I made myself a new wallet, it is BIG though so technically it might count as a clutch bag. I like to keep all my important stuff together (cards, iPhone, cash) as then I only have to keep my eye on one thing and can transfer everything from bag to bag easily together.
The cotton flower fabric is from the Nippori Fabric Town area in Tokyo. The piece around the middle is from my inherited fabric stash, it was a belt of some sort. The zip was also from my archives so I think it is quite old, I was wondering if using a metal vintage zip was the best idea (will it break sooner?) but I wanted to try it out.
There are three pockets, two which are open and the one at the back closes with a zip. I put a layer of felt underneath the outside layer of fabric and the front pocket to give it extra stiffness and also to provide some padding. It took a little bit of thinking to work out as I wanted to make it from one long strip of fabric and to have the seams hidden, not to just have flat rectangles that are sewed together. I made a paper prototype to check I had everything straight in my mind and when it came to the actual fabric I hand sewed it together with a loose running stitch before committing with the sewing machine.
The inside. I did think about having a magnetic closure or velcro or buttons for the main flap but decided against it as I wanted to keep it as streamlined as possible.
And filled.
This is me showing it to Beep ;) You can get more of an idea of the size from this picture (she is a normal cat size).
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love the purse! since the house move our stuff is still scattered in boxes while we finish the painting and house renovation… so my sewing machine has not seen any action since last summer :( but my friend is having a baby in September so that will be the perfect way to go and find it! :D
It is so nice to be able to make something handmade for a baby :)
I loved it! Wish I could do onde for myself: what’s wrong with girls and their purse? Always so much stuff: iPod, cash, lipstick, cards from all sorts…. I’ll try to make one. Could you post the drawing? thanks :)
I will try and make a drawing and post it this week :)
Amazing! It’s really beautiful – that Japanese fabric is lovely and the design is perfect. Your sewing projects are always so simple and stylish. It’s a great size too – I’m always pouring things from one bag to another and accidentally forgetting to transfer my keys or my sainsburys card or whatever – how nice it would be if they were in one self-contained wallet-clutch-bag thing!
Thank you, that is very nice of you to say so! I recommend the self contained extra large wallet type thing :)