The new look Shoulder Bag

After umming and ahhing about how to go forth with this bag in much more subdued colours and embellishments than I prefer, I happily hit upon the idea to go forth with an elegant natural look...with some pretty but subtle embellishments...like the wooden heart shaped button on the pocket and hand sewn embroidery stitches.

The hard wearing black drill may be reversed to the very soft brown side which has quite a dressed up look , two bags in one. The client wanted long shoulder straps, so with such long straps I decided to make a feature out of them and was really happy with the result..

Here are the materials, whats next...

My next challenge...to make a shoulder bag (Carry All) in black & brown, nothing too fussy or pretty for a lovely lady to wear whilst shopping for goodies for her collectables store.

Here are the materials I bought, a hard-wearing black cotton drill, to give the bag some weight, and a soft brown linen...It will add a really nice texture and it will fray well! I do love to fray...Add a cute little button and we are on our way...

Stay tuned over the next couple of days to see what these goodies turn into : -)

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