Orange Silk Clutch

I made a new pattern for a square clutch, well its a rectangle really, but really easy to make. 

The outer is a burnt orange silk and the lining is red cotton.

I embroided a flower onto the front with seed beads. Really simple.

Black and Gold Flow Clutch and Matching Coin Purse

I love clutches and I love this pattern! It is my favourite bag pattern. I decided to try this pattern using cotton for both the facing and the lining. I think it worked quite well. The lining is a goldie/yellow cotton, that looks kinda cracked. The gold flowers etc on the facing is metallic and nice and shiney. I embroided beads onto the centre on the flowers on the flaps.
I made one normal size one and one mini coin purse one. The coin purse has a snap closure. Sorry about the great magnitude of photos.... I couldn't choose

Strawberry Clutch

I had an idea for an asian inspired purse so I decided to try out my pattern first (didn’t want to waste my material I want to use).  After making this I have redone the pattern for the flap as it was too small in this.

I used a vintage flower cotton for the facing and just a plain pink cotton for the lining. I embellished the flowers with seed beads, hopefully it shows up on the photos.

I decided to use a bangle for the handle because of the shape of the clutch.

Would love some feedback on this one. I'm not really a fan of it myself....

Cute Clutch for Sarah

I made this purse for my friend Sarah’s Birthday. It is made from a pale green cotton (Facing) and a pale lemon silk (Lining). 

The pattern was from the book Hip Handbags, by Valerie Van Arsdale Schrader. See http://www.amazon.com/Hip-Handbags-Creating-Embellishing-Great-Looking/dp/1600594824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262064921&sr=8-1

The photos are not particularly good, as the colour is actually much more green that the photos show.