Thank you all for your nice comments! I thought the pattern was easy enough to follow however one should have basic purse making knowledge. I used Annies Soft and Stable for the foam batting--love that stuff! I would think it would be easy enough to enlarge the pattern a bit if you wanted. Added bonus is you get more "pockets" between the basic purse and the shell. I would go with skinnier straps next time. When the pattern said to leave a 3.5 in opening for turning I made it at least an inch larger since can be a tight squeeze. Well, this was the first one so was a learning one. We always do better with the next ones, right?!