It's an Grand Revival pattern. The bag is reversible so not as straight forward to make as I expected and I simplified it by excluding the pockets.
The Grand Revival range has a casual feel overall but I decided to make it with fabric that could be used for a casual evening out. It's black silk with a metallic and red brocade. The alternate side is black linen. Here's the result - in hindsight a more structured pattern may have worked better but the gift was gratefully received none the less.
For those of you interested in bags, Amy Butler has a terrific range of bag patterns as well.
That's lovely! A beautiful combination of fabrics. I have made this bag twice - once in the smaller version and once the deeper version like this, but both with messenger-style long straps. Pre-blogging so no pics, sorry. It certainly came together more easily the second time around. A good learning process! The smaller one has been my everyday handbag for a year, it's great. I can recommend the pockets (very handy, I would even add more) if you want to make one for yourself :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane for the tips, it's inspired me to try again.
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