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    Home » Cricut

    How to Make Disney Purses Using the Cricut Maker

    Published: Oct 30, 2018 Updated: Sep 16, 2022 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 23 Comments

    For our recent trip to Disney World, I thought it would be fun to make some cute cross-body bags using some of the Disney-licensed images in Cricut Design Space.  If you’ve followed me for a while, then you know I love a good DIY Disney project.

    I had so much fun making them and am excited to show you today how to make Disney Purses! They are just the right size to hold your essentials while in the park (or at home!).  I work as a Brand Ambassador for Cricut; this is sponsored content. 

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    I love trying to find new ways to use existing craft products and supplies. For years I’ve been using my Cricut machine to create iron-ons and for paper crafting. This year I’ve been experimenting with cutting out the same Cricut images that I would normally use for paper with fabric.

    Table of Contents
    • Can I Make My Own Disney Purses?
    • A Cricut Maker Project: How To Make Disney Bags & Disney Purses
    • Supplies to Make the Purses
    • Instructions
    • How to Cut Vinyl Fabric with Cricut Maker
    • How to Assemble the Bag
    • To Create the Hamm Toy Story Purse
    • To Make a Grape Soda Purse
    • To Make a Poison Apple Purse
    • To Make an Aristocats Marie Bag
    • More Fun How-to Projects for the Cricut Maker:

    Since the new Cricut Maker has an available with a knife blade it opens up a whole new world of “things to make” with the Maker.

    fruit purse on white table

    Last summer I created a set of “fruity” cross body bags with my Maker (you can see the bags HERE). They were so much fun to make that I thought I’d try to make another set of bags.

    Can I Make My Own Disney Purses?

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    Our family had a trip to Disney World coming up and thought it would be fun to create a set of bags to take on the trip with us. My kids are older now, so we don’t need to carry lots of bags around the parks with us.  I miss a lot of things about them being little when we are at Disney, but there are some benefits to visiting with teenagers too!

    There is a “new” trend going around Disney, which is called DisneyBounding. I’m not an expert at it by any means, but pretty much you “dress up” to match a character or park when you visit. Think yellow pants, a blue shirt and red headband to be “Snow White”.   I thought these bags would be fun for Disney Bounding as well!

    Since my kids are teenagers, and really don’t want to wear matching Disney family shirts (I could totally get away with it when they were kids, but not anymore), making the bags seemed like a fun way to incorporate a bit of DIY into our Disney Vacation. Since Cricut has a license for many Disney images, I had lots of fun things to pick from while creating the bags.

    I decided that I’d make a bag for each park at Disney World. Before you think “oh my gosh, she’s crazy that’s so much work”. I must tell you that I made all of the bags in ONE afternoon (the day before we left, but who’s paying attention to that LOL!).

    (t-shirt Cricut SVG files designs are coming next week!)

    A Cricut Maker Project: How To Make Disney Bags & Disney Purses

    The bags were all made using Vinyl (as in fabric vinyl, not the vinyl you buy on a roll – you could also use leather if you’d like), Cricut Permanent Vinyl, zippers and a bit of glue. On the back of each bag is a zipper so that you can reach your stuff easily! Also, if you didn’t want to make a cross-body bag you could totally turn these into pencil pouches!

    There is sewing involved but it’s all just straight lines, so if you are new to sewing you can totally do this!

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    For each bag, I have linked you to MY file in Cricut Design Space. So if you’d like to make your own bags, you can use my files. Since there are all licensed images from Cricut and Disney I do not have any downloads for you on this post. You’ll need to hop on over to Design Space to grab the files.

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    I’m going to show you how to make one bag from start to finish. Then I will go in and break down a bit more of the detail of each bag.

    Supplies to Make the Purses

    • Cricut Maker Machine
    • Cricut Maker Knife Blade
    • Vinyl or Glitter Vinyl (not peel-off vinyl, fabric vinyl. You can buy it at the fabric store, it’s usually in the back and sold by the yard)
    • Cricut Permanent Vinyl
    • Heavy Duty Glue – I use Gutterman Glue; you could also try E6000
    • Bit of Ribbon
    • Purchased Purse Chain (this is the one I used)
    • 12″ or longer Polyester Zipper
    • Cricut Strong Grip Mat
    • Cricut Standard Mat
    • Sewers Aid (comes in a bottle)
    • Binding Clips
    • Fray Check
    • Sewing Machine that will sew a straight stitch.

    Instructions

    Step One: Cut Out the Bags

    Hop on over to Design space and open my shared file (the link to the shared file is below listed with the corresponding bag).

    You’ll notice in the file there are several pieces.

    There are pieces to cut from fabric vinyl, and pieces to cut from Cricut Vinyl.

