Bags

[Lizzie48]

Grauntie, use it! I had plans for the leather for years!!!!!

[Nana]

Love it. What crafts women we have on here.👍

[Plantaholic]

Go for it Grauntie, didn't you make something with leather before?

[Grauntie Mag]

Yes Gem, some glasses cases for Christmas presents and a clutch bag from some leather that was on a briefcase I found in the bushes around the church.(I know it was outside someone’s house to be taken by the bin men originally) Still up to my neck in boxes but the leather will be next!
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[Plantaholic]

Clever lady

[Daisy]

Lizzie - your DIL will be over the moon with such a beautiful bag. Can you imagine what that would cost with a 'label' on it! It's gorgeous, and I am totally in awe. Your own bag is fabulous too - that stitching looks perfect, and I can imagine you need the right machine and needles to get a finish like that, as well as the skill.

As Gem says, we have very talented ladies on here.

Grauntie - how are your boxes going?

[Lizzie48]

Thank you Daisy. I often need a "push" to start on something like that! This was DIL's birthday!

[Grauntie Mag]

Lizzie, doing anything in a straight line is almost impossible for me. I blame my left handedness and impatience. I really admired your top stitching. What else do you sew?

[Lizzie48]

Grauntie, I did use to sew everything from coats to blouses etc, dresses for the granddaughters, I haven't done as much lately, but, when I am sat sewing I do wonder why I don't do it more often. I put a new lining in a down coat for a friend of mine a couple of years ago, she couldn't bare to part with it as so many feathered friends had to have been killed for the feathers, she never realised that at the time she bought it. She asked me if I could patch the lining up, I re-lined it and it turned out really well, she was so pleased with it.

[Grauntie Mag]

Did you reline it over the other lining Lizzie? Sounds like a job and a half!

[Lizzie48]

I took the old lining out,, it was really worn, took it to pieces and used it as a pattern, clever me!!!! No, it wasn't as much work as you would expect and I LOVE seeing things working out well!

[Daisy]

Lizzie - you obviously have the skill and patience to make sure things turn out well. You've given your friend's coat a new lease of life.

[Lizzie48]

It was DIL's birthday party last night, she loved the bag! I enjoyed the party. It was in a restaurant in Leiden, friends picked me up so wasn't driving myself.

[Nanto2girls]

Pleased you enjoyed the party. Glad she loved the bag.
Added bonus,you not having to drive.

[Lizzie48]

Thanks, I don't mind driving, but, a strange town in the dark, is not my thing, so pleased I could go with friends.