If you like a thinner purse, you can use something lighter. If you like a super thin purse you could use nothing. Those feel to me like they are flimsy and when you put something in them they look all lumpy. I am going to try a heavier pellon for my next one just to see how it feels. Did you figure out the pocket yet? Lay it on the bag the way you want it and flip it down. Sew the unfinished edge down. (the top should be finished)

No, the raw edge is the open bottom of the pocket. The edge with the name is a finished edge.

LOL, it just goes to show how different minds think, when she wrote up the directions she may not even have planned for a pocket and thus the directions. Also maybe the way she does it makes the pocket more roomy!?? Anyway, I'll do it your way the next time I make one. :)

I've thought about doing it that way too, but since I quilt a cross hatch design across the bottom and top, the pocket flap would get in the way of the quilting. I could quilt the top and bottom separately, but my quilting seams would not match - picky, picky, picky :roll:

No matter which way you do it, the purse will be beautiful.:)

Thanks so much for all the responses. Apparently I have done the pocket wrong because the bottom of my pocket is not open...lol. It is sewed. The only raw edge I have at this point is the top that is the trim.