Monday, July 21, 2008

"Prince of Wales" Pleated Handbag

(Click on the Photo for a better view)

This bag is named for the specific type of plaid it is, this plaid is very detailed with a slight hounds tooth look if you look closely. The pattern is named for the prince of wales. Ever dream of being English? Or maybe of marrying Henry or William?
This bag is made from that polyester suit/skirt like fabric, it's a fantastic black and white with slight red detailing. The inside is lined with a solid black cotton. There's a black button on the outside for some detailing and black snap's attached to the inside to close the bag, you can see them slightly in the bottom left photo.
The handle measures around 21 inches, perfect for your shoulder. The opening is 10 inches wide, from the opening down the bag is just under 11 inches deep. The bottom width of the bag is approx 11.5 inches (the corners are rounded so that's about the widest part of the bag).
Email me if you'd like to buy this bag.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

"Purple Purple Purple" (Pleated Handbag)


This bag is made from a fun purple/plum/wine upholstery fabric, which has a velvety/suede feel (being upholstery fabric makes it nice and durable). Inside is a pale purple cotton broadcloth. There’s a matching purple button on the outside, and inside there’s a snap closure to make sure that whatever you put in it, stay’s put.
The handle measures around 21 inches, perfect for your shoulder. The opening is 10 inches wide, from the opening down the bag is just under 11 inches deep. The bottom width of the bag is approx 11.5 inches (the corners are rounded so that's about the widest part of the bag).
Email me if you'd like to buy this bag.
I accept payment by cheque/money order, email money transfers, or paypal.
(also note, that I can gift wrap any item for an extra $1 if it's a gift for someone)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

"The Rain in Spain" Handbag



This bag is made with navy cordory for the outside, and is lined with some really great cotton stripped fabric. There's different tones of blue and green in it. This could be reversed if you'd like. There are three buttons on this bag, one large wooden button, one fantastic blue square button, and an irridescent white button.

This bag measures 9.5-10 inches high (not including handle, 18 inches including handle), and 10.5 inches wide.

Email me if you would like to buy this bag.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

"Star Struck" Handbag [SOLD]


This bag is made with a great navy canvas fabric. The inside is a fantastic plaid with different shades of navy, green and turquoise, it also has some silver threads running through it. This is prob the most expensive lining I bought, but when I saw it, I fell in love. I've added some decoration on the front, stitched onto the bag is a little design, similar to a dragon fly,butterfly or a partially opened water lilly. With contrasting threads, of green, turquoise and white. This was really time consuming, but I love the way it turned out. I wish I could keep this bag for myself, but if I did that then I wouldn't be able to share it with you. So here it is. Since this lining was so expensive, I didn't buy much of it, I MAY have enough to make one more bag like this.

This bag measures 9.5-10 inches high (not including handle, 18 inches including handle), and 10.5 inches wide.

Email me if you would like to buy this bag.

"Lilly" [Sold]


This bag is made with a great grey suit fabric, similar to that of a suit or skirt (possibly a linen wool blend). The inside is a fantastic plaid with different shades of green. The lining was much more expensive then what I typically use in my bags. I've added some decoration on the front, stitched onto the bag is a little design, similar to a dragon fly,butterfly or a partially opened water lilly. With contrasting threads, of grey, green and white. This was really time consuming, but I love the way it turned out, so much that I made one for myself. I don't have any more of this fabric available, so I won't be able to make another like this.
This bag measures 9.5-10 inches high (not including handle, 18 inches including handle), and 10.5 inches wide.
Email me if you would like to buy this bag.

"Classic" Handbag [Sold]


This bag has a really great classic feel to it, and yet it's also trendy. This bag is made with a great brown/tan and black mixed suit fabric, in such a way that it can be worn with most anything, earth tones or black. The inside is a really soft flannel plaid, with green tones in it, along with various shades of beige. I really love flannel for bags, just makes you happy to be digging in it for things to feel the softness of the flannel. This bag could be reversed, for a bit of fun. On the front, are three buttons, a large beige one, a smaller grey one, and a small black. To the right you'll see a close up of the buttons.
The flannel fabric is a little more expensive then what I generally use, but it's worth it for the feel.
email me if you'd like to have this bag.

