Toile Eeyore Pooh Purse Satchel

In February 2018, I decided to start to create a purse for the upcoming birthday of my good friend Heidi in June. She loves toile fabric, prefers blue toile, and I found an out of print Disney toile print. Her favorite character is Eeyore.  I was so lucky to find a few yards on eBay.  I had to “fussy” cut the Eeyore fabric so Eeyore was centered on the purse sides.  

Large panel of Eeyore toile next to deconstructed bottom of Anne Klein briefcase showing silver feet., above. 

Close up of Eeyore motif, above.

Side of purse with temporary placement of Anne Klein navy patent leather handles. 

Navy patent leather handles before removal, above.

Close up of Anne Klein hardware, above. 

My favorite go-to is Goodwill for purse hardware.  I was able to locate an Anne Klein nylon navy briefcase with navy patent leather handles that looked great next to my toile.  I then purchased a .pdf satchel purse pattern from Etsy. 

Deconstructing the nylon briefcase rendered some great surprises.  Ther was a bright pink lining, the exact same color as the plush Eeyore’s ear lining.  Also, the briefcase had silver feet.  

Pink lining matching pink lining from Anne Klein briefcase. 

In order to provide structure for the fabric, I purchased fusible foam.  In order to see through so many layers, I needed a heavy duty machine, so I pulled out my Singer 66.  

The layers were pretty thick but the Singer went though it like butter. 

I “fussy cut” the inner lining of the briefcase and used it in the purse.  I also used the zipper, over the shoulder strap and hardware and blue leather from another Goodwill purse.  See above photo to see pebbled navy faux leather.  

Layout of purse panels with navy patent handles, and crossbody strap, above. 

Photo of bottom pebbled leather navy panel and base of purse, above. 

Doesn’t the purse look great with the Eeyore plush? 

Close up of the Anne Taylor crossbody hardware on purse, above. 

Completed purse with lining detail.