Something for me!

This time it was time for me to make something for myself, and since I am not comfortable with my own body I went with an awesome purse design by Ailivo Charlotte Designs

It is called the Pouf Purse and I chose it because it was small enough not to overwhelm my petite size but still big enough to carry my Ipad to and from work in without sticking out.

Let me be honest with you, I was a little nervous about this. I mean this is something I want to carry around with me every single day and have people see and possibly ask about every single day. Yea, for a person that doesn't like to stand out in a crowd this was outside my comfort zone to say the least!

But I stuck to my decision and picked out mysome of my favorite fabric from the stash. This mint and chocolate Damask and polka dot combo are awesome together and the coordinating stripes and floral will make a hidden statement for the lining.

Starting out I of course read thru the pattern and cut my pieces as directed. Easy peasy no problem. As I went along I got more and more excited! I just had to show off my handy work!

The straps are the perfect length for carrying. Not too long to hit my hip all the time and not so short that it dug into my armpit!

I was so excited when the shell came together and I loved it more and more with every step!

I even conquered my fear of zippers and put in an interior zipper pocket. One thing I added that was not on the pattern was a cloth divider. Just to give a slot for the Ipad to slide in and out of without falling over all the other things us women carry around.

Overall I love this purse! I plan to make it over and over again with different fabrics as the mood strikes me! All the directions were well written and easy to follow and makes certain things optional (like the magnetic closures I did not do since I never close my purse up anyway). I loved it so much that I went on to make a key wristlet I found on Pinterest, you can find that tutorial here, and just for kicks I made a matching zipper pouch that I use for lipstick and my handy flash drive to store my PDF Patterns. I used this simple tutorial for that.

Overall I highly recommend that anyone, whether learning or experienced, go check out all the different designs of Aivilo Charlotte Designs. There are so many to choose from as well as clothing designs! You won't be disappointed!

Happy Sewing!