Handbag Issues...

Hey...

My friend made me an awesome handbag a few years back, that i use ALL the time...

Last week however, my sister gave me a few easter eggs to say thankyou for helping her with something, and one of these eggs managed to fall into my handbag. I went to the city, on a hot day, not realising the egg was in there, and so when my keys penetrated the wrapper as they fell to the bottom of my bag, the melted chocolate coated everything...including my keys, purse, brand new twilight graphic novel and the top i had in there to change into later on.

I got home, and washed everything, but there was to much damage to the bottom of the bag, and the melted chocolate stains just wouldnt go away. My mum and i salvaged the pattern, by cutting the seams of the bag and tracing it out onto some paper.

I went to spotlight, and picked out 2 new fabrics to make a replacement bag (as it is the only bag i had that was big enough to use for work). I then set to work on cutting out the material, sewing up the bottom parts, joining the outside 2 pieces to gether, then doing the same with the lining, then sewing the two together. I turned it all inside the right way, through a little gap i left in the lining, and then set about putting it all into the right place. I did a stitch along the tops of the edges, to make sure they stay sitting in the right place...

I also added a little embroidered "K" to personalise it :)

My favorite thing about this bag is that it only took a couple of hours to make, and i can use it whenever/wherever...

Hope you like the bag...

~ Krysten ~
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