kowdi potli bag

Step 1

• Take the golden lace and cut it to the size of the potli.
• Use fabric scissors to cut it.

Step 2

• Make 2 more such similar tassel strips as shown in the image
• Rotate the strip, take kowdi and stick it on the gold lace strip as shown in the image.
• Stick them on all 3 lace strips
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry.

Step 3

• Stick the folded –overlapped top part on to the potli bag base as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

Step 4

This elegant and sophisticated potli bag is ready to be used and teamed up with one of the many Navratri attires!

Step 5

• Take foam and buckram and cut circles from them measuring 2.5” in radius.
• Use paper scissors to cut them

Step 6

• Take raw silk fabric and cut it into 2 circles measuring 3” radius.
• Take the same rawsilk fabric and cut 2 separate pieces measuring 7” x16”, 8” x 16.5”
• Use fabric scissors to cut them

Step 7

• Take 1 raw silk circle and 1 buckram circle and stick them together.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them together.
• Let it dry

Step 8

• Take the foam circular cutout and stick it on the rawsilk-buckram base.
• Stick the extra fabric around the foam on to it as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry

Step 9

• Take the 2nd rawsilk and buckram circle and paste them together as seen in the image.
• Stick the excess rawsilk fabric on to the buckram by folding it from all sides as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let them dry
• Now both parts of the base is ready.

Step 10

• Take the materials shown in the image to make the tassels

Step 11

• Take an ohp sheet and secure the lace onto it by sticking it with paper tape on both sides as shown
• Make tiny tassels using needle, yarn, pearl beads and golden beads as seen in the image
• Make as many as possible and stick it on to the lace as seen in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry.

Step 12

• Take the fabric piece measuring 7” x16” and fold ½ inch on 2 sides as shown in the image
• Measure buckram in the same measurement and stick it on to the back I=of the raw silk piece.
• Use Fabric Glue to stick them.

Step 13

• Take the 3 lace strips and stick them on the raw silk piece which we prepared in the previous step.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them
• Let them dry

Step 14

• Take the small mirrors and stick them on the raw silk piece as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them
• Let them dry

Step 15

• Turn the raw silk piece around and apply Fevicryl Fabric Glue at the bottom of the piece as shown.

Step 16

• Take the base with foam and stick it to the rawsilk piece as shown in the image.
• Let it dry.

Step 17

• Once the foam base is stuck, fold the extra raw silk fabric from the sides on to the foam base as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

Step 18

• Take the second cut rawsilk fabric measuring 8” x 16.5”.
• Measure 1 “on the sides and make 2 cuts as shown.
• Fold the cut slits inwards and stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Fold the rest of the corner measuring ½".
• Make a cut in the center measuring 1” in length and fold the cut-out fabric on either side as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

Step 19

• Fold the prepared piece in to half and stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Make sure to apply glue only on the sides.
• Let it dry

Step 20

• Bring the two sides of the folded raw silk fabric together and overlap them as shown in the image.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry.

Step 21

• Take the 2nd prepared circular piece and stick it on the foam base as shown in the image
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

Step 22

• Stick the small mirrors on the top part of the potli bag as shown in the image
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry
• Take a golden dori, add some beads at the edges to create a good finish and insert them in the slits that were created on the top part of the potli bag.