    It should be easy to tell which are the bag outside pieces and which are the “accents” for the front of the bag.

    On one of the bags outside pieces, you’ll notice there is a rectangle in the center. This is the spot for the bag zipper.

    How to Cut Vinyl Fabric with Cricut Maker

    In design space, hide all of the images EXCEPT the bag outside pieces.  Click MAKE IT.

    On the next screen nudge the images so they are in the center of the mat.

    Cut two pieces of vinyl to 11×11.

    Place one of the vinyl pieces (right side up) on your Strong Grip Mat. Place it in the center of the mat. You’ll have a small border around the edge where there is no vinyl.

    Move the rollers of the machine over to the edges. Install the knife blade in your machine.

    Back in Design Space, click through to the next screen and choose “2-3 oz Garment Leather” as your materials choice. Make sure the knife blade is selected.

    Then load the mat into the machine, and click the icon to cut.

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    Let the machine cut out the image. When it’s done, peel it off and attach the second piece of vinyl. Load it into the machine and repeat the process.

    Next, let’s cut out the “details” for the bag from Cricut Vinyl.

    Back in design space, hide the bag outside images that you just cut out.

    Depending on the bag you’re making, you may need to cut one or more colors of vinyl.

    Click MAKE IT.

    Load your Permanent Vinyl onto the Green Cutting Mat. Replace the knife blade with the fine point blade.

    On the Cricut, screen choose “Cricut Vinyl” from the materials.

    Load the mat and cut out your image.

    Peel away the excess vinyl. Cut a piece of transfer tape to the size of your image, and peel off the backing.

    Place the transfer tape on the TOP of your cut-out vinyl.

    Next, peel the transfer tape away from the backing making sure that your vinyl image comes with it.

    Place it onto of your bag front piece in the correct location.

    Rub the image onto the bag front using an old credit card or the vinyl application tool. When it’s secured, peel away the vinyl.

    Repeat with other colors of vinyl as necessary.

    How to Assemble the Bag

    First, Insert the zipper

    Place the zipper behind the cut-out rectangle. The end of the zipper will be flush with one end of the rectangle, and the other end will be off the edge.

    Use binding clips to secure the zipper in place.

    Apply Sewers Aid to the vinyl around the edge of the zipper opening. DO NOT SKIP this step. The sewers aid is a lubricant that will allow you to sew on the vinyl without your machine sticking to the vinyl.

    Stitch around the opening of the zipper. Make sure you “catch” the zipper as you sew.

    Using your scissors, cut off the excess zipper.

    Cut four pieces of ribbon to 2” each. Using a match or fray check, seal the ends of the ribbon.

    Apply a thin layer of Sewers Aid to the perimeter of the bag back and bag front pieces. Again, don’t skip this step.

    Fold the ribbon in half and clip to the bag back piece at the location of the zipper.

    Place the bag front piece onto of the bag back piece, the wrong sides facing. Using binding clips, secure in place.

    Stitch around the perimeter of the bag close to the edge. Make sure you lock your stitch at the beginning and end.

    That’s it! Now, you must attach your purse chain to the loops.

    Here is more detail of my bags:

    To Create the Hamm Toy Story Purse

    Materials: Pink Glitter Vinyl
    Cricut Permanent Vinyl; White
    Link to Bag File in Cricut Design Space

    IMPORTANT UPDATE: Since this project was first designed, Cricut has removed this exact file from Design Space. However, a new image set called “Disney® – Pixar Character Squares” with a Hamm character would also work. There is also a Hamm image in the Disney Toy Story 4 cartridge set that would work as well.

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    To Make a Grape Soda Purse

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    Materials: Purple Marine Vinyl
    Cricut Permanent Vinyl; Black and White
    Link to Bag File in Cricut Design Space

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    To Make a Poison Apple Purse

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    Materials: Green and White Glitter Vinyl
    Cut out the white piece and two green apple pieces and sew the bag together. Don’t attach the white piece yet.

    Note: After the bag is sewn together, use the Gutterman glue to glue the white portion to the front of the bag.

    Link to Bag file in Cricut Design Space

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    To Make an Aristocats Marie Bag

    Materials: White Glitter Vinyl & Pink Glitter Vinyl, Cricut Vinyl in Black, Light Pink and Hot Pink (you can use light pink twice if you want).

    Notes:
    In the file, you’ll see a black cat head and a pink cat head. You’re going to cut out the entire black cat head but ONLY use the vinyl for the eyes; you can discard the rest. The same is true for the pink vinyl. Since you are cutting out the entire head, you can use the entire piece to help you place the eyes and ears on the bag in the correct spot.

