RFID shielded handbag: I’m calling it Gleam and the pattern is FREE

I have been looking for the perfect shopping handbag.  After a lot of research, I now realize there is no such thing.  Unless you want to walk around with a safety deposit box as a handbag, there is not a completely secure handbag.  However, there are certainly a lot of things we can do to make our handbags safer, more secure and functional.  I took some of the ideas from our last bag, the Anti Pickpocket Bag, added a few details from your comments and came up with this new shopping handbag that I'm naming Gleam.

I have added RFID shielding fabric and made the bottom stronger.  I have kept the handles the same and added a removable pouch big enough for a camera.  The zippered internal pockets are hard for pickpockets to get to because they are hidden under the facing.  I am using a strong cotton fabric from Marimekko's latest collection and added some rhinestones for bling.

Materials:

• Heavy weight cotton to 1 1/2 yard (I used a print from Marimekko)
• RFID shielded fabric Two (2) linear feet x 59 inch wide (see below)
• Felted wool 1/2 yard (or vinyl)
• Steam-A-Seam 1.5 yard (I love this stuff..)
• Kraftex
• Thin fusible interfacing
• Twelve (12) 1/2″ grommets or large eyelets
• Four (4) rings with spring
• Fabric glue/Fast Tak or Easy Tak
• One (1) yard 1/2″ bias tape
• Sew-in 10mm flat back rhinestones
• Two (2) 8″ zippers
• One (1) 14″ zipper
• One (1) metal ring 3/4″ to 1″ in diameter
• Two (2) small lobster claws

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