I realized recently that my handbags keep increasing in size, and my ability to find anything in them keeps decreasing. It is like a black hole or a Bermuda Triangle--things go in and settle at the bottom and I finally end up dumping everything out of the handbag to get to my pen or my lip-balm or my USB. So I made a purse organizer from a placemat I had lying around.
The process is simple. First fold the placemat in half, so that you can see a crease in the middle. Then take the top and bottom sides and fold them so that they meet at the crease. Now line up the items you use on the top and bottom folds and pin in between so that you are creating a series of pockets. Sew along the lines made by pins. Then fold down "backward" along the middle, so that the pockets are back-to-back, not facing each other. Your pocket purse organizer is done! You can add a button and a strip of elastic to bring the ends together, if you like.
I have to say this thing works like a charm. I downsized to a smaller handbag because I can find things easily now.
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