Here are photos of some purses I have made. This got started by a young friend wanting to give these to her bridesmaids and and as we now say the "monster" grew from there.

Beautiful Bags!!! I love the way you have accented them :D:D:D

WOW great purses, love them all. thanks for sending pics

B e a u t i f u l!!!

want them all..........

Wow -- I like them all!! :D :thumbup:

Your bags are beautiful :!: I really like the bead work :!: The toile is my favourite :-P

awesome,

What pattern have you used. These bags are lovely.

Beautiful bags! Love your fabric choices too.

Great bags!!

The pattern is Simplicity 6391.

I want them all.

Great bags.

those are awesome. I love the beads on them. Great job.

Beautiful bags.

I love love love the one with flip flops!

Those are so nice! Are you selling them or are they still gifts? How much do you charge as they have the beading which is an extra cost and more work?

Love the details you added :thumbup:

Thanks for the pattern # :lol:

I just Love these bags!! :thumbup: You have done such a great job making them & adding your darling accent touches to them. What is the name of this pattern & how can a person find it? Thank you too, for sharing with all of us today!!
:D :D :D :D

The pattern is Simplicity 6391 and I am not sure it is still a current pattern.

I do not sell them. I only make for gifts and myself.

The beading does escalate the cost particularly when some of the beading I have used is as much as $20/yard that I have purchased at High Fashion near downtown Houston. I have purchased at Hobby Lobby and JoAnn's at a more reasonable cost. You need almost a full yard to do 1 purse. I find myself typically purchasing the beading first and then finding fabric to go with the beading. I use cording on the ones without beading.

The first bags I made I sewed the tape in with the beading on it as in the brown and turquoise bag, but was not 100% pleased with the way the beading hung as you had to stitch so close to the top bead to hide the tape that the beading just did not hang properly. Even though it is a lot more work I now sew the beading on by taking the beads off the tape and sew directly to the bag during the construction while it is still flat and I like the result much better. You will note I use the self-adhesive tape as a guide to get the beads spaced evenly. I am posting a couple of photos which probably helps explain it better. Just takes a lot more time.

Way too cool!!!Great job!! :thumbup:

WOW, they all are very pretty. You did such a great job.

What great bags.

beautiful purses, thanks for sharing

I love all the beading on your beautiful bags!!!

Very cute!

I love your purses. I have the monster within and I'm a home-made purse-a-holic!!! Yours are awesome.

Love them all. Nice job