craftgrrl | First Purse-- some questions! (Reply)

My friend and I went to WalMart last night and this is what we bought:
+ Simplicity purse outline trace things
+ 1 5/8 yard of fabric (100% cotton)
+ 1 5/8 yard of mediumweight fusible
+ thread
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I've read through the FAQs and saw that the fusible was meant to make the purse sturdier. This is my question: Do I put the fusible stuff on [the inside of the purse] BEFORE we do all the cutting and tracing? I think that's a really dumb question but I just wanted to be sure before I did anything. I didn't know if it'd make it harder to sew through (we're hand sewing) or anything like that.

Sorry, we made purses from tank tops before and this is our first time trying the fabric. Haha. We'll see how this goes.

Thanks in advance.