Lavender Bags Galore

During August I've been busy making various lavender bags to complement my embroidered ones. I remembered making Lavender Handbagsas a child and thought these would be quick and fun to make! Well, I had fun making them as they're made in pretty coloured print fabrics (which made a change from the usual lavender colours!)but they took me as long to make as my embroidered ones. I've also made some heart shaped ones in organza/voile fabrics as I know everyone loves hearts! You can see some of my embroidered lavender bags in my gallery page


Lavender Handbags




Handbags were made from a circle of fabric, cut in half and lace stitched to the straight edges. I've used a mix of modern nylon lace and some cotton vintage lace I had.




Beads in co-ordinating colours were threaded to made the strap for the handbags. A gathering stitch was made below the lace and pulled tight after being filled with English lavender. I had a good supply of lavender in my garden this year but unfortunately I was too late and it had started to flower before I had realised so I had to purchase some lavender for my bags! Next year I won't make this mistake, but at least the bees enjoyed the lavender in my garden!




I decided to use several layers of organza/voiles to give varying colours for these heart lavender bags, and again I thought it was nice to have a range of colours and not just 'lavender' so people could pick a colour to match their decor and taste. I created the heart shape using one of my metal baking shapes (not used for baking!) and my soldering iron, so the edges are sealed. They were finished with handstitching, a button or other detail and a co-ordinating hanging ribbon.