After I began sewing from home for a couple of ladies I thought to myself I should try to make some things of my own to sell. One late night as I was browsing through pinterest ideas I saw several cute clutches I liked. My favorite was a foldover clutch with leather on the bottom half. So in a moment of insanity without any fabric to use I decided I wanted to make one. I was looking around to find any old fabric I had around the house and I remembered an old shower curtain that was made of cute fabric. Then I was trying to figure out what I could use for the leather piece. I read a blog where a girl used the leather off of goodwill purses, so I began to sort through my old purses and found one that matched perfect with the curtain.
It was alot of work taking the purse apart, but it was worth it because I was even able to use the zipper and leather tassel from it on my new clutch!
The next day I rushed to salvation army to find some cheap leather purses to make some new clutches. I also went to walmart to find some fabric since the fabric stores are really lacking in Hawaii.
I found this grey polka dot fabric at walmart for $1.27 and I couldn't believe how cheap and what good quality it was. I already had the chevron duck cloth that I used for the lining and the black leather is from one of my salvation army purse finds. The hardest part of making these clutches for me was working with the leather. But I am excited to be trying new things and expanding my sewing skills.
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