katybag

Here's the katybag - the newest pattern I've been developing. And by "developing", I mean "mass-producing to get it right". It's a teeny little bag, only about 7" across. Teeny but spunky like our little Katydid, after whom this is named. It isn't hard to sew at all - so easy that I made 6 in one go, in different types and weights of fabric just to make sure that I was doing it in the fewest possible steps and with the lowest possible likelihood to foul up.

What really makes this bag, I think, is the piping.
It is a nice finish for parts like the clasp

and the straps, which are my absolute favorite part of any bag

and all around, really.

Shall I show you what sparked off this silly bag-making spree?
It was this picture:


Do you see it? That seemingly innocuous pocket?
Looked like a handbag waiting to happen.
I planned to make the fourth item in the S+C+V collection
for Emily, but got carried away experimenting. Emily will
get her little pink katybag, but what started off as a little
girl's handbag seemed to have endless possibilities for a
grown-up handbag for a night out with the (grown-up)
girls. Or a luncheon. I can just see Orla sitting on a white
tablecloth next to a salad plate and fancy silver.

The best part is how little fabric each bag needs - a fat
quarter makes two bags (or one bag if you use the same
fabric for the lining). I almost called this the Fat Quarter bag
but I felt guilty throwing around terms like Fat Quarter
when I neither quilt, nor buy fat quarters by habit.

It's taken me a while to get any photos at all because of
the past week of rain. Photos all taken finally, so I just need
to find some time to write up the instructions. Here's my
question: would anyone be interested in the pattern if I put
it in the shop? Or buying these little katybags themselves
(except the pink - that's Emily's)? The plan (if there's
interest at all, I mean) is to have the pattern for sale
by end October, so you can make these for Christmas.

Thanks for your thoughts, everyone!