DARLA is an ultra-versatile shoulder bag, designed to adapt to your everyday needs thanks to three complementary sizes. From carrying just the essentials to carrying a laptop, DARLA goes with you everywhere, combining style and functionality.
- Size S, vertical and compact: ideal for slipping in your wallet, mobile phone and paperback book.
- Size M, square: perfect for carrying a few extra personal items.
- Size L, horizontal rectangle: designed to hold most 16-inch laptops.
Fully lined and fastened with a zip, the DARLA briefcase stands out thanks to its comprehensive internal organisation and numerous finish options for a professional look.
✨ Details & included options
- Front pocket with flap fastened with a button or press stud
- Zipped back pocket
- Internal zipped pocket
- Internal divider
- Choice of shoulder strap: fixed or adjustable
- Choice of finishes:
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- flat-felled seams,
- or bias-bound seams, with the option to add decorative piping
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Options:
- indoor key ring,
- padding (ideal for turning DARLA into a laptop sleeve)
📐 Sizes
- Dimensions: 22.4 × 16 × 4 cm
- M: 25 × 25 × 4 cm
- L: 28 × 40 × 5 cm
💪 Sewing level: intermediate
📄 Pattern sizes included
- PDF pattern A4 on tracing paper
- PDF pattern US Letter with tracing paper
- PDF pattern A0 with tracing layers
- PDF pattern for tracing
(unfolded and mirror-duplicated pieces, 1 layer per size, calibration grids and coloured background that can be shown or hidden)
🧠 Step-by-step explanations of techniques
- Fitting the zip fastener
- Fitting bias binding
- Fitting decorative piping
- Quilting
- Interlining
- English seams
- Fitting an adjustable strap
📘 Tutorials included
- Detailed tutorial in French, illustrated with over 60 diagrams and photos
- Tips for adjusting the pattern dimensions to suit your needs
- Quick tutorial in French for experienced seamstresses and tailors
✂️ Materials required
- Main fabric warp and weft thick
- Lining fabric warp and weft fine
- Zips
- Button or press stud
- Strap
Optional:
fuse-on interfacing, wadding and non-fuse-on interfacing (for quilting), bias binding, piping, loops, sliding buckle, ribbon, key ring.
👉 Detailed fabric requirements in the photo gallery.
🪡 Seam allowances included
🪡 Pattern for personal use only
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