Vogue 7354 Evening Bag - View A

Vogue V7354 Accessories

I sarted this project today.  The one on the bottom left.  I picked out of scraps of material from some of the clothes I've sewed in the past.  The first thing I did was put the lining together wrong.  You have to leave a hole in the bottom to turn it inside out.

If I have to stress anything here.  Read and follow the instructions.  They are not as confusing as they are easy to miss the little things.  Pay attention to right/wrong side instructions and another big thing:

1/2" seam allowances!

I changed mine a little to be more of an oval than a circle.  I don't think I like it very much, but I'm making a few of these for my nieces to have fun with, give away, or throw away.  So, I thought they might like them a little bigger than the 9" X 9" which is pretty big for an evening bag, but I made these out of casual fabrics, so I thought she might want to put more stuff in them.  I don't know maybe a bikini and some flip-flops?  Maybe a book to read?

These are cut on the bias, so they use a little more fabric than you might expect, but the effect with stripes and patterns is pretty nice when together.  I'm looking forward to sewing the little drawstring version and possible trying my hand at some beading.

I'll post pictures of my fabric choice with the next post.