Linen handbag, cabas en lin

ByJanet 15th January 200717th December 2020

Handbag made from a linen and cotton mix fabric lined with cotton. The bag is decorated with linen flowers, sequins beads and topstitching in linen coloured and gold threads. The bag was adapted from a pattern in a French handicrafts magazine “Idees”, Mars Avril 2005.

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Sewing machine bag

ByJanet 21st January 201316th December 2020

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Tote bag using Japanese fabrics

ByJanet 12th January 202127th January 2021

A lovely 2020 Christmas present, the kit was an ideal activity for lockdown 3. I adapted the pattern a little, making two narrow straps rather than the one strap suggested in the instructions. I also inserted a pocket and embellished the pattern with a Suffolk Puff with a button for the centre.