I've been procrastinating over Brea. The actual knitting took only 4 days but I was dreading the seaming and sewing up the lining.Pondered way too much about the insides of this bag. I wanted to give this bag a bit of form and structure rather than being a floppy potato sack. I bought some light red cotton drill material use for easy cleaning and durability. Modified it by crocheting more rows at the opening and used a zip instead of a crochet loop and button as the opening was too gaping for my liking. Used extra wooden rings from my curtain rods.
Our local haberdashery store did not have leather straps/material so until I investigate where I can get a proper strap, I'm using one of my old belts. This was an eyeopener for me. I haven't worn waist belts since the lowslung buttcrack showing fashion movement came in. Not that I wore these type of skirts and pants, you just couldn't buy waisted garments off the rack. So last nite, I took my old belts and tried them....OMG my waist has exploded! DH was laughing until I told him to try his old belts. :)
Here's BREA!
3 comments:
Wow, that turned out beautifully!
The inside is as nice as the outside.:-)
I love the belt for a strap idea - I have done that with many bags. I have also found headbands - on clearance - they didn't work as headbands;) that work great for handles. I really like the wooden rings - your bag looks great!
That is gorgeous. Congratulations on getting it finished and it's really so beautiful you must be very proud of it. And it's RED! Love it!
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