Stefanie's Clutch

My coworker Stefanie mentioned the other day that she was having trouble finding a clutch to match her shoes and dress for her brother's wedding. I of course said "I'll make one for you!" It was a fun project to work on, took very little time, and she and I were both very happy with the results. Here's what I did.....

I used a free pattern on the Kwik Sew website, and this tutorial from noodlehead, which I had used before to make this clutch.

I cut out the pattern pieces as described, except for the front I cut a large rectangle about twice the width of the clutch front.



I did a gather along the top edge (2 parallel rows of stitching set at the longest stitch length), and ironed the gathers flat.



Then, I ironed the interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric and cut around the edge to get make the gathered front of the clutch.



I finished it up following the instructions and then added a "glamour ring" to match her shoes.



I'm sure Stefanie will be VERY glamorous with this clutch.....and those shoes!

Noodlehead's Gathered Clutch

My first blog post! I've been following some amazing blogs and finally decided to take the plunge and put my own out there. Don't know who'll tune in, but it's fun to share my adventures in sewing, crafting, and family.

Here's a fun and relatively easy project I found on a great blog, Noodlehead. I had a little trouble with the zipper end covers, but overall, it was very easy and I love the end result.

Check out a great version from my good friend Roselee over at Jane of all Trades.