This purse organizer is a great way to make transferring ‘vital’ contents from one purse to another fast and easy.

You may want to make your organizer longer or shorter, depending on what you have in your purse. To determine the length I wanted my organizer to be, I laid out what I have in my purse on the grid lines of my cutting mat, leaving an inch space between them. My full-table size cutting mat not being long enough, I pared down the items to those which are most universally required.

Supplies:
2 – pieces of fabric 8” wide by the length you determine. I cut mine 8” x 26”.
2 – pieces of stiff interfacing the same size as fabric. The interfacing should be stiff enough that when ironed onto the back of the fabric you can stand the fabric up.

Directions:
1. Iron the interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric pieces.
2. With right-sides facing, sew the pieces together using a ½” seam allowance. Be sure to leave an opening large enough for your hand to pull the fabric through.
3. Clip the corners close to the stitching. I like to taper the seam allowance near the corner. How much you taper depends on how bulky your fabric is. I find about an inch from the corner works well for most fabric .
4. Turn the fabric right side out through the opening.
5. If necessary, push out the corners with a narrow tool, i.e. a knitting needle or point turner.
6. Iron the fabric flat.

7. Edge stitch around the entire rectangle.
8. Fold up the bottom edge about 3”.

9. Stitch the sides closed by stitching close to the edge. I stitched on top the line of stitching I just did.
10. Measure each of the items that will be in the organizer and add an inch to the width.

11. Place a pin where you think you want the stitching line to be and do a test fit before marking the sewing line.

12. Sew pockets.

The stiff interfacing helps keep the pocket open when you take something out so you can easily get it back in.

When you change purses next time, you can take out the entire organizer and place it in the other purse.