• Take foam and buckram and cut circles from them measuring 2.5” in radius.
• Use paper scissors to cut them

• Take raw silk fabric and cut it into 2 circles measuring 3” radius.
• Take the same rawsilk fabric and cut 2 separate pieces measuring 7” x16”, 8” x 16.5”
• Use fabric scissors to cut them

• Take 1 raw silk circle and 1 buckram circle and stick them together.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them together.
• Let it dry

• Take the foam circular cutout and stick it on the rawsilk-buckram base.
• Stick the extra fabric around the foam on to it as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry

• Take the 2nd rawsilk and buckram circle and paste them together as seen in the image.
• Stick the excess rawsilk fabric on to the buckram by folding it from all sides as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let them dry
• Now both parts of the base is ready.

• Take the materials shown in the image to make the tassels

• Take the golden lace and cut it to the size of the potli.
• Use fabric scissors to cut it.

• Take an ohp sheet and secure the lace onto it by sticking it with paper tape on both sides as shown
• Make tiny tassels using needle, yarn, pearl beads and golden beads as seen in the image
• Make as many as possible and stick it on to the lace as seen in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry.

• Make 2 more such similar tassel strips as shown in the image
• Rotate the strip, take kowdi and stick it on the gold lace strip as shown in the image.
• Stick them on all 3 lace strips
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them.
• Let it dry.

• Take the fabric piece measuring 7” x16” and fold ½ inch on 2 sides as shown in the image
• Measure buckram in the same measurement and stick it on to the back I=of the raw silk piece.
• Use Fabric Glue to stick them.

• Take the 3 lace strips and stick them on the raw silk piece which we prepared in the previous step.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them
• Let them dry

• Take the small mirrors and stick them on the raw silk piece as shown in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them
• Let them dry

• Turn the raw silk piece around and apply Fevicryl Fabric Glue at the bottom of the piece as shown.

• Take the base with foam and stick it to the rawsilk piece as shown in the image.
• Let it dry.

• Once the foam base is stuck, fold the extra raw silk fabric from the sides on to the foam base as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

• Take the second cut rawsilk fabric measuring 8” x 16.5”.
• Measure 1 “on the sides and make 2 cuts as shown.
• Fold the cut slits inwards and stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Fold the rest of the corner measuring ½".
• Make a cut in the center measuring 1” in length and fold the cut-out fabric on either side as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

• Fold the prepared piece in to half and stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Make sure to apply glue only on the sides.
• Let it dry

• Bring the two sides of the folded raw silk fabric together and overlap them as shown in the image.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry.

• Stick the folded –overlapped top part on to the potli bag base as shown.
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

• Take the 2nd prepared circular piece and stick it on the foam base as shown in the image
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry

• Stick the small mirrors on the top part of the potli bag as shown in the image
• Stick it using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry
• Take a golden dori, add some beads at the edges to create a good finish and insert them in the slits that were created on the top part of the potli bag.

This elegant and sophisticated potli bag is ready to be used and teamed up with one of the many Navratri attires!