
I wanted to try my hand at a
classic purse design. The circular bamboo handle bag. I cant find an official name for this style of purse although I know it has been around a long time.
I
shaped the bag a little different giving it angled edges instead of a round bottom. Because I am using
faux fur and my bamboo handles were only 7 inches I wasn't able to create a casing for the handles. I'll need to alter my pattern a little to make it work. Although depending on the thickness of the fur I use also, it may not work. I had to come up with a way using ribbon to attach the handles. I created loops with the ribbon and let the fabric gather itself. It worked pretty well. Also because of the striping on the outside it gathers a little different than a thin cotton purse would.

I took into consideration something the girl at my bank said about liking the inside most of all. She mentioned that the outside wasn't as important to her as the inside was. She looked for fun stuff on the inside. So, I am going to do my best to create fun stuff on the inside of my bags from now on.
In this bag I created a fully lined big zipper pocket,
Velcro pocket, cell pocket, pen loops, sunglasses loop, and keys hook. I think it turned out great. And now that I have thought
through this inside I myself would love to not have to dig for my cell phone at the bottom of my purse.