Zipped purse (my own) with vintage sewing design from Urban Threads. Just for fun! I made the second one using the test stitchout I had made of the design. It is a bit bigger but squarer - I had to adjust the purse design to fit!

My experiment for today. I've had this in mind for ages - I wanted to put a zip in the "fly", but the purse wouldn't have been much use. In the end I decided to hide it under the edge of the "waistband".

These purses are made ITH, fully lined, with no raw edges inside. The flaps are made by strip and flip. The animal print one was made in my 200mm square hoop and is big enough for me to use as an over-body bag. The bright one was made in 140mm square. The

Yet another ITH zipped purse.

Yet another purse. Made ITH, fully lined with no raw edges. I'm quite chuffed with this one.

This is a prototype for an ITH purse made fully lined (no visible raw edges) with the zip in the top. Now I have proved to myself it is possible, I will start refining the technique.

Purse with a zip in the top, no visible stitching or raw edges made ITH with just a tiny bit of straight hand sewing to finish off. I think I'm just about there! (Middle picture is the inside,)

More purses - these are made in one hooping and take minutes to stitch out. I've enjoyed the challenge of making these work and I've got a few more ideas yet...

ITH Fox purse -fully lined no raw edges. Testing this design was the first thing I did when I collected my machine from the doctors!

These two purses originally appeared in DBC but Yoriko persuaded me to hunt them out and update them. They are now fully lined with no raw edges inside and a little bit bigger that the originals to make them more useful. Hope you like them!

This zipped purse has a secret inside - a collection of useful pockets. It is made in two hoopings, (as the back is quilted as well as the front), has no raw edges inside and needs just a tiny bit of hand sewing to finish it off. Mine is made in chambr

Another wrap around purse - a snake was suggested so here he is! I've lined this one with the snakeskin print. The design is now up on Yoriko's site.

Last purse for a while - I fancy a change!

This design came about because I had 4 new music fabrics to play with. I made the larger one (200mm square hoop) first and cut rectangles of fabric from the fat quartersto make the wedge shapes. The trimmings were big enough to make the smaller one! (130m

Here is a cat purse (as requested.) Made ITH in denim with a printed cotton lining. (No raw edges and in one hooping.) More animals may be on the way......