This is part 2 of a two-part series on making the lemon purse. Please go HERE to check out part one first. That's where the majority of the purse construction happens. This tutorial will take you through finishing the purse by adding the leaves on the outside and also by creating the lemon seed coin purse.

For months, I've been wanting to create a handbag that was unique, but still really functional as a purse.   When I originally designed this handbag, I actually made it into the lemon shape, complete with the bump at the bottom.  In the end, I decided to just do away with this as I didn't want it to be too novelty but instead have the "flavor" of a lemon.  You know it's a lemon because of the color and the leaves.  At the same time, it could be easily adapted into any fruit of your choice.  It could be an orange, lime, grape, apple.  The possibilities are really endless.

I love it when purses include a coin purse.  It just seems like that extra little bonus that can really convince me that I NEED that purse.  You can really create any shape you want, but I decided to use the same pattern I used for the leaves.  By using a light color fabric I now had a lemon seed coin purse.  Novelty?  Yes!  Fun?  Absolutely!

In regards to the handles, it probably would have been a lot easier to go with fabric handles than the premade ones.  These handles made it a little difficult to continue sewing on the purse once they had been sewn in.  At the same time, I really wanted to use these black, shiny handles despite the extra difficulties, because I feel that it adds to the professionalism of the purse and also gives it sort of a retro vibe.  Lemons feel retro in themselves, which is why I was so excited to find find the lemon print that I used for the lining.   The purse handles are just icing on the lemon cake.

There are quite a few steps to this one which is why we split it up into two videos.  I would say that if you're a beginner, you should still be able to do this. Just take your time. You're definitely going to want to feel comfortable on your machine before attempting this one, but even with all the work, the results are delicious.

Part 1 is HERE