Did you guys get a chance to listen to the congressional hearings on the Busch administration's domestic surveillance program? I thought it was very, very interesting and would like to know what everyone else thought about it.
Yesterday saw the completion of the first reversible evening handbag of Studio 310 (my mom and I have started our own little custom handbag line for those of you who aren't aware). This new bag is in addition to the clutch (non-reversible) that was created over the weekend. I will post photos of both, but please remember that these are only the prototypes. As it stands, I am the pre-construction designer and the supply shopper, and my mom is the construction designer and seamstress. What does that mean? It means that I come up with a bag design (after researching what's "in" and taking into account our abilities) and then I go out and choose coordinating fabrics and materials. I help create a pattern, and then I cut the fabric and hand it over to my mom. She then (having approved and or/modified the pattern) takes then takes the fabric to the machine and, after ironing out various difficulties, sews the bag. Afterward, we both play inspector and decide what needs changed, added, etc. Then we have a prototype from which to make additional bags (much easier to make the next bag since we the have a functional pattern). We are naming our bags after cities/places whose character and ambiance they reflect (names of these two are pending). The result is:
The Savannah is our evening wristlet. The exterior body is a sophisticated sage green and linen stripe with a slight sheen to it. The contrasting stripe is done in an elegant sage green and linen diamond pattern with a matching wrist strap. The interior is lined with a pretty taupe silk. It has a zipper closure.
The East Hampton is our reversible handbag. It is large enough to accomodate keys, money and credit cards, a few makeup items, and a cell phone. The fabric shown is a classic light brick red diamond pattern withdark cream center dots. The handles are black basket weave pattern with taupe and rust colored dots. The closure is a black grosgain ribbon. The reversible interior is a black background with a cream and red floral. It is shown below:
We are awaiting our tags, but once we have them all our bags will carry this small logo:
So that's what I've been up to lately. More to follow later...
4 comments:
Put me down for an Ann bag!
Wow!! I'm impressed!!! You are so talented!!!
You may want to hire Ann as your copywriter...
In response to your query, W knows what he is doing. While you are hugging your tree, he is watching.
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