Last Weekend

So last weekend was an eventful one for me, but I've been so busy all week with work that this is the first chance I've had to post about it!

So, it all started when I took my car down to Devon to get Dad to have a look at it due to a noisy exhaust. This is my car, I call her Edna -

I bought Edna for £800 off of a dodgy dealer 5 years ago, she has had her problems, but in 5 years she never once broke down, and she never once failed to start. Anyway, turned out the problem with the exhaust was a much bigger job than first thought, so, I now have a new car, courtesy of bank of Dad :) and here she is -

I haven't yet decided what she is called, but I'm thinking Betty is appropriate :) It took a lot of getting used to, having a car that works as it should! But I love it, even if she doesn't have Edna's personality quite yet, she is great fun to drive, very economical, and best of all, only £20 a year to tax!

Anyway, to the point - I was essentially car-less in Devon from Saturday to Tuesday, so I needed a project! And here are some photographs of what I made. It is a little messy, but it was all hand-stitched, as my machine was here in Bristol.

Lining and zip pull

Zip

Pocket

Beaded handles

I didn't have to buy anything to make this handbag, I started off with an old pair of jeans, cut the legs off and cut across the crotch. I then stitched up the bottom, created handles by plaiting 2 lots of 3 strips of demin cut from the entire length of the leg of the jeans. I decorated the handles by stitching on some beads, and decorated the outside of the bag using some old pink net I had left over from a fancy dress costume. The lining is made out of an old work shirt, and my mum supplied the zip, which she had cut out of something else herself. Whilst the stitching is perhaps a little untidy, it is holding together fine and I have been using it all week :)

In other news, all of the amazon supplies that I ordered have finally arrived, so hopefully there will be some cross stitch cards up here soon too :) I am in the process of doing a small owl in blackwork too, so photos of that one to follow shortly.

Anyhow, I have some Indian food just about ready to come out of the oven (yey) so bye for now! S x