"Fourth of July" Handbag [SOLD]


This bag reminds me of a sailors uniform, or a french school uniform, or from which I named it, fourth of July decorations.
This bag is made with a very dark navy canvas fabric and has a very fun red and white gingham. This bag could be reversed if you'd like, for a fun twist. There are three buttons on this bag, one medium sized wooden button, a medium sized red plastic button, and a small white star button to match the inside lining. The top right hand photo gives a close up of those buttons.
This bag measures 9.5-10 inches high (not including handle, 18 inches including handle), and 10.5 inches wide.
Email me if you would like to buy this bag.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

"April Showers" Handbag


This bag is made with a very dark navy wool tweed feeling fabric and has a very fun bright blue cotton lining which is printed with small white flowers. You could reverse this bag if you wanted. There are three buttons on this bag, one medium sized wooden button, a small plastic white flower button, and one plastic blue button to match the inside lining. The middle right hand photo gives a close up of those buttons.
This bag measures 9.5-10 inches high (not including handle, 18 inches including handle), and 10.5 inches wide.
Email me if you would like to buy this bag.
This is the last of the dark navy tweed that I have, so i won't be able to make any more like this. If you'd like something similar, I may have some other dark navy fabric that I might be able to use.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

"Pretty in Pink" Wrist Style Handbag


This bag is made out of two similar fabrics, in alternating colours. I'm not sure the name of the fabric, although I really love the feel of it. It sort of resembles a nice skirt or pants (if that helps).
This bag is reversable, alternating between grey side out or pink side out. The only thing to be aware of if you're favorable of the pink side is that there's some exposed stitching on the bottom of the pink side of the bag, although the stitching is a matching pink colour and is barely noticable, if you would like some close up photos of this, simply request it when you email me. (I didn't add any buttons with this one, I can if you would like to have it with buttons, just ask.)
Measurements are about 16 inches from the long handle down to the bottom, and 9 inches across the bottom.

"Sneeky" Tote Bag


(I'm not sure why I named it sneeky, tho it does kind of seem like an "in the dark of the night" stash some loot in it, kind of bag)
This bag is made of some really durrable and soft black uppolstry fabric. Inside it's lined with a fantastic almost shiny grey. It's also pictured with a binder, books, agenda in it, to give an idea of how much stuff you could cram into it. There are three buttons that would look great on this bag, they're pictured as well, and if you'd like I'll sew them onto the bottom right corner of the bag for no extra cost. Theres a large plastic white one, a wooden one and a small shiny blue/navy one, if you'd like a different color button then the blue just let me know, most any color will go great with the black and grey of this bag.
This bag measures 16.5 inches wide by 10.5 inches high (from the bottom of the bag to the opening, does not include the handle). The bag is pictured with a binder in it, so you can imagine how much you could tote in this bag. Could be used as a diaper bag.

"Plaid Pixie" Pleated Bag


This bag is made from that polyester suit/skirt like fabric, it's a fantastic grey with a sophisticated turquoise, brown and black plaid. The inside is lined with a turquoise broad cloth. There are two buttons, one is an accent and also used to close the bag, by looking the elastic attached to the opposite side on the inside of the bag around it. You can see this in the top and bottom right pictures. The picture on top, shows the elastic attached with a button, this is to make sure it's strong and won't pull off. If you don't want to close the bag, you can use this loop to attach your keys to.
The handle measures just under 21 inches, perfect for your shoulder. The opening is 10 inches wide, from the opening down the bag is just under 11 inches deep. The bottom width of the bag is approx 11.5 inches (the corners are rounded so that's about the widest part of the bag).

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Vintage Red Quilted Coasters with white flowers



Coasters are made with all cotton fabrics, and are filled with quilt batting and sewn to add texture and detail.
These are 4 inches by 4 inches.
Machine washable (with like colors, cold, lay flat to dry).
Contact me if you're interested in these.
I can also try to accomidate any special orders for coasters that may match your home or kitchen.