The final steps here are to cover the inside panels with whatever you are using for that be it fabric, like I am or paper.
I use a medium heavy card for the insides under the fabric of both the out side and inside of the panel
Specifically I use campaign/ad flyers.
I get what seems like 100's of them in the mail every week and would rather use them than recycle or worse just throw them out!
You can either glue the fabric to the card or sew it to the card as I have done here with a back and forth lattice.
do this to both sides
Remember it's the inside, it doesn't have to look pretty!
Then take all your inside panels and sew them together edge to edge
Sorry I have no pictures of this part
I will then Glue the out side panels to that making sure to pin or otherwise clip the panels together
for 24 hours so the glue can dry fully
I will then trace the bottom on 2 pieces of heavy card one to fit inside and one a little bigger for the bottom outside
Cover them both separately because you are going to then glue the wrong sides together.
Also; when you sew the top on, you will only be sewing it to one side
so you also need to decide which side you want at the front.
Also before you glue the two sides together to give it a handle, a pull and / or a closure
Now for the rest of the bottom
sew the inside to the inside, all the way around. this is to keep corners and creases,
where little things like beads, that can get stuck in them, to a minimum.
This is the frustrating and difficult part,
as you have to sew the edges together after the whole thing is assembled You can do it, just go slow.
Though you will make it easier on yourself if you do this part before you put the outside panels on!
Now glue the bottom base to the bottom. leave for 24 hours and put a few hevyish weights on the inside so the glue adheres firmly.
The last detail is, what to use as piping?
To cover the gaps on the outside panels. because there will be gaps!
It can be anything from lace, ribbon, cording or gimp.
