Working on Pocketbooks
07-13-2011, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Craftygirl
I am an Aussie and I have to be honest - I have never heard of a bag being called a pocketbook. I don't understand why they are called this. Is it because they have lots of pockets? Why "book". Somebody please enlighten me. By the way - they are gorgeous.
I believe the term came before wallet. IE a wallet was originally called a pocket book.
Then they were transferred to ladies handbags. That's my guess without researching the topic. :wink:
My mother and grandmother each called her purse a pocket book. It was smaller with a handle, leather and had a clasp at the top. If I recall when they had larger ones they called them a purse.
Ladies handbags have numerous names (some are based on how it is held): pocketbook, purse, handbag, tote, clutch, shoulder bag, etc.
What do you call them in Australia?
07-13-2011, 07:37 AM
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Beautiful pocketbooks! I'm teaching myself, could be a mistake, on how to make purses with the metal clasp frames. I'm incorporating quilting in with the bags as the quilting is what I love the most, well I like all the other parts too. Thanks for sharing your talents!
07-13-2011, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by bobbie1
Very nice. First one my favorite. Can you share pattern with us? Thanks
07-13-2011, 09:55 AM
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to kpwinter: could the purse in the first photo be a Joan Hawley design? Looks like her inside pockets to me. Love her use of several size pockets (especially pencil/pen ). I make them to fit my personal notebooks, wallet, credit card, etc. Anyway, you used beautiful combo of fabrics. :thumbup: :thumbup:
07-13-2011, 12:37 PM
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Lovely projects, I too, love to take a break from quilting and do bags, I'm working on one now for my grand daughter who is 21 and wants one like she saw me carrying around. That's always a compliment. Keep up the good work!
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