Fabulous February Handbag

Welcome to February! School starts tomorrow (yay) ... I must admit that I look forward to the first day of the year with mixed feelings ... I enjoy having the house to myself and being able to do things, but I also miss having the kids around, their noise, their ideas, their general activity. Mind you - it's the cycle of the school year!

Now, onto what I've been creating ... and boy, am I proud of myself.

Here is my new handbag! My current (old faithful) has a minor flaw, the leather has worn away from the piping on the base. It might seem minor, but I'm a bit of a bag snob, and I don't like that it's not 'right'. I might see a boot maker to see if anything can be done for it. So, I took a pattern from it, and made a nice new bag!

Bit of an explanation ... bigger pictures are on their side because when I rotate them, they become short and wide and not at all like they really are!

Here's the original bag ...

The inside to prove that I did make it

(you can see all the layers of interfacing and linings I used to get the bag to stand up firm.

New bag outside

Red satin goodness

It has a zip pocket one side and stitched in pockets on the other side.

So, new school year, new handbag!

Gosh I am proud of myself!!

Mrs R