Hello friends,

                     Am back with a purse I made using old clothes. For this one, another pair of old formal trousers was used. Also, some pieces left out from  the shirt I did the Canadian smocking on for the bag I have posted last.... Just cut the trouser legs at the knee and folded the two pieces one over the other and stitched to keep them  in place. That formed the basic body of the purse. To one side, I added a small pouch that was actually the shirt pocket... that has a small zipper to close it with. On to the other side, another longer zipper was attached making an inner pouch out of the trouser leg.( it is clear from the photos posted here, I hope...)

       A plastic sheet was used in between the outer layers of the purse for some strength and stiffness. Some strips from the shirt was used to make the sides of the purse as also as a trimming over the flap... these I attached by hand....

              Once finished, the purse is big enough to fit a small notebook.... (well, I needed one to fit my cellphone and some papers  in... but finally ended with a purse larger than what I planned for....). Some bits of lace was added to give it a feminine touch.... A magnetic snap( that came from  another old pouch...) was added to the flap.

              It is this purse that I am carrying daily to work these days..... and, it feels nice .... 

                   It is going to be a hectic couple of weeks coming up... work, work and more work awaits me.... Just one day( tomorrow) to relax and get ready to face the busy weeks ahead....

Will be back later,

Bye.

- Chitra.