Monday, March 12, 2012

Vogue 8527 - Birthday Clutch

My Birthday Clutch



I love having special events to sew for. There's nothing like an up and coming party, wedding or trip to really get me motivated to sew something new and exciting. Having a deadline seems to keep me focussed. It's usually these garments that get finished and not cast to the side in the too-hard or too-boring basket. 

That said, I'm starting to feel like I have too many clothes. Mostly they are sewn by me, but the number of dresses is starting to add up. Especially considering I don't actually go out all that much. As a mother of three small children, nights out are a rare luxury rather than a weekly event. For this reason, I opted not to sew a new dress for my birthday lunch. I already have so many lovely dresses hanging in my wardrobe to choose from. 

Rather, I decided to make myself a new clutch to go with my recently finished Vogue 8529 blogged about here.  I used Vogue 8527. This pattern has four different clutch patterns. I made View C. This is my second version of this pattern. The first one I made from ivory silk dupion shown here


I wore this outfit yesterday to a lovely child-free lunch with friends at Palm Cove to celebrate my birthday. The silver butterfly ring was a birthday gift chosen by my children. The blue leather cuff was a gift from my mother-in-law from Christmas and I love it.

The bag is made using a some leftover silk tweed purchased from Emma One Sock. I absolutely adore the colour. It's pretty much a perfect match for my dress. I love the oversized bow. It's probably a bit more frou-frou than I'm used too but I must say I'm lovin' it.

I added two layers of interlining between the shell and the lining to give it a bit more structure. I also interfaced the lining.

I added a zippered pocket to the inside. I find internal zippered pockets are a bit of a necessity add always add them to my bags. The lining is made from some silk satin leftover from this dress

I did a lot of additional handsewing on the front of the bag to keep the bow and ties in place.  

12 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday! Nice clutch. Unlike you, I have hardly any clothes since I purge most of my sewn items very quickly if they haven't met the mark or I don't like them - that leaves surprisingly few garments!

    Here's to another year of sewing success!

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  2. I love this clutch! Gorgeous colour. It turned out much better than min...I'll have ti try again in a more substantial fabric.

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  3. Love the dress AND love the clutch! Happy Birthday!

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  4. Happy Birthday - hope it was a great one. Love the clutch, it's perfect with your dress.

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  5. Lovely! I like the big over-sized bow, too. Happy birthday!

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  6. Happy birthday - fabulous clutch - perfect match for that dress.

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  7. Very cool and looks amazing with the dress. Wallis Simpson once said a woman can never be too thin or too rich. I'd scraP the first and add never have too many clothes!

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  8. That is so cool! Happy birthday.

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  9. Happy Birthday!! Love the clutch, what a great idea for using up some fabric scraps.

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  10. HAPPY birthday - your clutch is fantastic ( and free !).
    Thankyou for your response about the fabric buying from OS - that was very helpful.

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  11. Happy belated birthday and I love the bag. I haven't tried anything other than a simple shopping bag yet. I do know what you mean about casual lifestyles and too many dresses, I am fast approaching the same situation.

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  12. Beautiful! Those colours go so well together and they suit you. Great job.

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