I saw a cute little purse on Emmaandhermachine's Instagram. She had received the kit as a gift and told me where it had come from (Craft and Cotton) I liked it, thought it would make a good stocking filler for one of the girls and bought a kit and a spare set of fittings - the fittings are the most crucial part of it.
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| I took photos of the two purse together but can't find them!! This is my first. I should have put a scale next to them |
The kit came in 3 choices - printed canvas (?I'm not sure canvas is the most appropriate
The kit arrived quickly. The front
of the purse is in the fabric, the back in black faux leather. There is no
interfacing. There was a set of instructions, the pattern for the back and the
front and the hardware in the pack.
I’m not a crafter as most people who
read this will know. However, even I managed to finish this pretty quickly
although a couple of things puzzled me. Firstly, there was no indication of the
size of the seam allowance around the purse - I guessed at 1/4”. Dan pointed
out that the finished length of the purse would match that of the hardware. I
went for ¼”. Secondly, I couldn’t for the life of me work out how to get the
hardware into the purse properly. With some help from Dan and encouragement
from others who were watching, it was achieved.
The scariest bit was cutting through
the fabric for the magnetic catch!
The purse is small - smaller than I
realised it would be and I’m not sure how useful it will be. Nevertheless, it
was a fun thing to make.
I made another with the spare set of
fittings. Two of the girls got them for Christmas as a little extra. The one I
gave to Alison fell apart as she tried to open it so I had to put together
again - and show her how to do that in case it happened again. The girls
thought they were cute and really liked the fabric (a town scene).
