✂️ CURVED TOP SHOULDER BAG — PDF SEWING PATTERN
Sew the everyday bag you'll actually reach for. A softly structured half-moon body, a curved zip that arcs right over the top for a wide, easy opening, a boxed gusseted base that lets the bag stand up on its own, a short leather-look top handle and one long adjustable shoulder strap you can wear crossbody or on the shoulder.
Three sizes in one file — make the small one as a going-out purse, the medium as your daily bag, the large as a work-and-weekend carry.
📦 WHAT'S INCLUDED
· Full step-by-step instruction booklet with clear photos/diagrams for every stage
· Print-at-home pattern pieces (A4 + US Letter) with test square, plus a copyshop file (A0)
· Complete cutting list for all three sizes, including exact strap and handle lengths
· Fabric and interfacing requirements for each size
· Hardware list with exact widths so you buy the right slider and hooks first time
· Measurements given in both inches and centimetres throughout
📐 SIZES (finished, approximate)
· SMALL — [ ] w x [ ] h x [ ] d
· MEDIUM — [ ] w x [ ] h x [ ] d
· LARGE — [ ] w x [ ] h x [ ] d
Strap adjusts from [ ] to [ ].
🧵 SKILL LEVEL
Confident beginner to intermediate. If you have sewn a lined zip pouch before, you are ready for this one. The pattern walks you through the two trickier steps — easing a zip around a curve, and boxing the base — slowly and with photos.
🧺 MATERIALS NEEDED (not included)
· Main fabric: mid-weight canvas, denim, linen-cotton or waxed canvas
· Contrast fabric for the base band
· Lining: quilting cotton or light canvas
· Foam interfacing or fusible fleece (the pattern tells you exactly how much)
· One zip, [ ]" long
· Leather, faux leather or webbing for the zip facing and top handle
· [ ]"/[ ] mm strap webbing or fabric for the shoulder strap
· Hardware: 2 swivel snap hooks, 2 D-rings, 1 slider adjuster
· Matching thread
⚙️ HOW IT WORKS
1. Buy and download instantly — the files are yours the moment payment clears.
2. Print at home or at a copyshop, check the test square, cut out your pieces.
3. Follow the booklet step by step. Most makers finish a bag in an afternoon or two.
📥 PLEASE NOTE
This is a DIGITAL PDF SEWING PATTERN — no physical item and no finished bag will be shipped. Because the files are delivered instantly, this purchase cannot be refunded. Listing photos show a finished sample for inspiration; your bag's look will depend on the fabrics and hardware you choose.
📜 LICENCE
For personal use. You may sew and sell finished bags in small quantities — a credit is always appreciated. The PDF itself may not be shared, copied, resold or redistributed in any form.
💛 PERFECT FOR
· A first "real bag" project after pouches and totes
· Using up that half metre of nice canvas or linen you've been saving
· A handmade gift that gets used every single day
· Makers who want one pattern that gives three bags
Happy sewing!
