Today I’m going to show you how to decorate a purse with iron-on patches. This craft only takes a few seconds to make! Not only is it super easy, but it’s perfect for customizing gifts for friends and family to make them feel special.
If you have a friend who loves butterflies, get some iron-on patches of butterflies to put on the purse. If your friend likes cats, you can find cat patches. You can see a wide variety of patches in a craft supply or fabric store.
How to Decorate a Purse with Iron-on Patches
You will need the following items to create your unique purse:
- An inexpensive felt purse
- Iron-on patches
- Iron
- Ironing board
You can find an inexpensive felt purse in the same aisle of the craft supply store where you found the iron-on patches.
Go ahead and set up your ironing table and plug in your iron. You can turn the iron to a medium high setting. If you want to use a tea towel to place on top of the patch before you iron it, you can. I didn’t, and it turned out fine. I suppose if your iron was too hot or if you pressed it for too long, you would burn the patch and it would turn brown. I think this is why the instructions say to place a tea towel over the area.
While you are waiting for the iron to get hot, open the package of patches and place them where you want them on the purse. (We also decorated a medieval hat, since we had plenty of flower patches in the one package.)
Press the iron on top of the patch for about 10 seconds. You’re done!
Yes, this craft takes 10 second to do (for each patch), so you will finish with the whole project (including heating up the iron) in less than five minutes.
Go ahead and give away your masterpieces as gifts to friends!
Video tutorial for decorating a purse with iron-on patches:
We did this last year. The girls loved it.
My daughter has been wanting to do it, and I didn’t know how easy it was! I’m glad we finally did it.
I love to do simple DIY projects like this with my girls.
It’s super simple, and it’s luxurious!
Super cute! My daughter would love doing this!
My daughter really enjoyed it, and it took less than 5 minutes.
Oh this is looks so fun! We actually have some blank canvas bags, I’ll have to pick up some patches from Amazon.
Great idea!
I think I must be the least crafty homeschool mama there is. My girls would love this! I love seeing idea’s like this to inspire me and motivate me. This looks so easy and clean-unlike so many crafts that make huge messes.
Yes, this project makes no mess at all. 🙂