I don’t post here often enough, but I found the strangest thing today. I was looking around for purse patterns…I’m collecting them so that it’s easier for me to whip out suggestions to people.

When lo and behold I discover this.

And darnit all, if I hadn’t made something almost the same.

I like her idea of using the square handles, that was a good one. But while I had a picture suggestion I came up with the purse pattern myself. And here I find almost the same pattern online. Oh well, it didn’t take too long to figure out how to do it, it’s fairly simple. But my goodness that was a surprise.

I just finished a lovely laptop case, unfortunately I shipped it without photographing. Perhaps the new owner will take pics and send them to me.

Last week, I made a lovely purse as a commission (so you won’t see it on my Etsy site). I turned it over to the buyer, but I got some pics first and am including them below!

You can’t see it here, but the purse is lined with a light purple. The handles are faux bamboo. It’s also got an inner pocket for all those things a girl might not want free-floating in her purse. It’s going to be a Christmas gift and I really hope the recipient likes it. I developed the pattern myself based on a picture.

(photos are a little dark–the flash made the fabric reflect in a funny way)

The purse:

The fabric:

If you’re interested in a purse commission, use the contact form in the sidebar. Or if you’re interested in a (free) description of the pattern for your own sewing use, use that to contact me! Always ready to help out another sewer.