Handbag

Well, this is my first attempt at making a handbag, though not my first attempt at crafts/ stitching. I've always been interested in such stuff, from the time I can remember. I've always tried to make something myself, when I wanted to gift someone close to me. But never bothered to click a pic of it. After seeing many blogs where people display and give instruction to the things they make, I thought I'll do the same. Such blogs have been very helpful for me. Right now, I'm working on something, for which I got the instructions solely from blogs. But it's not complete yet, and I happened to click some pics of this handbag which I made to gift a friend.  At the time I did this, I didn't have any tutorial or pattern for this. But later, I found that there are lots of free patterns and tutorials available on the net for handbags and almost anything you ever want to stitch. This was a trial one. But thank God, it came out well. And my friend to whom I gifted it, just loved it, which made me even happier. :)

 That's the end product, from outside. And below is the photo of the inside of the bag. I added 2 small pockets to keep the mobile phone or keys or any other small item that you might want to take out easily. And I've added magnetic press button, for which I had to hunt a lot. Since I'm new to this kind of stitching, and I don't know anyone who does these here in Bangalore, I'm struggling to find the raw materials.

But it was fun making this. I really enjoyed it. :) Especially the part where I had to figure out how to cut the cloth. Tried it out a couple of times on paper. And the size, I had no clue. But I've cut paper patterns of all the pieces I used for this bag. If anyone is interested and wants to know, please do let me know. I'll add it to the blog.