It was time to change from my summer purse to a winter purse, but I was tired of the one I had been using for a few years. I decided to make one and I had received a pattern a couple years ago from
Barbara in a drawing. I looked it over and decided it might make a good purse for me.
I had the pattern and I wanted to use fabric from my stash, so I started trying to find some fabric. I picked out a piece of upholstery fabric that I either got at a garage sale or from someone in my guild - I didn't remember which. Then I picked out some fabric that I liked - and that went with it - for the lining, pockets and handles.
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| Here is the outside of the bag done. The only thing I purchased to make it was the magnetic closure for $1.00. |
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| Here I'm making pockets for the inside lining. |
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| One side has a huge zippered pocket that is equal to the whole side. |
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| Here it is finished. |
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| View of the inside with stuff in it. |
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| One inside section with pockets along the side. |
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| The two zippered sections, one is a divider for the middle. |
When I got to the handles, I didn't think I would have enough of my cotton fabric to make them, but luckily I just barely had enough! I will use one of the outer pockets for my keys and one for my cell phone.
As I was literally digging around looking for purse fabric in my sewing closet, I also found some other upholstery pieces and decided to make a couple of these little bags. I like this for keeping just some money and a cell phone for when you don't want to carry the larger purse around. They make nice little gifts, too.
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| I like these little zipper pulls that I purchased several years ago to use on little pouches. |
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| This is the pattern I used for the little bags. |
I think I'm going to really like my new purse. It sure has plenty of pockets for different things. I doubt I will even need all of them! Do you make your purses?
