Summer Trees Purse

I collect bags and purses.  As a result, I make bags and purses.  I have had this purse frame for a while, and was inspired to make a little bag embellished with embroidery and beads.  It is a great size for and evening out.

Step 1:

First I drew a design and selected the fabrics.  I have a huge remnant stash, so everything came from that. 

You can see the design lines of the landscape meet from piece to piece.  I labeled the pieces a,b,c&d to keep the design in order.
I cut out the bag pieces of the base fabric, leaving about 3/8" extra fabric around the pattern.  Then I interfaced with iron on interfacing.  I drew the landscape lines on the fabric pieces, and machine stitched along them.
I cut fabric to cover the top area of landscape and machine stitched it to the base fabric, using the previous stitching as a guide.  Trim the top edge of the fabric close to the stitching.

Comments

[scoochmaroo]

Adorable! Nice work. I really want to make purses now!