Powder pink purse (frame) purse

I haven't made a purse frame purse in aaages.  I had forgotten how quick they are to make.  I took a bit of jiggling around to get the pattern right (yeah, I screwed up it up about 6 times...), but once the pattern was sorted I whipped this up in under 1 hour...

**UPDATE** if you want to see the pattern that I used to make the purse below click here.

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Powder pink purse with this silver frame.  I have used a couple of layers of fleece to give the purse support and a puffy finish.  At the mo we are starved of sunny daylight here in the UK.  What you can't tell from the picture is that I am trying to get the most light by lying on my belly on the table (and I am more or less hanging out of the window!)

Pink rosebud lining.

Side view.  I had to follow my tutorial on how to make the purse because it's been a while.  I  am definitely going to whip up some more of these; I have some linen and a bag of lace and ribbon that needs using (instead of being looked at lovingly).


Whilst I'm on the subject of my tutorials  I was having a browse around in the new flickr group (U-Handbag Tutorials) and I was over the moon to see that Panaddanui had made herself a Backpack bag.

Love it!  It's the first one I've seen.  Mint choc chip delightfulness.  The frill and the flower are so cute. We could do with some sunny days like that!

This yummy powder blue pleated pouch also caught my eye...

By Claire Very lady-like.  Lovely for a wedding or a ball.


Oh this is completely unrelated, but I wanted to share a tip with you:  In our supermarket I saw they were selling bottles olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette spray for £5.00 ($10).  It's basically a bottle with a spray and one part olive oil to one part balsamic vinegar.  So rather than pay a silly price I got a plain plastic spray bottle and made up the dressing myself.  So much cheaper and your food gets a nice even coating (instead of flooding the plate and wasting it).  Handy eh?