In the Clutch

Yesterday and today I made my very first clutch purse. I do not carry clutches because, let's face it, I will almost invariably leave it somewhere. I mostly staple my purse to my shoulder before leaving the house, and a clutch would cause another unwanted and unsightly bulge were I to staple it to my body. But one of my BFs is a clutch fan, so in my mission to make all the Christmas presents this year, I made a clutch. I like it. I am proud of it, and I think I did a decent job.

I used this book, the ONLY purse book available at the library...grrrr....

This is what it looks like finished...the fabric underneath will be a shirt for me, hopefully tomorrow.

The end of the purse. I had to handsew almost everything because of some odd angles. The only machine stitched stuff is the top-stitching.

Lined with black silk and I included magnetic closures, which were a bit tricky as I did not have a good plan on where to put them. The pattern called for velcro. (!!!)

The fabric is from my stash, bought over a year ago, and the only thing I would change is that I did not quite center the fabric. It's off by about an inch. OOPS. Next time. =)

ONE MORE DAY OF FREEDOM....then 2 weeks until Thanksgiving. Thank goodness for that!