For Pretty {Little} Pouch Swap 2 on Flickr my partner has expressed a liking for frames. I haven't done one before and fancied trying it out. I bought my frame and glue supplies from Lisa at U-Handbag.
Lisa has full instructions on purses like this including how to draw a pattern. I took the basic instructions and played around with the shape adding pleats so ultimately lots can be stuffed inside the purse! I did make a few test shapes up out of odd bits of fabric. I didn't want to use the grid fabric and make a mess of it, and once glued into a purse frame there is no going back!
The lining is Petit Ecole by French General at Moda.
There is a stamped little linen birdie tag, and the lace trim which runs round the bottom edge of the purse is is to add some curves and softness against the geometric lines of the grid.
My partner's initial is on the other side so I have mysteriously blurred the reverse.
And the log cabins that weren't going anywhere for me have been recycled into a matching coaster- who wouldn't want to hold their purse whilst using a coaster? Doesn't everyone take a purse to a cafe with their own matching coaster?
On the purse and the coaster there is a sewing side and a home/kitchen domestic side
There are goodies inside and the package is winging its way to a mystery location!
