Green Goddess

Check out this green goddess that's just been added to my store. She's made from a stunning emerald green Indian silk, embroidered with a paisley design. You can find it in my store here.

I added a turquoise cotton lining for a fabulously contrasting, zingy colour when the bag is opened.

The handbag has a short, detachable chain handle that can be worn over the arm or shoulder, or can be held in the hand. Alternatively, remove the chain and use as a clutch bag.

If green is not your colour, you can find a grey version in my store here.

New gems

At the weekend there was steam coming out of my sewing machine as I ploughed through lots of new bag designs. I have so many ideas and just not enough time to do them all. I did produce some juicy new gems though! These handbags are such stunning colours and I love to add a brazen lining for a flash of colour when the bag is opened. You can find them in my store here.

This stunning green handbag is made from an embroidered Indian silk.

I gave it a turquoise lining.

This handbag is also made from Indian embroidered silk and is magenta pink and blue.

These handbags have short chain handles but I can change them to long chains if preferred.

This turquoise bag is also Indian embroidered silk and has a hot pink lining.

I love the decorative paisley design embroidered onto it.

The colours and design of the kimono fabric I used for this handbag are so modern.

It has a magenta pink satin lining to match the outer colour.

Fabric Friday

Wow, it's been a long time since I've done a fabric Friday! A lot has happened in the past few weeks, including a few shows, a trip to Marseille and of course, my wonderful trip to Tokyo.

Whilst I was in Tokyo, I made good use of the time, shopping for new fabrics and stocking up on good quality clasps. Buying the fabric is naturally my favourite part of the bag-making process, but a close second is the choosing and cutting of the fabrics and finding the right lining to match the outside design. I take a long time finding the right colour, but it feels so good when the perfect one fits. Here's a little taster of what I have been working on.

The fabric on the left is an obi fabric in beautifully subtle shades of dark brown and turquoise and depicts a stylised peacock feather. I've decided to pick out the turquoise in the feather and give it a bright turquoise lining.

The fabric on the right is a combination of obi fabric in the centre and Indian embroidered silk on either side. The two fabrics work so nicely together and this bag will have a magenta pink lining for a contrasting pop of colour!

 These are two obi fabrics. The one on the right is a soft grey and quite a different colour to what I usually choose. It has a hint of terracotta in the flowers, so I decided to mirror that and use a terracotta cotton for the lining.

 These colours are such lovely jewel tones! The one on the right has a bright green flower on it and I decided to use that colour as the lining colour - a beautiful green satin.

I love the big magenta flower on the fabric on the right! It makes such a statement against the silver behind it. I had to give this one a magenta lining.