Pattern

• Cut one rectangle of fabric, the width being the overall length you want for the purse and the length being twice the end width you want for the purse.
• Fold about a half-inch to an inch of the top over, sew along dotted line. You are creatng the tube for the drawstring of the purse.
• Sew the sides together, forming a tube or cylinder. Stop where the seam for the drawstring begins, leaving this last part open. (On the extant piece, this section is unfinished, and you can see slight fraying where the drawstring comes out.)
• Fold in half, so the seam is facing you in the center of the tube. (center seam is the dashed line in the drawing)

• Sew bottom seam together.
• Create a tight finger-looped braid for drawstring.
• Run finger-looped braid through top of drawstring bag, tie closed at end.

This is a photograph I took of the extant garment featured in the book Ipek. I included it so people have a rough idea of what the finished kese will look like. You can see the seam running down the center of the bag, perpendicular to the seam on the bottom. It is surprising that the seam did not run along one side of the bag, so it wouldn’t be seen, but it does in fact run right down the center of the bag. Perhaps this helped balanced it out when carried?

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