YOU CAN SHOW A DOG SOME NEW TRICKS: PART II
Well, the other day I was digging around in my sewing room and I came across this fabric in one of my sewing boxes. I have 17 boxes right now down from 21, so I am slowly, but surely USING all of the fabric that I have collected over the years. so, when i pulled out this fabric, I started playing with it. You know, when you are sewing, “playing with the fabric” will help any designer to figure out which way of making a bag would display the print of the fabric the best. So , about one hour later I came up with this design with the eco-friendly bamboo handles and I was proud of myself .
As I started sewing the handbag, it just looked a little plain. I thought this would be just find as a tote, but I wanted this purse to have a little more versatility, so I went back to digging into the boxes. Then, through my looking through the boxes, I came upon a bag of ribbon. Just one long spoon of ribbon, but in my bright mind, I wanted pleated ribbon. So, I decide to pleat the ribbon myself. I thought, how hard can this be? Well, I must say that it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be just very, very, time consuming. I took me almost an hour to pleat this ribbon because, I had to make sure that this pink and green ribbon pleats match to each one. So, if it didn’t match, Iwould take the pleat out and just do it all over again. But, when I look at this finish bag, I am very glad that i took the time to make the ribbon pleated. The handbag turn out great and once again I learn a new trick or sewing techinque. Check out this bag and others at www.sherryhbags.com or www.sherrybags.etsy.com for handbags, totes, and purses. BE GOOD TO YOURSELF, SHERRY.
