I was commissioned to make a
Daryl's Drive handbag after a woman I know saw mine. I used a
colorful floral fabric for mine and she wanted something bright and colorful too. So I had picked out a nice fabric grouping and then I got a call from her that she had seen a hot air balloon fabric at one of the quilt shops and wanted the balloon fabric instead. Luckily I hadn't cut out anything yet, so I went out and purchased the hot air balloon fabric and bought some extra fabric for me too. This woman also had shown me her leather wallet that was falling apart and I mentioned I could make her a wallet too, but she didn't say anything (maybe she didn't hear me?). I decided I would make her a wallet and tell her she did not need to purchase it as I could sell it if she didn't want it, but after seeing it she bought them both. I think she was very pleased with them and I hope she uses them too. She told me the handbag was too pretty to use and I told her to use it because it was meant to be used, lol!
Both the
Daryl's Drive and the
Brandt's Wallet patterns are
ChrisW Design patterns from her
Easy Street Collection, that is why Drive and Blvd. are in the names. And Daryl is named after me (I was one of the testers) and Brandt was named after Marilyn (her last name was used and she is also a tester).
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| Daryl's Drive Handbag |
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| The woman who purchased this bag used to be a nurse and I had just the right amount of this nurse/doctor fabric to line the bag with. |
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| The back of the bag. |
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| Cell phone or keys pocket on the back. |
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| Brandt's Blvd. wallet to match. |
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| There is a detachable wrist strap, which you can remove when using as a wallet in your bag. But if you only want to carry a few things and not a purse you can have your credit cards, ID, cash, coins and even your cell phone will fit in a cell phone pocket in this wallet and the wrist strap makes it easy to carry. |
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| They do make a nice pair. |
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| The wallet fits so nicely inside too! |
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