Happy New Year!!! New Year's Day is my favorite holiday! But how would you know or remember that, given my propensity toward semiannual blog updates? I plan to blog more frequently in 2012. I've missed sharing my sewing exploits, and I have talked myself out of posting some patterns and tutorials for silly reasons. This year, I'll just put it all out there and maybe it will be of use to someone, somewhere in the world, just when they need it.
First up in the new year is a free pattern and pseudo-tutorial (you'll see what I mean in a moment) for an envelope clutch. I was OBSESSED this summer with sewing pleather, and faux suede, and other new-to-me fabrics, and I was digging the envelope clutches all over street style blogs and Pinterest. I'm comfortable sewing clothes, so putting together a bag has never been a technical concern. But when it comes to bags, there are often curves and proportions that look better when they're planned, and not made up on the fly.
I drafted a pattern and sewed the first prototype for this envelope clutch in October, and when I took it out one evening, my friend Norma gushed. Norma has a very strong sense of personal style -- a way of looking appropriate and trendsetting and fashionable -- and I could not have been more surprised how much she liked the clutch! I had to make her one for her recent birthday, and name this in her honor. :)
Download the Norma Envelope Clutch Pattern here. And the brief pseudo-tutorial follows the jump.
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