Close-to-the-body purse ideas please!
#11
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I used to think my mother was silly as she always put her shoulder bag under her coat or cardigan and carried cash in her deep pockets for quick purchases. I tend to put my purse in a zip pocket so no bags.
#12
This is a good size. It has pleats that can expand, but sits rather flat when not much in it. It was easy to make also.
http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/products/sassy-bag
http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/products/sassy-bag
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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I would draft a simple pattern make it the size you want, find a wallet pattern and make one section with slots for credit cards (look at free wallet patterns), the other section can be for essentials like comb and lipstick/chapstick. I think you have a good idea here. I would shop carefully for the strap fabric, maybe go with a chain that can't be easily cut.
#15
I hate to say this, but if I were seriously concerned someone was going to rip or cut off my handbag when I was traveling, I'd get one of those travel bags that has the metal in the straps that can't be cut, and save my sewing and quilting time for other things.
#16
I know this could happen any where, but I guess call me silly, if I was visiting just for a vacation, I would travel to a safer country. I do understand that some of you are visiting family or for business reasons.
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#17
look at the All people quilts website, they have a couple of tiny messenger bags, big enough for a cell phone and a wallet. Pretty easy to make, I made 15 as gifts for xmas, they were all very well received and being used when my friends go for walks.
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Walton Hills, OH
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Commercial bags and purses are sold with metal cording in the strap for exactly that reason. When traveling nothing is 100% safe.
Once on a cruise when stopping at a port we were told to duct tape our valuables to our chests. It was meant to be funny, but from what I heard...not really.
Once on a cruise when stopping at a port we were told to duct tape our valuables to our chests. It was meant to be funny, but from what I heard...not really.
#20
Try the Patty Bag by sophisti-cat. Lies very close to body and really holds a lot.A word on fanny packs. Avoid anyone pushing at your front, they could be grapping what's inside. Saw this in a video about traveling in the Baltic states. The women have trays of stuff they want you to look at and a child slicing into the "pack" while you are distracted. I carry small wallets by Valorie Wells and keep my money, CC in there, reserving the Patty for carrying phone, keys, personals. So sorry this happened; you only need to have it happen once and it is a sad lesson. NOT everyone is as nice as Quilters.
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