    To create the bow, cut it out of Pink Glitter Vinyl (Fabric). After the bag is sewn together, glue the bow to the front of the bag using Gutterman glue.

    Link to Bag file in Cricut Design Space.

    DIY Disney Cross Body Bags

    That’s it!!

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    How to Make a Bunny Purse

    DIY Fabric Basket Tutorial

    Tips for Using the Cricut Maker for Quilting

    Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern for the Cricut Maker

    This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    Comments

    1. Sally Powers says

      October 30, 2018 at 7:20 pm

      So wonderful! Where did you get the dachshund svg’s? Love the shirts as well. You are so creative!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        November 06, 2018 at 10:50 am

        My shirt is from JCrew. I didn’t make it 🙂

        Reply
    2. Megan says

      January 13, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      These are amazing! You have given me so many more ideas for my Maker! Thanks!

      Reply
    3. Jenna says

      January 27, 2019 at 7:13 pm

      Hi there!
      I click on the link for the Marie purse and it just takes me to my Design Space…how to I find the templates for the purse?

      Thanks!!

      Reply
    4. Corey says

      January 31, 2019 at 3:34 pm

      Love these so much!!!

      But where did you get your fabric vinyl? I looked at my local big box craft store and only saw primary colors. I love your glitter options! Specialty fabric stores? Online? Is it considered ‘upholstery’ vinyl?

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        February 03, 2019 at 9:51 pm

        Try fabric.com – just put glitter vinyl in the search box, it should come up.

        Reply
    5. Martha B says

      February 04, 2019 at 11:15 am

      These purses are so cute! I’m new to Cricut. I just got the Cricut Explore Air 2. I suppose I can’t make these on this machine. Glad I found you. So many ideas.

      Reply
    6. April says

      March 30, 2019 at 3:25 pm

      Can you cut this on thr Explore with the deep blade? I am dying to try it! I even used your idea to design an orange bird and am working on Mickey’s face. Thanks for the fantastic idea!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        April 06, 2019 at 10:14 pm

        I think you can! I’ve cut leather with the deep cut blade with great success. I think it would work as long as the image is not too intricate.

        Reply
    7. Lisa Vroman says

      July 11, 2019 at 10:06 pm

      HI — I Love your Disney Inspired bags. I am new to the Cricut Family but I figured out how to get to your designs via my laptop — all of them come up as being able to “Make It” except Hamm…where can I find your directions for Hamm?

      Reply
    8. Lauren says

      May 03, 2020 at 8:58 pm

      I can’t seem to get to the templates. What am I doing wrong? I love these purses and can’t wait to make them for a few birthdays coming up.

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        May 03, 2020 at 9:54 pm

        You have to click my link to open the project in Cricut Design Space. They are not individual downloads rather links to the files I set up in design space.

        Reply
        • Heather Capobianco says

          August 04, 2020 at 9:49 pm

          When I click it brings me to the website to download the app (which I already have installed). It is not opening the cricut desktop app if you already have it installed.I think the migration from full internet base to saftware based is causing problems. Could you please tell me the file name so I can just search that in DS? Thanks so much. These are super cute and I can’t wait to try my hand at them.

          Reply
          • Melissa Mortenson says

            August 07, 2020 at 9:35 pm

            I think that you are right and they have changed the link structure. I’ll see if I can get the links updated. You can also search by my user name “polkadotchair” and it should also come up that way.

            Reply
    9. Paula says

      October 19, 2020 at 6:51 pm

      Hey! Can’t wait to ty these. I have the Cricut Maker, do I need the deep cut blade for these?

      Reply
    10. alysha says

      October 22, 2020 at 11:57 am

      Im also having trouble with the links not opening anything up in design space and i am unsure of how to search for your username in design space as well.

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        October 23, 2020 at 1:46 pm

        Hi! This link should work https://design.cricut.com/#/profile/57ed75248266134030a93c0d – when it asks you, say “open app” then it should pop open to my profile in design space. Then look for the photos of the projects for the info.

        Reply
    11. Nataleen says

      December 15, 2022 at 10:46 am

      Can I see this by hand. I don’t have a sewing machine?

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        December 18, 2022 at 9:30 am

        It might be hard to sew through the vinyl by hand.

        Reply
    12. Mollie says

      July 02, 2023 at 9:17 pm

      hello!
      do you by chance have this template available for Silhouette Studio?

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        July 05, 2023 at 5:01 pm

        No I’m sorry I do not

        Reply
    13. Sonia B says

      July 05, 2023 at 11:04 pm

      Omg these are sooo cute and easy to do!!!
      I made a Hamm purse for my friends 3 year old, who is obsessed with Toy Story!

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        July 09, 2023 at 5:38 pm

        Oh! I hope she likes it!

        Reply

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