The Girl Next Door Handbag

I tested this darling handbag from Imazz Patterns that is called The Girl Next Door. I love the shape of this bag and Imazz always seems to add a little surprise element to her bags which with this bag is a hidden zippered pocket in the front of the bag. I made this bag with polka dots in black and white. I love it! You can purchase the pattern at Imazz's Craftsy Store or Etsy Store for the intro price of only $4.99! The regular price of this pattern is $7.50. The intro price is good through March 15, so get it now while this price is lower. It's a fairly easy bag to sew and yields fabulous results.

If you would like to purchase this Handbag from me the price is $35.00 plus postage. SOLD! Email me.

Here she is without anything inside of her. She's hungry!

After swallowing up my necessary things, she looks a little more rounded in her tummy, lol!!!

She has a nice curved belly with my things inside.

Looking inside the bag, you can see some of my stuff. While I do have another eyeglasses case and wallet and a few other items in there, they are underneath what you can see here. Believe me there is a lot of things in this bag and yet she doesn't look too full. 

Little closer look and you can see I added a twist lock closure instead of the magnetic snap. That is the only change I made to her. Imazz shows adding a decorative button to the outside of the bags that she made, which adds a nice touch.

Wondering where that secret zippered pocket is? Right here under the middle accent strip. It's a large pocket too. I placed my small notebook (I made a fabric cover for my notebook that also holds my pens) inside of this front pocket. She is all ready to go to town!

Here is Imazz's Girl Next Door:

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Kennedy Bag

When I saw this free bag pattern online from Sara of Sew Sweetness, I knew I wanted to make the Kennedy Bag. I also knew I would making some changes to the pattern. Most of the changes I made was because I didn't care for a few of the design elements of the bag, so I added or subtracted a few things. Here is my version of the Kennedy bag:

I made this bag using 7 different black & white fabrics for the exterior.

I made one buckle accent down the center of the bag instead of the 2 buckles that was on the pattern. At first I was going to just sew the accent down the center and not add the buckle at all, but then I decided I liked the one buckle.

On the back of the bag I added a zippered pocket. The pattern has no pocket on the back of the bag at all..

I didn't use swivel hooks to attach the handle. I only used D-rings.

I did add one swivel hook on the side of the bag to hold my keys. I also didn't add any buckles on the side of the bag. I did sew an accent strip on but no buckle.

Here is how my keys clip onto the swivel hook.

I added a zipper pull that I made with beads, a charm and a small key ring.

I used a pink and white striped fabric with ladybugs for the lining fabric. I also made another zipper pull for the inside zipper pocket. As you can see I can fit a lot inside this bag. Lol!

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