinner attendees such a fun fabric to work with.

On a side note – I have mentioned time and again about getting a new sewing machine on my Facebook page over the past few months. And after much deliberation, I have finally decided on a Bernina 350 PE. Squeal!  Will be picking up my new beauty in just 1 week. Cannot wait!  Will be sure to share all of the details on my new machine when the time comes.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…

Happy Sewing!

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When I was a young girl, my nickname was Jessica Rabbit. Fast forward 20 years, and I am married to the love of my life who, as fate would have it, has the last name Abbott. That's me! Jessica R. Abbott - aka, Jess Rabbit. Simply living a happy, yet crazy, love-filled life in Virginia Beach with 3 kids and 1 puppy in tow. Read More…

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  1. Toni says

    June 25, 2013 at 7:30 am

    So creative! I love what you did with the belt, and those colors are gorgeous!

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    • Jess says

      June 25, 2013 at 8:22 am

      Thanks so much! I kept looking for colored leather, and short of having it imported from China, this was a great (and cheap!) alternative!

      Reply
  2. Alida Lee says

    June 25, 2013 at 8:18 am

    That fabric has everything I love! I MUST have it.

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    • Jess says

      June 25, 2013 at 8:23 am

      That’s the way I felt the second I saw it Alida – LOVE it!

      Reply
  3. Heidi says

    June 25, 2013 at 8:30 am

    That fabric!!! It is SO gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, I love it!

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    • Jess says

      June 25, 2013 at 8:32 am

      Thank you so much Heidi!

      Reply
  4. Heather says

    June 25, 2013 at 9:43 am

    love that you are always using your hole punch! great job reclaiming the belt.

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:11 am

      I picked that baby up in Germany Heather, one of the few items that I kept when we moved back home. After all, a girl can never have too much sewing hardware 🙂

      Reply
  5. Palak says

    June 25, 2013 at 9:44 am

    um yes… we need all the deets on the machine! so exciting! (and great job on the bag!)

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:11 am

      Thanks so much Palak!

      Reply
  6. Erin || Sewbon.com says

    June 25, 2013 at 10:22 am

    Beautiful bag! I want to make it! And I can’t wait to hear all about your new Bernina!

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:12 am

      I am so excited to pick that bad boy up! It will be love at first site 🙂

      Reply
  7. justine says

    June 25, 2013 at 11:17 am

    I have a beat up skinny belt that’s perfect for this! I have to find one of those hole cutters!

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:12 am

      Best hole cutter EVER Justine!! You will never go back!

      Reply
  8. Sue @ A Colourful Canvas says

    June 25, 2013 at 11:36 am

    Thanks for the awesome tutorial. The hidden pocket is genius. {Fabric totes are my go-to bags now that plastic bags are a no-no, but I’m forever losing my keys in them.} I haven’t added rivets to any projects for over thirty years, and as much as I like the design feature, I’m a bit nervous about using them again. I have bad memories about the fabric not getting captured under the claws, and the whole thing looking a mess. Do you happen to have a tute on just the rivets?

    Sue xo

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:15 am

      Great question Sue!! There is a fabulous tutorial on Rivets that my good friend Mandy of Fabric Paper Glue posted a while back – you can find it here – http://www.fabricpaperglue.com/2013/04/rivets-101.html

      Hope this helps! I used to be terrified of grommets until I figured out exactly how to get the perfect one. And the same applies for rivets. The trick for me is cutting the right size hole through the FABRIC as well as the leather. The hole needs to be small enough so that you are squeezing the rivet through (not large and gaping). And then it works like a charm!

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  9. Thread Riding Hood says

    June 25, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Very nice! I got some coloured leather from a leather “factory outlet” near me – they sold it by the pound! Yours looks nicer though, the leather I got does not have finished edges.

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:16 am

      Ohhhhh – that sounds lovely! I recently picked up a bunch of leather during the Fabric Shopping Weekend in LA, but for this I wanted to use a belt because I knew it would have the perfect finished edges. That….and I had just seen a bunch of them in all different colors at Target that I knew would be perfect. HA

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  10. Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says

    June 25, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    This is soooo fabulous Jess!! I love the fabric combo and those straps are just too awesome. LOVE!!!

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:16 am

      Thank you so much Bev!!!

      Reply
  11. Caroline Hulse says

    June 25, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    love it! that fabric is gorgeous! 🙂

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    • Jess Abbott says

      June 26, 2013 at 6:18 am

      Thank you so much Caroline! I was just talking about you yesterday…with a well known Fabric Manufacturer. They love you 😉

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  12. Erin says

    June 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    I totally LOVE this!! Really beautiful. 🙂 and congrats on the new machine.

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  13. Violet Craft says

    June 28, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Ummmm, this is AWESOME! I must make one immediately. Thank you for making something so adorable with my fabric!!! 🙂

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  14. Gail says

    July 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    love the tote! I’ve been repurposing skinny belts as tote handles for a while now. Funny to see someone else doing the same thing! Good job!

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  15. Brie says

    July 2, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    I sew on that exact Bernina and I couldn’t love it more! You will not be disappointed. I love the bag and the fabrics are stunning!

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  16. Katie A says

    November 20, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    I love the fabrics that you used. Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial!

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  17. Meghan Eschbaugh says

    December 4, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    That exterior pocket is genius! I can see this working on so many other patterns as well. Thanks for the great tutorial!

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  18. kathyh says

    February 19, 2014 at 11:56 am

    I made one – you can see it here:
    http://runningwithrocket.blogspot.com/2014/02/year-of-rabbit.html

    I like the hidden pocket – I added another inside pocket and utilized a recently deceased tote’s hardware – still looking for handles.

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  19. Rowena says

    March 22, 2014 at 10:42 am

    Hi I was going to make your purse but I noticed the length says 36″ + 5″. Is that right? the purse doesnt look over 3 feet long to me. PLease let me know so I can resume working on it. Thanks.

    Reply

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